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Thursday, March 8, 2012
If it were legally possible, I would turn this picture into this site's logo because nothing better demonstrates why Bad Vestments exists. And here's a contest for you. The first person who can tell me exactly why I consider this picture to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen wins the official Bad Vestments teddy bear (the rest of you, of course, can buy one for a limited time only. I'm not making a profit on those things so go ahead and order six or seven).
37 comments:
- David Ould said...
well that 's easy. One of them is dressed up like an African because they think it's somehow reaching out and living into the gospel, the other one IS an African who just preaches the gospel - far more boring ;)
- March 8, 2012 at 2:52 AM
- Annie said...
Bad vestments are bad because they are inauthentic. Rather than reflecting a spirit of worship they draw attention to the wearer, when the point of vestments is to do just the opposite.
- March 8, 2012 at 4:50 AM
Agree with David. The non-African is trying way too hard to look African, while the African man just looks normal.
- March 8, 2012 at 5:45 AM
- Janis Williams said...
Well at least they can't switch vestments; they're not the same size.
I don't think these two were separated at birth, either.
- March 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM
"And Jesus, walking by the marketplace of Galilee, saw two sistren, Pebbles called Flintstone, and Loretta her wet nurse, feeding children at the breast: for they were guardians of children. And he saith unto them, Cast away thy little ones. Every one that forsaketh children for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold. Follow me, and I will make you wet nurses of humanity. Then the Lord intoduceth unto his disciples his sister, Jesusina, saying, It is not meet that one man should die for the sins of the whole world, but a woman must die for women, yea, in the name of the Queen of Heaven, which is my Mother, the Feminine side of my Father, the Goddess (for Mary is merely a housewife in need of liberation). And sendeth forth they Pebbles and Loretta into Jerusalem for to anoint a Women's Equality Movement. And when Jesus and Jesusina were crucified, then returned they to their 12 apostles (them being 7 women and 5 men, 3 of whom were gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender, 9 of whom were in favor of gay marriage and ordination), saying, Go forth into the whole world and be as one with it, yea do exactly like it. Accept ye all manner of sin, and put none out of the congregation, but inform the people that we have repented for what we did against Sodom and Gomorrah. Also put thee on the tacky clothing of God, inventing many devices, making merchandise of many. And Lo, we are with you most of the time for a short spell. Amen." - Gospel of Paula 6:66, PERV (People's Easy Reader Version)
- March 8, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Not the Vicar of Dibley meeting a real Vicar.
(Even Dawn French never wore "trendy" or "ethnic")
Hope your familiar with the tv programme!
- March 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Everything about this photo is painful to the eyes. The bishop wearing a sacramental black stole with the ubiquitous IHS on it over his choir habit of rochet and chimere ain't too kosher. The cross and crown in the background and the little yellow crosses are pretty tired. The print pulpit robe sort of fits right in with the general ugliness.
And please don't let the teddy bears see this.
- March 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Words fail me
- March 9, 2012 at 11:24 AM
The South Sudanese Bishop is not wearing a stole, but a tippet. Tippets are absolutely a part of regular Anglican choir dress for all orders of clergy; here is an example
- March 9, 2012 at 2:37 PM
It is obvious they are a gay man and a lesbian.
- March 9, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Sorry. I thought tippets were plain black scarves, wool for the lower clergy, silk for higher ranks. Sometimes they are ornamented with coats of arms of a seminary or diocese but once you start adding IHS's and gold fringe, I think you've got a stole.
- March 10, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- Archdruid Eileen said...
Surely it's because, having drawn all that attention to her chasuble thing, the stole isn't even straight?
- March 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- The Underground Pewster said...
Actually, the fella from the Sudan is looking down upon not just the clothing and the insult to taste but the theology behind it.
- March 11, 2012 at 6:45 PM
The bottom portion of the cross is pointing DOWN and to say, "Really, guys and gals?"
- March 12, 2012 at 1:01 AM
Neither match the altar prefontal in the background, which indicates the Lenten season.
The one of the left has a stole close to the right color, both does not match the correct altar prefrontal. Since they come in sets, one normally matches the other. Therefore she is either not from that church or "dressing up" for the occassion. Her stole is off kilter, either to reflect her theology or her hideous choice of a robe. It is beyond comprehension liturgically, asthetically, and in the way it fits.
The man, on the other hand, has a black stole, normally liturgically reserved for Good Friday, thus not matching the liturgics of the prefront. It appears to lay over an even larger red stole or stole-like robe, with red the color of Pentecost, not the color of Lent on the altar prefrontal.
The combination of red, orange and purple is terrible. It is clear they did not consult on vestments or liturgics before appearing an what looks like a normal church with the right purple prefrontal for the season.
The lay person in charge of changing the altar clothes is the winner. That person is the only one who got it right.
- March 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Robin G. Jordan said...
Unless, of course, your church is using Old English usage--Lenten array, in which case the sacristan erred.
- March 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM
If Old English usage does not use purple for Lent, then I am sure that the lady is not Old English.
However, chances are the sacristan did not err. They are usually a picky lot, legalistic to a tee and would die before making such a major mistake at what seems to be a significant event -- a mistake which could have been easily changed before the public meeting of the dynamic duo presented here.
- March 13, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- SB Smith said...
I'm no expert on the particulars, but I'd much rather attend a service led by the gentleman pastor/minister than the woman. He looks great, but her robe colors are beyond ghastly. Also, it looks like she's wearing black slacks underneath her robe. Maybe his smile means he's either trying his best not to bust out laughing at her vestment fashion Crime, or simply that Everything about her is hilariously ludicrous to him.
Love the teddy bear at your cafepress page ! He's too cute !
- March 14, 2012 at 2:38 PM
- Philip said...
The person who isn't the Bishop is wearing a pectoral cross!
- March 16, 2012 at 2:59 AM
- Philip said...
The person who isn't a Bishop is wearing a pectoral cross, while the Bishop is not!
- March 16, 2012 at 3:01 AM
The red garment is a chimere, not a stole, and perfectly appropriate choir dress for an Anglican bishop.
- March 17, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- Robert Munday said...
Unfortunately, the bishop is not wearing a tippet but a black stole. Here is an example. The tip off is the gold fringe at the bottom and the gold embroidered "IHS."
I don't know what the other heinous creature is wearing. It looks like a sofa that used to reside in a coffee house I frequented circa 1969.
- March 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Because this lady actually found Joseph's coat of many colors?
- March 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM
- Dixie Forever said...
She is simply a joke and a caricature of a failed "new theology" and, perhaps, of the West, in general. He, on the other hand, seems to be trying but the Requiem (though incorrect) stole may be a perfect sign of thei impending death of the Anglican Tradition.
