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Sunday, July 16, 2006


Question from the Sports Guy's mailbag:

I'm getting a bit tired of the media using an athlete's name to describe the athlete's performance. During the NBA Finals I heard that Dwyane Wade has not yet had a Dwyane Wade game against Dallas. Of course, as a diehard sports fan, I understood the intent, but it just seems lazy and ambiguous. On the flip side, it would be pretty fun to use in everyday life.

Sports Guy:

I agree with you -- this is something we should be constantly using in real life just like "Manny being Manny" somehow turned into "(fill in any buddy you have) being (fill in any buddy you have)." The whole Dwyane Wade Game analogy shouldn't be confined to sports. There's too much potential.

So let's try this:

When A-Han scarfs down a 24 ounce steak, it's "A-Han turning in an A-Han performance".
When Albert flies out of town for business, it's "Albert having an Albert week".
When Basile listens to punk music, it's "Basile listening to Basile music".
When Chongo dances, it's "Chongo showing his Chongo moves".
When Georgia Dave falls asleep in the middle of the day, it's "Georgia Dave being Georgia Dave".


2 Comments:

I think sports talk is so funny. no one ever talks that way. No one ever says "tremendous" outside of a sporting event. And I love how commenters talk about one player, making them representative of their entire class of players. "The Kobes and the Dwayne Wades of the NBA..." Last time, i checked there is only one Kobe and one Dwayne Wade.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon Jul 17, 03:34:00 PM  

When Tommy dishes out esoteric statistics, it's "Tommy making a Tommy calculation."

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Tue Jul 18, 03:13:00 PM  

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