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by IwoCPO on 03/13/08 at 03:28 AM ET
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ALCON: Regular frequency of posting should return soon, hopefully this evening prior to the Dallas game (which can be seen on HDNet, FYI). Busy, interesting week in the world’s strongest Navy.
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“Anchors Aweigh” Chief!!!
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 03/13/08 at 08:36 AM ET
Mornin’ all - I’m going to make my own day and interpret “Busy, interesting week in the world’s strongest Navy” to mean “preparing to JDAM/cruise missile the pi$$ out of Iran.”
Seriously though, hope all is well with you, Chief.
I’ll be at the game tonight, my fist in almost 2 years… look for the slightly drunk guy with the A2Y RULEZ sign.
Or not.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 03/13/08 at 09:06 AM ET
Have fun TD!!! I’ll be looking for you in “crystal clear High Definition”!!
Perhaps you will be able to notice if a yellow puddle shows up in Turco’s crease!!
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 03/13/08 at 09:11 AM ET
Thanks Jeff! I may seriously whip up an A2Y sign…
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 03/13/08 at 09:32 AM ET
What section and row will you be in TD? I’m afraid “slightly drunk guy” holding up a sign covers a lot of guys at the Joe. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 03/13/08 at 10:06 AM ET
Ain’t that the truth, OTC… lol
We’re in sec. 224, row 11, seats 14&15;.
The woman is excited ‘cause it’s “ladies night.” Friggin’ massages in the concourse… wtf?
THANKS GARY, ass.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 03/13/08 at 10:28 AM ET
Okay, TD. At least Section 224 is on the side that the cameras face, even if it is pretty much out of the frame the way FSN covers the game. But if they do pan up and show a guy with a sign sitting next to an empty seat, we’ll know that’s you ‘cause the little woman will be out getting her massage.
That whole idea is pretty funny. Fighting? Hell no, that has to go. Massages and (inevitably) pedicures? Why, absolutely. Sigh!
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 03/13/08 at 10:46 AM ET
Just read on Bruce’s blog that Ladies Night will offer the fairer sex a chance to “...indulge in Bombay Cosmos, complimentary chair massages, beauty consultations and hair product samples.”
What’s really hilarious is neither Google or Wikipedia knows what the heck “Bombay Cosmos” is. Careful, TD, it could be a cult thing.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 03/13/08 at 11:02 AM ET
Second and third those thoughts, Chief. What you’re doing now is more important than A2Y. Come back happy and healthy and your same old sarcastic self once you’re done protecting the rest of us. Godspeed CPO.
TD, I’m jealous. But not as jealous as you’ll be when you find the new wife being massaged by a muscular masseur on Ladies’ Night! Give him a right and a left for me. More fights, less makeovers!
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from work, where I can indulge in mindless violence on 03/13/08 at 11:10 AM ET
I’m gonna go Roman-hockey player on that masseuse - Downey style… lol.
You won’t find me anywhere NEAR a Bombay cosmo, even smelling gin makes me wretch. Ugh.
However, I may get some blonde highlights.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 03/13/08 at 11:18 AM ET
Hmmm…
Maybe someone is looking up the coordinates for the NHL Head Office? Oops, I pushed the wrong button!
(Or maybe that would be my own fantasy.)
I read somewhere that a higher proportion of hockey fans are female than in any other sport. Appealing specifically to women, even stereotypically, is good business.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/13/08 at 11:51 AM ET
Have fun actually doing Navy stuff, Chief. I was a SWO in the mid-1990’s and then on the N3/N5 staff in the Pentagon for a while. I’m sure you’re having a blast.
Anyine seen ESPN.com’s latest rankings? Wings are seventh. They also have at least five more wins than any other team in the poll. I sometimes think ESPN, etc. sort of short-change the Wings. It seems they are featured less on specials, in the news, etc. I may be imagining things. I’m personally excited a bit that they’re entering the finale with some determination to get better after the last slump.....
Posted by TDeters on 03/13/08 at 01:46 PM ET
Appealing specifically to women, even stereotypically, is good business.
Yes, because they take our money.
Blond highlights TD? Per your request, I will be picking up that homoberry body wash (with aloe extract!) for you.
Thanks for embedding that clip by the way; it just makes my heart all warm and squishy…
Posted by Osrt on 03/13/08 at 01:51 PM ET
I sometimes think ESPN, etc. sort of short-change the Wings.
Sort of? SORT OF?!?
When the self-proclaimed WWL (World Wide Leader) actually bothered to include some hockey plays in the top 10 the last time I can remember, three of them were San Jose Sharks - and the number one was Ovechkin’s hat trick to reach 50+ goals.
They rarely show anything about Detroit.
Although, one of their people thinks the Lions are going to go 9-7 next year, so maybe it is better to be ignored instead of laughably misunderstood.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/13/08 at 02:01 PM ET
Chief! Glad you put the periscope up and sent a burst. Reading the heading “Like Yours, Homer’s Groin Is Good To Go” each time I stopped by was causing..uh um, anxiety. It kneaded to be changed.
On that note…
Friggin’ massages in the concourse… wtf?
Seems this could be a little misguided given all of the groin problems in Detroit lately..you know...Homer, Rafalski, the Mayor.
Posted by Rumbear from Sandy Eggo on 03/13/08 at 02:34 PM ET
Espn’s top player rankings did include Hank, Z and Lids for the first half of the season. Hank was tops for a long time, although their electronic Crosby fellator kicked in soon enough…
Posted by Osrt on 03/13/08 at 04:04 PM ET
Anyone watching the game? We gettin’ blown out! We don’t look too good. Other than Z and Filpulla, we got no intensity. I’m really worried. Osgood looks pretty out of it, too. Someone please tell me everything is going to be alright. Actually, Franzen looks okay.
Posted by TDeters from Washington, DC on 03/13/08 at 07:49 PM ET
I take back everything I said! Wow, two quick goals. Still, is anyone worried about this team? I can’t put my finger on it. Osgood, maybe, even though he made that nice save late in the third. Hmmm…
Posted by TDeters from Washington, DC on 03/13/08 at 09:04 PM ET
I feel ya TD, sometimes I wanna kick a couple of the third liners in the butt to get them movin, if I see samuelsson throw the puck away one more time I’m gonna flip. I think the biggest thing is getting they’re groove back they had before the injuries. Now that the Defense are back, the forwards can start being forwards again, but I still feel like they are as confident in themselves as they could be.....
Posted by adam on 03/13/08 at 09:30 PM ET
that “are” was meant to be an “aren’t”
Posted by adam on 03/13/08 at 09:31 PM ET
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