- March 23, 2012 at 1:19 AM
I'm not too educated on Anglican vestments, but, even with errors, his vestments are FAR more tasteful than hers.
- March 24, 2012 at 2:44 PM
The bishop is wearing an honorific stole which is worn in that part of Africa to designate persons of consequence. I have one as a Canon in the Church of Uganda.
- March 26, 2012 at 9:33 PM
- March 28, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Typical campy patronizing tripe from the Religious Left. They think they are being so intelligent and relevant. It's a picture of what I detest about their poser mentality. They really are being insulting. Wealthy revisionist western Anglican/Episcopal provinces do the same with dangling money in Africa/Global South, in exchange for political advantage, compliance, or silence. Sorry...but I have missionary friends who can attest to this. As far as his tippet...it may be a local thing...it my have been a gift...who knows. In many places in Africa, they are desperately trying to survive and not get their churches burned down...Ritual Notes, Dearmer, and OSV handbooks may be in short supply. But technically, with that embrodery and gold fringe, he now is wearing a "stoppet".
- March 31, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Does it not occur to people when they do this sort of shennaniganry that it is incredibly racist?
- March 31, 2012 at 6:17 PM
It's hard to see because of the graininess of the photo, but the bishop's 'stole' looks gathered at the neck like a tippet would be. But it's still too thin to be a tippet, and the gold fringe really doesn't belong on anything but a stole. Maybe some confused elderly parishioner made it for him and he was too nice not to wear it...?
- March 31, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Women: Oh thank you Father South Sudanese for your gracious visit.
Priest(?): Oh that's quite alright ma'am. My my, your looking...er...festive. Yeah, that's it, festive.
Women: Well, I wanted you to feel like you're at home. That's how we make everyone feel at Grace Episcopal Church.
Priest: Uh, actually about that, you know, we Africans don't always wear patterns like that. There's a lot of diveristy between the various countries, and we Christians influenced by by western Europe actually really like your Euro-styled vestments.
Woman:...What was that. I'd didn't hear you cause I've got a piece of shreaded wheat in my teeth. okay, its time to break out the Djembe for a rousing chorus of "Rain Down."
Priest: (He throws up his hands in exacerbation).
- April 3, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Laughing so hard I almost choked!
- April 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM
I think he is wearing both garments...
- April 20, 2012 at 10:30 PM
He seems to be thinking to himself: "Silly white lady!"
- April 20, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- Subdeacon David Gould said...
I have seen curtains in an op shop that match her 'vestment'. I note she has not got a cassock let alone an alb under her garment. The Anglican bishop on the right is not in a stole. It is a preaching scarf or tippet worn as choir dress. He should have a zuchetto on - black if he is a canon and purple if a bishop but the lack of a pectoral cross makes a mockery of that one. Why the bishopess cannot tie her hair back is beyond me.
- June 30, 2012 at 2:23 AM
Love thy neighbor is certainly not reflected in these comments. Wow.
- August 15, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Ok - I'll take a stab at the contest... I think it is like that hilarious skit from snl...
- August 27, 2012 at 5:36 PM


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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Orioles and Rangers announced their rosters for tonight's one-game American League wild-card playoff at Rangers Ballpark.
Not a lot of surprises. Orioles manager Buck Showalter will have 10 relievers to pick from tonight in relief of left-handed starter Joe Saunders.
Because the Orioles can submit a new roster before Sunday's first ALDS game, if they win tonight and continue their season, Friday's roster was expected to be reliever heavy and starting pitcher short – and it is.
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Southampton assistant manager Andy Crosby was impressed by the impact Jay Rodriguez made for the Saints as they moved into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with victory against Sheffield Wednesday.
Rodriguez, playing in his preferred role as central striker, shone in a much-changed Saints side and scored his first goals for the club in their 2-0 defeat of Wednesday.
"He had a massive impact," assistant Crosby said. "I thought his movement was excellent against two centre-halves that perhaps wanted him to come short."
Rodriguez's first goal came on the half-hour mark when he expertly turned his markers to rifle home past Stephen Bywater. The Wednesday goalkeeper did manage to get to his penalty 12 minutes from time, but it trickled home to ensure Southampton's progress to the last 16.
"I think the way we set about the game made it a comfortable night," Crosby said. "I think we were excellent first half, moved the ball really well and applied pressure to them high up the pitch.
"We controlled long periods of that game. At half-time the main thing was could we improve our quality in the final third. It was a great night's work."
The only negative for Southampton was a late knock picked up by Jack Cork on his first match back from an ankle injury sustained in pre-season.
Wednesday have had their own injury problems to deal with but manager Dave Jones was more concerned with his side's defending on Tuesday night and in recent matches.
"We had chances but we have to defend," the former Southampton boss said. "We can't keep giving the goals away that we are."
He added: "We had a couple of good chances in the first half and again in the second half, but you can't give away the goals we are week in, week out and then say it is okay because it is not."


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There are three places every American should visit – and more than once if possible. Write them down, put them on that amorphous and trendy "bucket list," commit them to memory and take them to the bank.
You may disagree – profoundly and loudly, like one of those awful political skirmishes that seem de rigueurthese days – but I hold with tenacious certainty to the unassailable opinion that if you invest in a visit to these three places, actually do more than stick your finger in the air and call it a touchdown and move on, your life will be enriched, your perspective broadened and your faith in eternal possibility restored and renewed.
Put them in the order you want, but here are my choices:
The Grand Canyon: Because no believing human can enter its magical embrace and depart with any mite of doubt about the presence of our creator.
Washington, D.C.: Because none of us born in or adopted by this country should exit life without understanding the history of its founding, its principles and its promulgation into not only a nation but also a dominant culture and a society.
New York City: Because on Manhattan, in 23.1 compact square miles, there is amassed an awesome assemblage of insights, perspectives and baccalaureates in each of our places among the human race, an oracle of information where answers bounce off the eardrums, ride the optic nerve and seek out the olfactories.
Perhaps you have visited all three. Perhaps you have had awful experiences that move you to pick up the phone and tell the head hospital that there is a prime candidate for a restraint bed walking our streets.
Perhaps you have avoided one or all out of fear, out of lack of opportunity, out of disinterest. Perhaps you simply could give a goat's hind leg about it all.
But you should. And I know because I was like you before I took the proverbial plunge and felt the soothing waters of understanding.
I submit that each has its negatives.
The Grand Canyon is a long hike from home and is a marriage of both desert and mountains, either of which can be off-putting to some.
Washington is a civic mess, difficult to understand and to navigate and imposing in its formality and focus.
New York is crowded, loud and expensive, sometimes scary, often overpowering and physically challenging.
