OCCD6: Teary Times
Wanye
February 18 2010 10:24AM
Question: say you put Scott Hamilton and Darren Pang into some sort of foot locker together. Say you then grabbed somebody walking by, pulled one of them out of the foot locker and said "QUICK! QUICK! Is this Scott Hamilton or Darren Pang? QUICK!" Before slamming them back in the foot locker, do you think the passer by would be able to tell who they saw?
We sure wouldn't.
For all we can tell Darren Pang and Scott Hamilton are the same person. They look alike, they are both roughly the size of a flea and both are doing a boat loat of commentary on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Seriously, they are TWINS! Wait, imagine they were twins? Wouldn't that be something? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*wipes eyes*
BUT SERIOUSLY
We know we didn't deliver on an Olympic update yesterday, breaking the sacred covenant between crazy internet guy and all 11 readers of these sites - and for that we apologize. If it means anything we wrote two articles the day before, including one that called for a rousing Canadian win over the Finns, when in fact as we all know it was Norway that was handed the beat down in the first game.
Yes, you have correctly called us out on it. We did come home from crushing a spicy bottle of Captain Morgans only to remember we needed an Olympic Update AND an Olympic Game post.
"Thish can't be that hard" we thought to ourselves, "we haf written articles in the bag before today and we will do it again." We thought we were being so Jonathan Willisian too, what with our calculation of the salaries of the Canadian Team. We looked each and every number up and even had an argument with ourselves about using cap hit numbers or actual salary in our figures. We were thinking THIS hard while greased about Team Canada salaries. For YOU Nation.
Doesn't ANYTHING please you?
*wipes tears from eyes*
SPEAKING OF IDIOTS TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS
How about a slow clap for the British newspapers, everyone. Have you seen how they are trashing the Vancouver games in the lead up to the Olympics in London?
"As Vancouver faces up to Games that appear to have been cursed, there is one positive outcome for London. Many believed that London would be overshadowed hopelessly by the glitz of Beijing in 2008, but Vancouver may have provided a buffer of reality that will make whatever London does look like light relief compared with Canada's gloom." - Eason.
"You may have read of transport chaos in Vancouver, $400,000 worth of tickets recalled because of safety concerns, events postponed and a bob track criticized for its part in a young man's death. You may reasonably conclude from it that these Winter Olympic Games are close to farce, that the red seen everywhere among the crowds is a reflection of official embarrassment. You would be wrong. The passion for their Games is tangible among Canadians. They talk in this most westerly province of this vast country of little else." - Neil Wilson, the Daily Mail.
Now outside of James Bond, we could generally give two squirts about what anyone in England thinks, with about 8 exceptions. This especially goes for a bunch of foppish newspaper reporters from England. "Close to a farce?" "Compared with Canada's gloom?" Seriously?
A HAIL OF INSULTS
Now maybe over in Britain, redirecting your National Dental Plan contributions for the past 50 years has left you with the ability to control the weather and a national smile that could blind a newborn baby. But over here we can't actually do anything about the beautiful weather. So cancelling $400,000 worth of tickets due to safety concerns from a lack of snow actually makes sense.
And maybe over in Britain, it would be strange for people in your typical loveless British marriage to speak of the Olympic Games while the Olympic Games were going on in their own back yard. Perhaps two gentlemen wouldn't speak of the results of the previous day at the Olympics while being shoehorned onto a stifling London Tube car, eating in one of your hundreds of indescribably awful restaurants or whilst being spied on by one of the millions of closed circuit television cameras you have seen fit to install everywhere to spy on your citizens.
But over here, yeah we "talk in this most westerly province of little else." All across the Country as a matter of fact. We are kind of silly like that we suppose - we get excited about things generally one would get excited about.
What is the matter with you, British Press, exactly?
Are you trying to lower expectations back home so that if the Games go off poorly Londoners won't think that the bar has been set that high? Are you just pricks looking for things to bash before you go home to 25-dollar lunch buffets that are so gross our travelling companions were once heard to remark "With food this bad, how does anyone in England manage to survive past breast feeding?" Is that it? Making snippy commentary whilst overseas somehow diminishes the dreariness of life back home?
