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1. 3 days ago on Tank McNamara

   If “less than zero” includes being free to tweak the result of the game, I’m it total agreement. In my mind, that’s the only logical explanation for no reviews. It takes a quarter of an hour hour to play the last two minutes of an NFL game. There would be time to review every player on every play.

2. 4 days ago on Basic Instructions

   When I was in grade 5, the thing that impressed me about square dancing was that I got to hold hands, albeit briefly, with this pretty girl whose name is lost in the mists of time.

3. 7 days ago on Frazz

   In the 60’s, not many people had a truck unless they actually needed one in their daily lives. The result was what we described, animals tied to the roofs of vehicles. By the time I started hunting, that was simply Not Done anymore. My wife was always terrified that the plastic sheet would slip and the van would be soaked with blood. She swore she could smell dead deer for weeks afterward anyway. That’s why I bought a truck in 2004. I’ll probably have it until they put me I the home, because I only use it when I need to haul stuff, or when there’s a foot of snow, but it’s handy, cheap to license, runs good, and having it ensures that my relatives will never lose my phone number.

4. 8 days ago on Frazz

   The whole world has become squeamish about the realities of life. Public inability to tolerate the sight of gore put an end to taking one’s harvest home on the roof rack. The snowflake is the bully.

5. 15 days ago on Rudy Park

   Spain’s minimum wage is equal to $9.56 USD.

6. 27 days ago on B.C.

   Because freedom of speech has somehow become freedom to slander, and freedom of the press, license to libel.

7. about 1 month ago on B.C.

   Way back in ‘68, while we were watching Nixon get elected, our grade 5 teacher predicted that, with the improvements in communication, the Electoral College would give way to a straight majority vote. Looks like that’s too much democracy….

8. about 2 months ago on Tank McNamara

   At least the long field goals are a result of skill and strength, nor exploiting a loophole in the regulations. The “sneaky” part was hiring soccer players as place kickers. But there has been improvement since that time, so you have to attribute long field goals to improvements in technique and training.

9. about 2 months ago on Tank McNamara

   A Grey Cup game was lost that way, too. The Alouettes were down two on the last play, so a “rouge” would do them no good. The Roughriders put all their players on the line to try for a block. The kick went wide. Then a flag flew. Someone on the bench had seen that there was no returner and sent a guy out to cover the end zone. Too many men. Rekick from five yards closer. Alouettes win.

10. about 2 months ago on Tank McNamara

    In CFL, a missed field goal scores 1 point, unless it’s brought out of the end zone. That’s pretty meaningless unless the game is really tight. If you’re tied on the last play of the game, you kick anyway and try to win with a single point.