Make no mistake that I love Kentucky, the dirt from which my roots sprang into a creation sturdy enough to endure half a century, and I cherish the Low Country of South Carolina, where ideas and inspiration seem to rise from the marshes like so much mist.
I couldn't argue against the majesty of the Rockies, the magnitude of Texas, the everything-in-one-place power of California or the rocky coasts of Maine.
Each has its wonder and entrancing, seductive touch to our souls, but my top three is my top three, and I know now it always will be.
I determined that this would be my sermon last week, when my wife and I jetted away for a few days in New York City, a place we visited often (think a few times a year) before little children invaded our home, our time and our bank accounts (surely you can sympathize).
It was a week filled with all the usual stops: a Broadway show (the hilarious if sometimes uncomfortable Book of Mormon), Little Italy, Chinatown and Greenwich Village, window-shopping on 5th Avenue and a sampling of cuisines familiar and wonderfully new.
Our goal is always to invade the culture of the city, immerse ourselves in small places and unique flavors and let its depth and foundation surround us and embody us.
On this trip, too, we got the unique opportunity to see two of the city's famous parades – the Parade of the Americas and the Columbus Day Parade – in whose wonderful walks north on 5th Avenue we admired waving hands, smiling faces and embracing cultures.
And we even went looking for the Occupy Wall Street people, though on Wall Street on a holiday all we saw were a few police officers, lots of barricades and one guy with a sign.
In dozens of visits for the past four decades, I have had the opportunity to spend New Year's Eve in Time Square and have watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from along the route. I've seen the nightlife and the trends, visited all five boroughs, walked Manhattan for at least 95 blocks north from the tip and jogged across the Brooklyn Bridge. I've seen dozens of shows, been to Yankee and Shea stadiums and Madison Square Garden. I've run through Central Park and walked through the stores.
And I can't think that I have seen half of what I want to see, need to see and would learn from seeing. As my wife says when we leave, it's a sad thing. There is something magical about that place, a mystique for all of us.
A foonote: This visit also provided one full circle that I found an amazing lifetime link of the sort that the Chinese call "Red Threads."
In 1975, I first flew to New York to cover a basketball player drafted No. 1 by the New York Knicks. I was scared to death as I tagged along with his agent and family. I feared my life would be lost in those canyons of concrete. We were there only one night and lodged at the old City Squire Hotel.
Last week, by sheer chance, my wife booked us into a hotel on 7th Avenue, a building that after a day or so I came to realize was the old City Squire.
If this was to be my last trip to New York, the circle was complete.
It began on an arc of fear and wonder and closed again with a stitch of unyielding attachment.
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HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — As the United States named its 12-man roster for London 2012 on Saturday, two teams earned trips to London with victories in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela.
Russia and Lithuania, two of the favorites in the 12-team qualifying tourney, are teams Nos. 10 and 11 in the Olympic field.
In the first of Saturday's games, point guard Alexey Shved (who looks to be NBA-bound this fall) led Russia to an 85-77 win over Nigeria, scoring 22 points and dishing out six assists. The game was tied at 26 early in the second quarter, but Russia outscored Nigeria 20-5 to close the period and led by as many as 21 in the second half.
Andrei Kirilenko added 19 points, eight rebounds and four steals for Russia, while Ike Diogu (who played two games for the Spurs last season) led Nigeria with 16 points and 14 boards. The Hornets' Al-Farouq Aminu scored 13 points, but had seven turnovers.
Russia shot a scorching 14-for-27 from 3-point range. They were arguably the U.S. Team's toughest competition in the medal rounds in the 2010 World Championship, losing 89-79 in the quarterfinals.
The team the U.S. beat in the '10 semifinals was the second team to qualify for the Olympics on Saturday. Lithuania, who had a disappointing finish in last year's Eurobasket (which they hosted), redeemed themselves with a 109-83 blowout of the Dominican Republic.
Lithuania had five guys in double-figures, including the Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas, who scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Like Russia, Lithuania was red hot from beyond the arc, hitting 10 of their 18 threes.
The Dominican Republic shot just 39 percent from the field. The Hawks' Al Horford was 4-for-14 and had only four rebounds in 23 minutes. After a huge performance (28 points) in the quarterfinals, the Kings' Francisco Garcia scored just 11 points in 21 minutes.
Nigeria and the Dominican Republic will play Sunday for the final spot in the Olympics. That game can be seen on NBA TV at 8 p.m. ET.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Saving Money with Society Memberships - Part Four
Over the last few days we have looked at the benefits of some national, regional and state societies. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or knowledge to look up all of the benefits of every society in the country or the world.
That's why I am asking for your help. Leave a comment listing the benefits of the societies that you belong. Let us know what databases and discounts they offer. Remember that members only newsletters and databases are great, but we are really looking at discounts and third party database access.
Thanks for your help and I hope you have enjoyed this blog series.
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This morning, in my email, I received a notice from the Family History Society of Arizona at www.fhsa.org. A new benefit that is being offered to members is a free membership in archives.com.ReplyDelete
Tina, I have no idea how I've missed this series. I will be going back to reading the post. I need the tips and info, as I limit my membership to only five-seven a year based on budget. I would love to squeeze in a couple more.ReplyDelete
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Amos 'n' Andy Explained (Jun, 1930)
Amos 'n' Andy Explained
By A. A. BRILL, M.D. As told to Michel Mok
DR. A. A. BRILL is known as the ablest man in his field in this country. He brought psychoanalysis to America and has written two widely read books on the subject. In this absorbing article, he brings all his vast knowledge and experience to bear in an effort to show you exactly why the Amos 'n' Andy craze is now sweeping the country. He goes to the very heart of the matter and makes clear the secret of their great popular appeal.
I DISCOVERED, not long ago, a new phenomenon in American life. Literally millions of persons of all ages and stations are listening daily to Amos 'n' Andy, the "comic strip of the air." But they do more than that. They take an intense personal interest in the two characters, their ups and downs, their adventures. To thousands of men, women, and children Amos 'n' Andy are not fictitious figures. They are real, living human beings.
From the psychological point of view, this struck me as so remarkable that I decided to make some further investigation.
In recent months, I found, the Amos 'n' Andy popularity has grown into a veritable craze until now it is safe to say that, outside of the President of the United States, they are the best-known men in this country and perhaps the best-liked. As a matter of fact, it is a standing rule at the National Broadcasting Company that nothing is allowed to interfere with their program except the President, other high Government officials commandeering the radio for announcements of national importance, and SOS calls.
So anxious are persons in all walks of life to hear them that telephone conversations in the eastern part of the United States have decreased to an unprecedented minimum between seven and seven-fifteen, the Amos 'n' Andy period.