Whatever it is, kindly clam up before we fire up the Nation War Wagon™, grab jeanshorts and all 367 Ogden brothers and drive on whatever highway to take to get to England and start fights at your precious soccer games. Yeah, that's the ticket. Big fights at soccer games. You ponces wouldn't know what hit you then, would you?
Great, now we are all worked up before 10:30 AM. Nothing good happens on these days.
*wipes tears from eyes*
Go easy on the sack beatings, but I just started watching the Olympics last night and noticed the TSN/SN crews were working together.
What up with that?
Wanye wrote:
"grab jeanshorts and all 367 Ogden brothers" and "all 11 readers of these sites"
So if I discount Jeanshorts and myselfs am I to assume that there are 358 illiterate Ogden brothers?
Wanye wrote:
I'm in, but only if we can bring the old guy from RossCreek's youtube clip. With that guy on board, you know we'll be bringin' the thunder.
A Canadian jounalist fights back a little - http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/767108--cheap-shot-brits-have-own-problems
"Lisa Simpson performing a sex act" Tee Hee.
"grab jeanshorts and all 367 Ogden brothers"
As the Original, I'll gladly lead the charge.
It's opinions from a journalist. Get over it. You really should get your knickers in a twist too much young man.
Have lived in Scotland for 22 years and haven't heard of this National Dental Plan you talk of. Can you enlighten me on this?
I had to look for myself; I just about died laughing.
http://www.davidairey.com/london-2012-olympic-logo-disaster/
It's the UK's best-kept secret (which, ironically enough, is quite evident upon casual inspection).
@Oiler_Kiwi
ummmm - that was his point...
Nation War Wagon! Sign me up. I'll kick the clotted cream right out of their tea bags.
As for the pang hamilton look-a-likeness
I have the same theory about Corey Hart and David Duchoveny.
Seriously google them... same dude.
Yeah, no one in the history of the world should take seriously anything a British newspaper writes, but the one I really loved was some snarky comment about Vancouver's transportation/traffic. Can anyone even IMAGINE what it will be like in London during the Olympics? They're definitely trying to make themselves look better by comparison. Good luck with that one, pricks.
*Disclaimer: I lived in London for a while and loved it very much. Their newspapers, however, made me want to punch a baby.
The Brits are just jealous they don't have KD Lang.
British writers are asses.
Remember this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/3010232/Deadmonton-comes-alive.html
I believe it was also a brit that coined the term 'deadmonton'.
*starts to draw up plans to turn the now defunct band wagon in to a shiny new super-powered war wagon*
...let's see....canon here...ninjas hiding here...loudspeaker playing Avril Lavigne over there...hmmm....cauldron of steaming hot Tim Horton's at the front...
Looking good boys....looking good.
Ga! Same comment!
*high five for being so super cool*
Lemme hadle this one Wayne,... AHEM...
Sod Off, Wanker.
I always wanted to say that
I like this comment left by someone on that site: "It looks like a woman going down on another man :P haha." IT really does. HAHAHA
isn't Buzz Killington from the UK? Nuff said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTz0oisC3F4
http://www.heavy.com/post/2012-olympics-logo-looks-like-lisa-simpson-giving-head-1854
SInce Gregor has been lax in his ice girls duties I present the following:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/347215-25-hottest-ice-girls-of-the-nhl
Discuss.
I don't really want to hear about Travis' tightening sensation in his pants whilst thinking about "the children".
I think everything is better in Texas myself. Grace had me with the splits and the goalie pads are a thing a of beauty.
Damn British arrogance! They just have to bash other countries to deflect attention away from their own inadequacies. Classy words British press! I say the next dictator that attacks Britain, I say we stay out of that war!
Wayne wrote: "Are you trying to lower expectations back home so that if the Games go off poorly Londoners won't think that the bar has been set that high?"
When I first heard these complaints in the British press, this was the first thing that came to mind. Then again, the British press in general is far from a paragon of integrity and quality, so we probably shouldn't get too worked up about it. These are the people who gave the world the tabloid, after all.
@rubbertrout
Wow, a slow response to this post...i wonder where everyone is? Oh wait...nevermind.
I'm kicking the next Brit I see in the junk.
Thanks for the Ice Girls, they were truly awesome. The best one was the one that said her favorite book was Facebook.
is there anything gayer than underwear or Gonch as I call them, being called knickers?
