Friday, October 23, 2009
friday night live
this is my new favorite website. Obviously, in a sane world, this would be, at most, an elaborate joke. Of course, no one in his right mind would assume that this world is sane.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
offensive
I know, I know, we're long overdue for a post here, and you didn't care anyway, so why am I apologizing? But I want to make sure I'm covering my bases. Despite my apathy toward baseball, I know how to get in the analogous spirit during the Hunt for October.
Anyway, tonight's topic is 'offense'. Something, most of you no doubt are thinking, that the University of Tennessee has been lacking in this season. A team that traditionally lacks it, but is having a reasonable amount of success so far this season, is the University of Mississippi - traditionally, "Ole Miss". Apparently, this upstanding member of the Southeastern Conference has a fight song which, at some points or anothers, has included a post-song chant of "the South will rise again". Terrifying as that may be to us Northerners and our unsweetened-tea and cornbread-as-cake sensibilities, I'm, as always, a little doubtful about the overall evilness of such a chant. In fact, if you want my very private opinion, it's pretty clearly a mindless chant used by people who are excited about a football game to get other people excited about a football game. Does anyone actually think that "the South", whatever that IS, is going to be rising any time soon, the excellent qualities of White Lily Self-Rising flour notwithstanding? But, of course, there are people who strongly believe that this chant runs counter to all the principles of goodness, fairness, and Ole Miss. And who am I to argue? I don't really know that much about any of those things - it is, after all, the South, and don't they have their own special brand of morality down there? But here's the funny thing. According to the good women and men at ESPN.com, the student government has made a suggestion on how to modify this chant to be less offensive.
They suggested is that people who wish to chant after the school's fight song is sung, in a manner more inclusive and friendly to the various people attending and participating in the football games (that was ironic without even trying to be), should instead chant:
To which I respond: The Vols will rise again!
Anyway, tonight's topic is 'offense'. Something, most of you no doubt are thinking, that the University of Tennessee has been lacking in this season. A team that traditionally lacks it, but is having a reasonable amount of success so far this season, is the University of Mississippi - traditionally, "Ole Miss". Apparently, this upstanding member of the Southeastern Conference has a fight song which, at some points or anothers, has included a post-song chant of "the South will rise again". Terrifying as that may be to us Northerners and our unsweetened-tea and cornbread-as-cake sensibilities, I'm, as always, a little doubtful about the overall evilness of such a chant. In fact, if you want my very private opinion, it's pretty clearly a mindless chant used by people who are excited about a football game to get other people excited about a football game. Does anyone actually think that "the South", whatever that IS, is going to be rising any time soon, the excellent qualities of White Lily Self-Rising flour notwithstanding? But, of course, there are people who strongly believe that this chant runs counter to all the principles of goodness, fairness, and Ole Miss. And who am I to argue? I don't really know that much about any of those things - it is, after all, the South, and don't they have their own special brand of morality down there? But here's the funny thing. According to the good women and men at ESPN.com, the student government has made a suggestion on how to modify this chant to be less offensive.
Warning: this is the part where the post gets sarcastic. You may wish to leave the room.
They suggested is that people who wish to chant after the school's fight song is sung, in a manner more inclusive and friendly to the various people attending and participating in the football games (that was ironic without even trying to be), should instead chant:
To Hell with LSU!
To which I respond: The Vols will rise again!
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