Officials of the Bell Telephone Company in New York told me that, though they were unable to compute figures, the condition actually existed.
AT MOVING picture theaters in the East, attendance at the so-called supper show, the performance between six and seven-thirty, has dropped to a marked degree. Astute managers, realizing the cause of the trouble, in some cases have installed radio sets and interrupt their shows between seven and seven-fifteen to give their patrons the benefit of the Amos 'n' Andy broadcast. This, however, is not a lasting solution of the problem, as a question of copyright is involved.
In social life, too, the team has made its influence felt. People refuse point-blank to attend seven-o'clock dinners unless the host assures them that he owns a radio. Between seven and seven-fifteen, radio stores in eastern towns and cities are crowded with persons who drop in from the street to hear their favorite comedians. In brief, the nation, in a manner of speaking, pauses while Amos 'n' Andy are on the air.
IN THE business world their effect also has been noted. Leaders in the radio industry report that, in the last few months, the Amos 'n' Andy craze has been responsible for a considerable increase in the sale of radio sets.
Not long ago, a traveling man told me that, in a small Massachusetts town in his territory, one of the two hotels captured nearly all of the traveling salesmen's trade by installing a radio in the dining room.
When the team makes one of its infrequent personal appearances at a vaudeville theater, all box office records are smashed. And the men are mobbed when they are recognized on the street or elsewhere in public.
But this does not happen often, for few of their ardent fans know their faces or real names. Their names are Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden. Correll is Andy; Gosden, Amos.
Recently, the pair made a personal appearance at West Orange, N. J. At the close of their act, they were rushed by automobile to New York for their usual second broadcast. They were arrested for speeding. The comedians pleaded with the policeman not to delay them. Millions of people, they told him, would be disappointed if they did not reach New York City in time.
"Who are you, anyway?" asked the cop.
"We are Amos 'n' Andy."
The policeman smiled. "You can't kid me," he said. "Tell that to the judge." Correll and Gosden exchanged a significant glance. They began talking in their dialect. At once the cop was convinced and released them with profuse apologies. And that brings me to the question of the Amos 'n' Andy "lingo." Perhaps the most striking evidence of their immense popularity is the fact that they are influencing the language. Persons in all walks of life are using their pet expressions. "I'se regusted" is heard on every hand. Men and women who never employed such phrases before now interlard their conversation with, "ain't dat sumpin?" and "Check and double check." Staid business men say and write "propolition," instead of proposition, in their talk and correspondence.
BRIEFLY, then, we are confronted with a phenomenon the like of which has never been known before anywhere. What is the secret of Amos 'n' Andy's tremendous popularity? How do they work their spell over millions? What makes their appeal so universal? They are not the best comedians ever to appear in this country. They are not the first "black-face" comedians, nor the funniest. Their material is not strikingly original, and neither are their methods of presenting it. What then, is the mystery?
I have asked dozens of people why they liked them. Usually, the answer was a smiling, "I don't know." A few replied, "Why, because they are funny." Others answered, "Because they are so human." One intelligent man said: "You sit in your chair for fifteen minutes, forget everything, and just laugh."
Strange as it may seem, that, in a nutshell, was the correct answer, though the man scarcely suspected that his answer was correct. But the matter is a little more complicated than that.
In trying to find the reason for anyone's popularity, it is necessary first to ask: In what does he excel? What is his specialty? In this case, the answer is: wit. Amos 'n' Andy's specialty is that they seem to have an almost uncanny ability to make people laugh.
Now, from the earliest civilized times, those possessing that particular gift have been the darlings of humanity. They were forgiven anything. The court jester of olden days could be as impudent as he pleased; so long as he amused the king, he was immune from punishment.
WHY are funny men such great favorites? Because wit, or humor, is one of the outlets civilized man has evolved to give vent to pent-up emotions that are otherwise tabooed. Through it, he obtains release from repression and oppression; and escapes, temporarily, from the stress of reality. Laughter is a narcotic.
I said "civilized man" advisedly. For primitive savages and small children have no sense of humor. A little child laughs merely because it sees an older person laugh; it is pure imitation. The emotion is transmitted, but not the idea.
In children, a sense of humor begins to develop at the age of four or a little later. And it is noteworthy that at the same time the quality of the child's dreams undergoes a change.
Dreams are a function of the mind to keep our sleep from being disturbed. For example, if a man goes to bed hungry, he might wake up in the night needing food. But his mind takes care of him. He dreams that he attends a dinner, where he is given plenty to eat.
The mechanism of dreams and of wit or humor is essentially the same. Humor and wit are nothing but modes of obtaining pleasure from a distortion of words and ideas. Like dreams, wit is one of civilized man's means of freeing himself from oppression, and of realizing his desires, especially the forbidden ones, in a disguised, concealed way. This is the secret of the appeal of all comedy, including the particular brand dispensed by Amos 'n' Andy.
One of the elements of their success, then, is the lure of the forbidden. "But they are as innocent as the day is long!" I can hear you protesting. "Why, one of the beauties of their stuff is that it is absolutely clean."
Right. But a great many things are forbidden in civilization that are not unclean in the least. One of these is to talk improperly. From the time we are children we are told constantly to speak correctly. If we do not, we are punished.
BUT there was a period in earliest childhood when we were free from this repression of civilized life. When we were very small, we were allowed to pronounce any word as we wished. More than that—the very speaking of words brought immediate results. All a baby has to do is to say "apple" and mother gives it the desired object. But it does not even need to say "apple." Suppose the youngster pronounces it "bapple." Mother understands and gives him what he wants just the same.
As a result, little children believe in what is called "the omnipotence of thought," meaning that they believe that it is sufficient to think a thing and it occurs. From this belief we suffer a rude awakening when we are three or four years old. But all through our subsequent lives we unconsciously long to return to the happy, carefree days of childish babble.
Every time we have a chance to throw off the shackles of repression, we take advantage of it.
The college yell is a strong case in point.
"Rah-rah-rah!" the students shout. "Siss-boom-bah!"
Meaningless? Of course, but only in a way. By giving the yell, the boys vent their pent-up emotions. It really means: "Away with rhetoric, with logic, with grammar, with composition, with the classics! Down with repression! Down with the faculty! Down with all constituted authority! Back to 'eenie-meenie-minie-mo!'"
LATER in life, except on rare occasions such as college reunions, we can no longer escape from repression in that way. But now come Amos 'n' Andy. And, in effect, they do take us back to the happy days of "eenie-meenie-minie-mo." They say "regusted" and "propo-lition." Their taxicab company is "incorpo-lated." They call a manicure a "manana cure," and the Interstate Commerce Commission the Interstate Commerce "Remission." They tell each other not to be "disenrecouraged." When their memory fails them, they remark: "I disremember."