Perhaps you didn't see US figure skater Johnny Weir?
@I'm a Scientist!
well played!
Sarah Jessica Parker and Secretariat
Same dude, I swear!!
I was watching BNN this morning & they were talking about the Brit's getting all over us about our Olympics. But at least epileptics can look at our Olympic logo...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jun/06/marketingandpr.olympics2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs0hfhSje9M
Here is the logo - it looks like a grade school art project.
http://www.logodesignworks.co.uk/blog/images/london-2012-logo-design.jpg
Forget Pang and Hamilton, I'm still confused as to how Gregor manages to host his radio show daily and then lead the band for David Letterman nightly.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_B_deuSmvyck/R36F5fzYguI/AAAAAAAACTI/_C4ASnI3yj0/s640/net_13.jpg
http://broadwayworld.com/photoops/jerseyboysarrivals/prev15.jpg
BAHAHAHAHAHA It does too. Suck on that you limey tossers. Oh, looks like that already is taking place. Go Canada.
That is RICH creamery butter you are dispensing Rob...
To be clear I have no intention to insult British people, just their press. To the guy from Scotland I would say:
"Fair dinkum on getting my knickers in a knot. Sorry Mate."
They say fair dinkum and mate in Scotland right?
@Wanye
You know who else said that? SHE did!
The English are a bitter, xenophobic people, who cannot deal with the fact that their once-mighty Empire of oppression is long dead, their food is borderline toxic, their women are ugly, and their society is completely irrelevant, with the possible exception of serving as a warning to young children to remember to brush and floss.
Speaking of 'separated at birth':
http://i40.tinypic.com/2qituf8.jpg
this site (scroll down the page) shows that there is much much more symbolism behind the stylized 2012 Olympic logo than what meets the eye.
I caution those viewing this site that it is really out there in a conspiracy view of the world type of way.
http://illuminatimatrix.wordpress.com/oil-oto-gates-of-human-sacrifice-devils-triangle-devils-sea-the-big-one/
If Darren Pang and Paul Giamatti had a child, it would be Scott Hamilton.
As for the Olympics: I live in Vancouver and I can tell you, if you go to the downtown you'll see one big party. A rather multi-cultural, at that.
All these bloggers and writers can take their criticisms and shove it. Everyone who's actually here getting in on the action is having butt-loads of fun.
IMO... they're all jealous. I'd be jealous if I had to drag my a** back to some dreary p.o.s. country after the Olympics were over, too.
Wanye, you rock! Your articles are hilarious! And to everyone who posted afterwards, this stuff is gold man! I love coming here and laughing! It definitely makes the day go by faster! Thanks again guys!
Amazing! I read P.O.S. and thought Patrick O'Sullivan. Then I figured out what you actually meant and learned that the two terms are basically interchangeable.
I think the Nation War Wagon™'s campaign will probably have a lot more success if you can convince Henrik Sedin to come along (while wielding his sword/machine gun atop his ferocious bear, of course).
I just scratched the queen's face off all of my loonies.
Take THAT Bucktoothed Overlords!!
There are a lot of good ones on the SI site, but I think that "Ovechkin/Jaws" matchup takes the cake!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1002/olympics.winter.nhl.separated.at.birth/content.1.html
@Harlie
WOW...
~I don't know what you are talking about - that isn't a far out view of the world~
Just . . . wow. Someone has not been taking their pills as prescribed. Ever.
@Ender
I'm pretty sure we've all been flagged by CSIS because of that link.
In the spirit of the Olympics - that's how you get judges on your side!
Seriously, since I read that comment, that's all I can see in that logo design. Terrible.
Quite out there?
No way, I have just read about how you can speak to spirits through a process called - Eroto Comotose Lucidity. This seems perfectly valid.
In truth, you have gone up 10,000 more points in my books. I am big time into conspiracy theories and this type of stuff tops the list.
A GIRL!!!
*sits up straight, puts on tuxedo*
@Archaeologuy
If we weren't before, we will be now:
-CSIS -Tim Hortons -Grenade -David Oliver
That should bring the black helicopters.
""QUICK! QUICK! Is this Scott Hamilton or Darren Pang? QUICK!" Before slamming them back in the foot locker, do you think the passer by would be able to tell who they saw?"
wayne, who would care,...