The appeals of religious dictates generally are of limited utility with my friends Mike and Marleen — they are secular fatalists, and the moreso on Caps’ visits to Pennsylvania with a McCreary or Fraser or McGough wearing stripes then. With this in mind, I next vaguely referenced a relatively obscure United Nations resolution (”S87″ I called it) that forbade both unilateral and coalition humanitarian aid to a Pittsburgh stricken by natural disaster.

“What prompted that?” Michael asked.

“The Nedved and Jagr mullets,” I replied.

Next I reached for the remote and scrolled fast away from the cable sports sections of the torture chamber TV and to an oldies-movies outlet to try and temper our room’s bubbling bile. I landed on a Gene Kelly film.

“He’s from Pittsburgh,” Michael pointed out.

“Cross-check him in the throat,” Marleen ordered.

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5 Comments

  1. Gustafsson wrote:

    … I landed on a Gene Kelly film.

    “He’s from Pittsburgh,� Michael pointed out.

    “Cross-check him in the throat,� Marleen ordered.

    That was freaking hilarious!

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 8:39 am | Permalink
  2. NS2NOVA wrote:

    Looks like someone got word of the day toilet paper from Santa Clause.

    Too funny to be sure.

    Good one Pucks

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 10:15 am | Permalink
  3. MikeZ wrote:

    Hilarious!

    Is it just me, or is “cross-check him in the throat” the Caps fans mantra during Caps-Pens games?

    That and, among my circle of friends, the Jason Statham line from ‘Snatch’: “Get out there and ‘urt ‘im!”

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 12:57 pm | Permalink
  4. Bob wrote:

    I do hate Pittsburgh. The fact that EJ sucked the life out Hartford and that I now live in Washington DC makes me especially supportive of the “cross check” motion to Pittburgh.

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 2:02 pm | Permalink
  5. frustrated cap fan wrote:

    It hurts to outplay the Pens for over 120 minutes aand see THEM (those rat b$&$$t^*(^ds) get 4 points. I’m all for seeing our boys in Red White and Blue play Crosby and Malkin hard but what happens then - no way Morrisonn shoul’ve been called for that roughing penalty. I say Cross Check em in the throat too. LETS GO CAPS!!!!!

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

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