Puns and baby talk! No wonder children and grownups alike are extremely fond of them. For the children, "the lid is off." Improper English is not only permitted, it is funny and admirable. Father and mother are laughing tears, just as they do when they take you to the circus. And the adults are given a quick return trip to the paradise of early childhood. One may be fifty and repeat what Amos 'n' Andy say; one may even use their expressions in a business letter without being considered foolish. The comedians have furnished the excuse.
But the necessity for talking properly is by no means the only oppression under which we chafe. We all are oppressed by somebody or something. One man is oppressed by his boss; a second by his competitors; a third by his bank; a fourth by the stock ticker; a fifth by his wife; a sixth by the policeman at the corner; a seventh by Prohibition or any other law. Government oppresses some of us; religion others. Many people are oppressed by poverty; a few by riches. Thousands are oppressed by ill-health and by real or fancied hard luck. Children are oppressed by their parents, their older brothers and sisters, their teachers. Ask a child what it wants to be when it grows up and nine times out of ten the answer either will be "a policeman" or "a teacher."
ONE quick and easy means of escape from all these forms of stress is wit or humor. Laughter is the universal antidote. But some humor is more "sure-fire," as they say in the show business, than others. Aside from their garbled words and puns, Amos 'n' Andy use few if any jokes or "gags." They rely mainly for their laughs on situations. Besides, they have a peculiar ability for choosing apt and funny names for the various characters they introduce in their skits.
Their comedy is of the black-face variety. This always is "sure-fire." From time immemorial, people have made fun of those minorities among them who did not speak the language well. Cultured human beings like to display their superiority over inferior classes and races by criticizing their grammar and pronunciation. The ancient Greek and Roman writers of comedies introduced in their plays characters speaking the dialect of subject races. In European plays, to this day, comic relief often is supplied by peasants talking dialect. In this country, the comedian usually is a "Dutchman" (really a German), an Irishman, a Jew, an Italian and, particularly, a negro. Mclntyre and Heath, with "The Georgia Minstrels," in basically the same acts that Amos 'n' Andy do, were the longest enduring team in American vaudeville. They traveled up and down the country for more than half a century. Conroy and LeMaire, another black-face team, also continued successfully for a very long time. The records made by Moran and Mack were the biggest sellers in the history of the phonograph business. Al Jolson is the highest paid entertainer in musical comedy and in the talkies. Why is dialect comedy so amusing to us? Because we ourselves have got away from our childish way of talking. And why is negro dialect funnier than any other? Because, so far as the English language is concerned, it resembles most closely the talk of children.
BUT the colored people themselves are great Amos 'n' Andy fans. This is explained by the fact that all oppressed peoples derive comfort from seeing themselves presented in an amusing light. The Jews are another example of this mental attitude.
As for situation, Amos 'n' Andy use the time-honored device of the big fellow bullying the little fellow, who, however, triumphs in the end by dint of greater smartness. Andy is lazy, stupid, conceited, and domineering. Amos is industrious, modest, submissive, but comparatively clever. This, too, is "sure-fire." It is the idea underlying the Mutt: and Jeff comic strip, the widest read of all newspaper cartoons. It also is the secret of the tremendous success of Charlie Chaplin on the screen. Though there is no definite bully character in the Chaplin comedies, Charlie is the pathetic, oppressed little man faced by almost overwhelming odds. But because he is smart, he nearly always manages to outwit the police or whatever other force threatens to crush him.
Just a word as to the funny names Amos 'n' Andy use for their background characters. The head man of their lodge is called "the Kingfish "; the lodge itself, "the Mystic Knights of the Sea." The colored woman running a beauty parlor is "Madam Queen." These names strike us as particularly apt and right, because negroes in reality might actually use them. But that does not make them hilarious. For the psychological reason that they impress us as so very comical we again must go back to our childhood, when we established our superiority over others by giving them nicknames.
ANOTHER "sure-fire" quality in the Amos 'n' Andy comedy is that their humor is grim. Carefully analyzed, there really is nothing jolly about their material. The characters are in constant difficulty; their financial and love affairs are always in a muddle. But they make the best of a bad bargain. This is known as "the humor of the gallows." It, too, is borrowed from the comic strips, the Chaplin and other screen comedies, and many earlier sources. It is the kind of humor that makes the spectator or listener feel: "Well, if those fellows with all their troubles can laugh at their hard luck, I am, after all, not so badly off myself."
The secret of the Amos 'n' Andy success then, is that, either by accident or design, knowingly or instinctively, they have taken several "sure-fire" comedy devices and welded them into a whole—garbled words and puns, black-face dialect, the big-fellow-and-little-fellow situation, funny nicknames, and the humor of the gallows. And they present this mixture in a manner so childish and simple that it can be followed and understood by anyone without the slightest effort.
But even this, though it explains their universal appeal, does not account for their overwhelming popularity. This, of course, is where the radio comes in. One does not have to go to a theater to hear them. All one has to do is to be home at the time they broadcast, turn a dial, and "here they are." It does not cost anything. In the words of my friend: " You sit in your chair for fifteen minutes, forget everything, and just laugh." The obvious result is that they are known to, and liked by millions, instead of thousands as might be the case were they popular stage entertainers. If the radio had been invented when Weber and Fields were at the height of their powers, they, too, might have had millions of admirers.
WHO are the workers of this modern miracle and how do they go about their business of amusing virtually an entire nation?
Gosden, the Amos of the pair, was born in Richmond, Va. Thus, the Southern dialect comes naturally to him. He is thirty-one years old, married, and has a twenty-months-old son. Correll, Andy, is a Northerner, a native of Peoria, Ill. He is forty and married.
The men met in Durham, N. C, in 1919, when both were employed by a Chicago concern that staged plays for amateur dramatic organizations.
They broadcast for the first time in the spring of 1925, from station WEBH, Chicago. On January 12, 1926, they went on the air for the first time as "Sam 'n' Henry," black-face comedians.
Two years later, at the close of their 568th broadcast as Sam 'n' Henry, they created Amos 'n' Andy for station WMAQ, of the Chicago Daily News. In August, 1929, they began broadcasting over the National Broadcasting Company's network, sponsored by a toothpaste company.
All of the Amos 'n' Andy material is written by Correll and Gosden themselves, usually between nine a.m. and noon. Correll (Andy) operates the typewriter, while Gosden walks up and down, usually jingling a handful of coins, a peculiarity of his. Both contribute ideas. Like composers of music, they mark their manuscript with the "mood" in which the dialogue is written, such as "sad," "gay," "lazy," "peppy." This is done so that "Bill" Hay, their announcer, can cast his announcement in the same tempo and mood as the rest of the broadcast.
