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Postby PlayingWithFire » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:13 pm

long read but good stuff
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Postby Pedantic » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:15 pm

I haven't laughed this hard in a long, long time. :-D Thanks.
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Postby bigh0rt » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:20 pm

When they say: “Welcome to FOX’s coverage of the World Series” what they mean is: “Unless Tim McCarver gets laryngitis, your choices are the mute button or jamming an ice pick into your ear drum.”
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Postby brandnew » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:09 pm

When they say: “He’s a scrappy ballplayer” what they mean is: “He’s a white kid that the fans like for some inexplicable reason.”


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