Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Folks, I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this post.

"Should the Panthers have gone for two?"
"Can the Patriots repeat as champions?"
"Daddy, why did that lady pull out her booby?"
"Daddy, why does Bob have such a big smile on his face?"

Indeed, Super Bowl Sunday presented America with tough questions aplenty.

Ladies and gentlemen! We have a new Dumbest Quote Of The Year!

"..... It was a breast, people. And it wasn't Rosie O'Donnell's or Nate Newton's or something out of National Geographic. It was a lovely, pierced breast. There was nothing outrageous or offensive about it. A breast is not evil. It is the giver of life and nutrition. A woman's breast is why we live."
--Jason Whitlock, columnist, Kansas City Star

WOWWWWWWW.

Yeah..... err...... a breast is not evil...... err...... there was nothing wrong with flashing it on TV in front of a national audience...... errr...... it is the giver of life and nutrition..... errrr...... a woman's breast is why we live.

That, seriously, might have been the stupidest thing I've read in a long time.

I've come to the conclusion that Greg Anthony's analysis on ESPN's NBA Fastbreak is very much like the commercial rap you hear on the radio -- it sounds good if you're not really paying attention, but if you are paying attention, you realize he really isn't saying anything meaningful or informative.

He's kinda like Tim Hardaway, but different because he speaks in complete sentences.

"When you look at (player name goes here), you're talking about a guy who's gonna (cliche about working hard goes here), and someone who's gonna (cliche about inspiring emotion in teammates goes here) in terms of making his teammates better. This is a guy who simply gets the job done, night in and night out, and is the main reason why this team has become a force to be reckoned with this year."

Yeah, you can't have a Greg Anthony analysis without the "gets the job done, night in and night out" comment, because night in and night out, nobody utilizes that phrase better or more frequently than Greg Anthony.
You know your analyses need work when, night in and night out, you use the exact same analysis for five different players.
Come on, Greg! Learn me something! Learn me something I didn't know about these players! Learn me something I couldn't have learned at the counter of a neighborhood coffee shop! Say something original!

"Hey, Daddy? If a woman's breast is the giver of life and nutrition, is it OK for men to demand that I 'show the goods'?"

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