THEY take their work very seriously, and, according to eyewitnesses, "live" their characters before the microphone. Correll projects Andy's booming bass voice by speaking close to the microphone. Gosden produces his falsetto about a foot and a half away from the "mike."
The National Broadcasting Company pays Correll and Gosden a salary of $100,000 a year for their Amos 'n' Andy broadcasts. A revealing sidelight on the characters of the two men is furnished by the fact that they split this princely sum in three parts, paying one third to "Bill" Hay, their announcer, for no other reason than that "he has been with us from the start."
As this is written, they are negotiating with a motion picture company for the making of a talkie. It is said they will receive $250,000 for fifteen weeks' work.
Exorbitant? Not a bit of it. Anyone who has the ability to make millions happy is worth all he can get.


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But we need them! A while back I started a thread about it and it needs a reboot - the reception was luke warm at best and I thought "a proper competition - with fabulous prizes, like a car is whats needed!". Then I remembered that I'm not Oprah and this is Open Source and scaled it down a bit. With the help of the KDE eV we got funding so we can get the three winners the awesome book "Design Elements - a graphic style manual" (which is a brilliant and accessible book about graphic design that everyone should read) and the plan is to dig out some tshirts and stuff to to throw in the mix.
So how will this work? Essentially this is the deal - a group of community organizers/VDG people will pick out the ones that work, rank them into three piles and then let the community decide through a poll. "Wait wut?" you might say, why not let the community decide from scratch? Weeeeeell this is the catch with this competition. Some distros and DE's has had a not great experience with these things and as much as I think "come one, come all" is a relevant point - we also need to have a quality check of the wallpapers. The cruel bit is: if the VDG/Community Organizers don't feel like any are up to snuff - no one will win. They will try to make certain that all entries get help to get up to snuff, but if nothing happens - no wallpaper will be chosen.
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Now before that kick off please bare in mind I will monitor these threads like George RR Martin writes books - the devs have agreed on the condition that we play nice. This is not an opportunity for people to scream "Why did you remove X feature!!!111" and I will go all Red Wedding on anyone who does.
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But lets get into Plasma Next again - what does the future hold? Remember when we talked about "bit-by-bit" implementation? Somewhere like 10 Monday Reports ago? Yeah this is when we talk some more about it. For the next version of Plasma we will keep some of the most experimental things as "Opt-In" instead of "Opt-Out". Essentially the issue is as follows: Aurorae is not a viable option to ship for many good technical reasons (which may be answered in full by Martin Grässlin in the Ask-a-dev thread of the future) so we will, for the time being ship with the Oxygen windec theme (please not the difference between Widget and Windec). So essentially the first version this June will ship with mostly Oxygen and then change over time as things get finished up.
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This is key: Opt-in is ALWAYS better than opt-out and I will defend this stand point to death. If we're not sure, we wont push it on you (tbh we don't push anything on you but ... yeah) :)
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — Primedia Business Magazines & Media, the parent company of Club Industry magazine, has named Barry LeCerf as the new publisher of Club Industry. LeCerf, a 12-year Primedia veteran, replaces Terry Moffatt, who resigned as Club Industry's publisher/editorial director last month to pursue another business opportunity.
"For more than eight years, it's been a great privilege to be a member of the Club Industry team," said Moffatt, who joined Club Industry as editor in 1993. "All of the editors, account executives and support staff have worked very hard to provide our readers with the most relevant business-building information, as well as providing a vital communication link between fitness facility operators and the suppliers of related products and services. I am confident that with Barry's leadership, Club Industry will continue to be the leading business magazine for health and fitness facility management."
"As the former editor, Terry was a great teacher during the last three years," said Jerry Janda, who became editor-in-chief in 1998. "And as publisher, he brought many excellent initiatives to the magazine. While I'm sorry to see him go, I welcome the opportunity to work with Barry, who brings a wealth of publishing expertise to Club Industry."
With more than 25 years of experience in business publishing, LeCerf has garnered a number of national editorial awards during his career, including the prestigious Neal Award (the top award for trade publishing). "Barry's commitment to editorial quality and to building readership will help take Club Industry to a new level," said Brian Agnes, Primedia Business Magazine group vice president.
Said LeCerf, "I am very enthused about joining the Club Industry staff and continuing the important work begun by Terry Moffatt, Jerry Janda and the members of the CI staff.
"I look forward to talking with you, our readers and advertisers, about the daunting challenges that club owners and operators face in the upcoming years," LeCerf continued. "I am interested in receiving your feedback and comments about Club Industry magazine and how we can make it work for you, and I am eager to welcome each of you to our Club Industry shows and events in the coming months."


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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, 70, announced Friday that he will enter a "behavioral counseling clinic" on Aug. 5 to deal with issues relating to the multiple sexual harassment allegations against him. Although details of his treatment plan are scarce, he said he plans to undergo two weeks of intensive therapy, then return to work Aug. 19.
We spoke with addiction expert Adi Jaffe about what Filner may be facing and how treatment might help him. The executive director of Alternatives Addiction Treatment in Beverly Hills, Jaffe runs an intensive outpatient therapy program for people suffering from substance-abuse addiction and process addiction, which includes addiction to sex, food and gambling. He also teaches at Cal State Long Beach. His comments have been edited for clarity.
Question: Based on what has been reported about this case, what kind of therapy might be recommended for Filner?
Answer: It seemed like he made very inappropriate, forward approaches to specific people he was working with. A lot of times that might just get managed with simple psychotherapy. A relatively light form of intervention may be enough: going to therapy, figuring out why these unwanted advances seemed appropriate to the person, what sort of issues might be playing out — pretty simple, run-of-the-mill self-discovery psychotherapy.
Q: Could this be a case of sexual addiction?
A: Just because somebody is making inappropriate advances, it does not necessarily mean that sexual addiction per se is the situation.
Q: What kind of behavioral therapy do you think he might get?
A: Although I'm not privy to any of the individual details of what's going on, my sense is that he is probably submitting to an intensive therapy in a facility that specializes in sexual issues. I won't even say sexual addiction, but sexual issues.
Q: What's an example of the kind of treatment he will receive?
A: Especially around sex issues, some of the things that come up relatively frequently are early trauma, especially sexual trauma, or physical abuse. Aside from that, a lot of this has to do with stereotypical psychotherapy, just a very intensive level of it.
One other important piece is that almost always sexual disorders have to do with intimacy disorders — discomfort with intimacy, detachment from intimacy and things of that nature. So a lot of the work focuses on the source for that and trying to come up with a treatment plan that will help restore that ability to connect with others in an intimate way.
Q: Realistically, could two weeks have much benefit?
