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Category Archives: Sports
What If Other Activities Were Like Hockey?
“What was thought to be a close match of hopscotch between Emma and Samantha, has turned into a rout by Samantha. Emma hops just as well but Samantha’s aim today is impeccable. Watch that concentration as she throws a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science, Sports
Tagged bailiff, fighting, goon, hockey, hopscotch, judge, land line box, land line league, lineswoman, penalty, polices itself, prosecutor, public defender, referee, technicians
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How to Increase the Number of Canadian Hockey Stars
I was first pointed out the selection bias in the NHL by the writings of Malcolm Gladwell. He noted that more NHL caliber players were born in the first three months of the year than any other three months. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Social Science, Sports, Wry
Tagged 14.5 % of players were born in last quarter of year, 36 % of NHL players were born in first quarter of year, any community with 2 teams the same age should divide by half years, birthday in first quarter of year, birthday in last quarter of year, if we don't start this some other country will, long time for pay off, Malcolm Gladwell, NHL caliber players, not a hard sell to parents of kids born in 2nd half of year, players start at 4 or 5 when months matter, selection bias, should lead to more good players, two hockey systems
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How India Could Field the Next Olympic Gold Medal Winning Ice Hockey Team
This is intended as a guide to how India can become the best country in the world at the sport of ice hockey. Firstly, India must struggle through the lower tiers of hockey since they would be just a beginner … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged call center, computer programming, gold medal Olympic champions of hockey, higher tiers of hockey, hockey check, how to blow nose with long fingernails, how to eat with long fingernails, how to wipe butt with long fingernails, Ice Hockey, India, lethal hockey hit, lower tiers of hockey, playmaking, puck hog, rich parents, skating, soon the rich countries will field a team with super long fingernails, stickhandling, Taj Mahal, twenty-five foot long fingernails, worry about being enveloped by fingernails
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Man Eating Aliens: It’s Time
It’s a common expression; animals are fattened up before the harvest. You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it and you can bet your bottom dollar that the intelligent aliens checking us out have heard it. Now would be the logical time … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Science Fiction, Sports
Tagged aliens want protein, all aliens are upper class, Arnie, Charles Atlas, fatten up for harvest, Lou, man eating aliens, Mr. T, Mr. Universe pageant, North Americans are fattened up, Sly, soon we'll know more about food and epigenetics to avoid obesity, the 98 pound weakling, weightlifters are high in protein
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I Hate Snowmobiles
A few of you city and town dwellers who have cable and/or no snowmobiles in urban limits, might think my reason for hating snowmobiles is made up. But it’s not. Snowmobiles ruin television reception that is over the air. I … Continue reading
It’s All Nerd Culture, Beeches!
I’m tempted to say the Guinness book of World Records or any compilations of “ests” (as opposed to “ers”) is almost completely filled by nerd culture. But then I remember all the accidents of birth like the Grand Canyon and … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Sports
Tagged accidents of birth, atomic bomb, biggest canyon, bionic league of athletics, bionics, bipedal robots, chemical bombs, deepest dive, ests, fastest man alive, ghetto of normal athletics, Grand Canyon, Guinness Book of World Records, highest a human has gotten is the moon, how many records are nerd dependent?, hydrogen bomb, James Cameron, mountain climbing, mushroom cloud, nerd adverse athletes, nerd culture records, nerd records, prosthetics, sports records, steroid league of athletics, steroids, the moon mission, Usain Bolt
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Possible Names for NHL Canadian Expansion Teams
Most Canadians are aware that Gary Bettman, the NHL commisioner is mostly against expansion into new Canadian markets. But I think I have a way to entice him. All we have to do is come up with wonderful names for … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged Big Dekes, Canada, expansion teams, Gary Bettman, Halifax, Hamilton, Hamilton Body Checkers, hockey, Hookers, Kitchener, Kitchener Five Holes, Les Phoque, London, London Little Dekes, Montreal, NHL, Nordiques, Quebec City, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Puckers, Winnipeg
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Football Creep
The Super Bowl is tomorrow so of course this post mentions something about that. But it will be later in the post. For now let’s discuss that other “football”. In another word, I mean soccer. Major League Soccer is the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged American football, bowling, Britain, Canadian football, Europe, football, football club, K-W United FC, Major League Soccer, Manchester United, most sports will have bowling in the title, North America, Rose Bowl, soccer, Super Bowl, superbowling, Toronto FC, two pointed ball
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Something in the Air
People might try to pass it off as some sort of coincidence, but last year the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks made it to the Superbowl. That is the teams from Colorado and Washington state. These are the two … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Sports
Tagged American football, Amsterdam, British Columbia, Buffalo, Colorado, Denver Broncos, Giants, Jamaica, Jets, legalization of marijuana, New York Times editorial board, pot, Ross Rebagliati, schizophrenia and pot, Seattle Seahawks, the Bills, Toronto, Washington state
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