A: That's a really good question. Two weeks are a good opportunity to delve into what exactly is going on and will give him an opportunity to work directly with specialists. A client spends essentially the entire day getting treatment. Those two weeks are a really good way to build a deep understanding of what's happening, why these issues keep coming up, and develop a longer-term treatment plan.
Q: Filner said he'd get right back to work after his treatment ends. Is that a good idea?
A: Our clients do their intensive week, and then they do go back to work, but they continue receiving treatment. Just because he's going back to work doesn't mean he'll stop receiving treatment at that point. It just means the level of intensity of treatment will go down.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
I was completely captivated by the picture to the left showing a single, large gay-lesbian rainbow flag amidst a sea of Palestinian flags. The accompanying caption "someone brought the wrong flag" missed the point completely.
The picture was taken on European soil, perhaps Holland or Belgium. A seemingly unrelated and strange piece of news that surfaced the same week involved the tiny French village of La Mort Aux Juifs (Death to Jews), which refuses to change its name.
Marie-Elizabeth Secretand, the deputy mayor of nearby Courtemaux, said that the request to change the name is "ridiculous" because, she implied, it is part of French heritage. I believe Secretand when she says that no one has anything against the Jews in particular. However, by refusing to change the name of this town, she and others openly embrace the France's anti-Semitic legacy.
This brings me back to the blond-headed homosexual man proudly waving his rainbow flag together with a Jew-hating Muslim crowd.
Leaving aside the fact that he would have been killed in a heartbeat had he raised this flag in a Muslim country, what was he doing there in the first place? Is he just a solitary moron, or does he represent a wider phenomenon?
There should be little doubt by now that protests against Israel have crossed the line from criticism to outright, unabashed anti-Semitism. The two seemingly unrelated and opposing groups fanning the flames of this phenomenon are Muslims and liberals.
Just like the ISIS (Islamic State) flag, committed Muslims see the world in black and white. It is a world in which there is no place for anyone else but Muslims. Under Islam, the best that Jews, Christians and Yazidis could hope for would be living as second-class citizens (dhimmi).
For a Muslim, the Western axiom "treat others as you would treat yourself" – based of course on "love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord" – means that Muslims are expected to treat other Muslims like themselves. Everyone else will either have to convert, be reduced to a second-class status or be killed. Indeed the very name Islam means submission, not peace.
This begs the question: Why are Western liberals, who want to live in an amoral world, cursing Israel for committing fictitious war crimes? Why are homosexuals, anarchists, socialists and even millions of Christians endorsing the very people that would destroy them if given the chance? Is this a global suicidal movement, or what?
As I have watched this swell of anti-Semitism gaining momentum over the past month, it became clear that the only thing holding together these otherwise opposing forces is the cry "death to the Jews." Europe's legacy has been revived by the Muslim spirit of jihad.
What is happening in Europe today is nothing short of a holy war, a crusade against the Jews. Muslims, Christians and millions of French, Dutch, Swedish and British liberals are creating a lynching atmosphere that is beginning to manifest itself as de facto ethnic cleansing.
I live in Tel Aviv, but I hear French everywhere I go. Jews are once again on the run, and Europe once again is acting as the self-righteous inquisitor. A new holocaust is brewing. And this time it's not under the cover of Nazi flag, but rather under the cover of the rainbow.
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LONG POND, Pa. -- James Hinchcliffe exited before the first lap of the Pocono INDYCAR 400 Fueled by Sunoco was complete. Ryan Hunter-Reay's outlook for his second victory in the past three races crashed on a pit lane incident. Verizon P1 Award winner Marco Andretti, who led 88 of the 160 laps, was a non-factor late because of fuel conservation.
The Andretti Autosport front-row qualifying sweep for the return of IndyCars to Pocono Raceway after a 24-year absence didn't produce a race victory -- or even a top five -- which left the door open for almost everyone else.
Chip Ganassi Racing took the mantle, sweeping the podium for the first time ever. Scott Dixon earned his first victory since Mid-Ohio last August, while Charlie Kimball tied his career high of second and four-time series champion Dario Franchitti was third.
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It was the 100th win in all forms of motorsports for Chip Ganassi Racing and the 200th in Indy car competition for engine manufacturer Honda.
Dixon, who earned his 30th Indy car victory (his first was at Nazareth, Pa.), is the eighth different winner in 11 IZOD IndyCar Series races this season. He crossed the finish line .4572 of a second ahead of Kimball in a race slowed by only two cautions for 12 laps. The average speed of 192.864 mph bested Danny Sullivan's Indy car record 170.720 mph in the 1989 race on the 2.5-mile tri-oval.
"Going into this morning, I was not thinking we could win," said Dixon, who incurred a 10-grid spot penalty for an unapproved engine change and started 17th in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car. "The team definitely hasn't given up, and you've got to hand it to Honda as well. I think fuel mileage was the key today. And we still had speed up front without having to save all the time.
"I love this place. Pocono, the fans, just everyone has been fantastic. It's great to be back. It's been a long drought, almost a year, so it's fantastic to be back in winner's circle."
The last -- and only -- team to sweep a Triple Crown race was Sept. 2, 1979, at Ontario (Calif.) by Penske Racing's Bobby Unser, Rick Mears and Mario Andretti.
"I actually forgot that the next win would have been our 100th; it's been so long since we've had a win," team owner Chip Ganassi said. "It's a really great place to do it. In Pennsylvania, in my home state. It's great for the series to have a 1-2-3 (finish). Honda needed a boost, and they stepped up and did a great job."
Honda began Indy car competition in 1994, which includes 100 wins in seasons with manufacturer competition and 100 in the six-year period (2006-11) when Honda supplied engines to the full IndyCar Series field. Its last victory on an oval was in June 2012 at Texas Motor Speedway.
"It's a huge boost for the team and a huge boost for Honda," said Franchitti, who started 20th because of an engine change penalty in the No. 10 Energizer car.
The last 1-2-3 team finish was by Team Penske (Will Power, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe) at Sonoma Raceway in August 2011.
Power placed fourth and Josef Newgarden matched his best finish of fifth at Sao Paulo in May.
Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan's prospects of claiming the $1 million Fuzzy's Triple Crown bonus vanished on Lap 107 when he moved to overtake Dixon's car for the lead on the inside entering Turn 1. The right-front wing sustained damage when it clipped the rear of the No. 9 car, and Kanaan pitted three laps later.
Still, Kanaan remains eligible for the $250,000 prize -- along with Dixon -- if either wins the MAV TV 500 on Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway.
"I apologized to the crew several times," said Kanaan, driving the No. 11 Sunoco "Turbo" car for KV Racing Technology-SH Racing. "I made a mistake and it cost us big. I had a run on Dixon, but didn't really think that I was closing that fast on him.
"We had a car that was capable of winning this race and putting us in a position to contend for the Fuzzy's Triple Crown and the $1 million prize. We still have a chance to win in Fontana and collect $250,000, but I just feel bad for the crew because they worked so hard to give me a very competitive car."
Castroneves, who finished eighth, stretched his championship points lead to 23 over Hunter-Reay heading to the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader July 13-14, which pays full points in both races. Andretti remains third and Dixon, a two-time series champion, jumped three positions to fourth with eight races remaining.
Hunter-Reay was running 2.5 seconds behind Andretti on Lap 61 when he turned the No. 1 DHL car onto pit lane for a routine service stop. On the outside, Takuma Sato in the No. 14 ABC Supply car for A.J. Foyt Racing struck Hunter-Reay's car and spun it into the inside pit lane wall.
"I really think we had a great car to challenge for the win and I was really looking forward to the rest of the race. I love this racetrack," the reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion said. "Then we were just coming into pit lane, minding our own business, and we get creamed from behind. It's unfortunate, but we've come from further back to win the championship and we're determined to do it again."
Hunter-Reay rejoined the race 22 laps later to salvage crucial points.
"I knew early (about our fuel mileage), but not early enough," said Andretti, who topped the speed chart in the Open Test on July 4 and in practice. "I think we should have responded quicker, but it's so hard to be reserved right now. I'm so frustrated for RC Cola and everybody; we were just so dominant and I'm just absolutely gutted."


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When Canada last won the world championship in ice hockey, I read an article where it said that Canada had turned a new leaf in its approach to the world championships. In all the hegemony, the Canadians were saying that they no longer viewed the games as a guys holiday, with a chance to play some hockey in between and that every player there was playing to make their country proud.
The same could not be said of some of the Canadian players at the 2012 team. Three days into the games and what has Canada done? Played a sluggish game against Slovakia and then lost to the USA in overtime. Before the Slovakia game it was reported that Canada cancelled its morning skate and a short while after it emerged that the Canadian players had been sampling the wares at Henry's Pub in Helsinki.
After the USA game reports emerged that the Canadians were parting until 3am at Circus in Helsinki. There were a few tweets that suggested that there would've been fisticuffs involved at the end of the night as well, but no official word on the fight have emerged.
(EDIT 11:14BST 08/05/12) There have been further updates on what has supposedly been said and I thought that I'd update the story. Getzlaf reportedly shook his fist and said "You don't want any of this" and reportedly said that he would "knock everyone out in three minutes." It would appear that the initial reports of the scuffle weren't as bad as first thought, but there was some shouting. Some outlets have also reported that Getzlaf also shouted he was the captain of the Anaheim Ducks. Maybe not the smartest thing to shout at the heat of the moment, given that Finns follow the Ducks closely because of one Teemu Selanne. The original text that appeared in this blog can now be read at the bottom of the story.
IF the Canadians keep going like they are they will be one of the biggest disappointments of the games. There are two players on that roster that have looked like they actually want to be there and play for their country and that's Jeff Skinner and John Tavares. All the Getzlaf's, Corey Perry's and the like are in summer holiday mode. Getzlaf even admitted that he did not play or get on the ice for a month before the tournament. Is this the type of player you want wearing the C for your team? Is this a good example of leadership? The only thing Getzlaf is capable of leading at the moment is the off ice activities for Canada. I think he picked out a few favourite joints to hang out in during the NHL opener in Helsinki.
I tweeted last night saying that Ducks should seek to trade Getzlaf. He is on the final year of his contract, but I don't think the Ducks should commit their long term future to a player who is good when he wants to be. Getzlaf can be a great player when he wants to be, but most of the time he looks like he doesn't want to be.
As for Canada for the rest of the tournament? You can never count them out, that's for sure, but will all the off ice activities and enjoying a roadie with the boys lead to the teams' demise and out of the medal games. It's OK to party to get the game out of your system, but when you are playing for your country, make sure that you do it in the off season, not the night before the game.
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More details have emerged from the Canadian players' night out on town. There was a bit of a scuffle at the bar when Ryan Getzlaf took exception to a group of Finnish men at the bar. There had been some back and forth verbalisation before slight pushing and shoving. Getzlaf reportedly shoke hist fist vigorously and said "Don't make me use this, I will strike you all down." The bouncers broke up the blossoming brawl, and moved the players out of the club, but there was more shouting outside.


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Abra kadabra
Yo, this one is just to let you know
Believe in magic
[Verse 1]
This year I had a lot of fun
Between duckin' and dodgin' hoes
Doin' shows and hittin' the road like I was on the run
I ran into some shit to be proud of, look mom I found out
What Malcolm and Martin missed it was miss and makin' an album
Alright alright alright, order in the courtroom
Yo of course I'm still gon' save it
I used to take shit from Nordstrom
Strange twist, the speaker that never listened in class
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Told the teachers to kiss my ass
It's for the bad kids and the math kids
And the shorties flippin' on a mattress
Growin' up not knowin' how to imagine
Never let anyone tell you anything you can't be
My biggest win always been when I knew they didn't believe
Where would I be if not standin' on the stage
Spillin' my heart out on this page
Pay-per-viewing movies and rubbing toilet seats to get paid
Do you believe in magic? I know I do
Only thing better than dreamin' is seein' it all come true
I know that you know that I know what you like
You love the stars and the cars and the lights
But when it gets hard, do you ever doubt
Just wanted to let you know
Never let 'em tell you what you want or what you don't
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic?
[Verse 2]
Poppin' out of a cloud of billowing smoke I appear
Playin' a purple card at a moment of uncertainty
Terminally diagnosed, the power to write the cure
I been killin' myself slowly just like a bad heart surgery
Searchin' for somethin' different from them
Or what is it that defines us? And is it that it ultimately binds us?
The natural man won't lie, I need my woman
See my bitch, she hold me down even in times when gravity couldn't
My foot done slipped, I fell off of a bridge
But thanks to the grace of a greater power I didn't fall on my head
I could've landed on my neck and snapped it
Instead of snapped it, my last address
I sent it a mass-message and now we'll perform by accident
Archetypical sob story, big dreams disappointment
Talkin' to me to talk to my brother like a hip conjointment
You know Chance? Team light-skinned
Course I do, I look just like him
We was just on the bus fightin'
In the studios stayin' up writin'
Much like when flowers in the spring bloom
Started down from the bottom, but I'm about to have a big June
Jumpin' out the gym like Space Jam
I used to breakdance in Nico's basement
Now we both tourin' around the nation, it's crazy
Believe in what you feel
Believe in what you know
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