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I hate guys who bitch at the refs. No matter the sport. It's bad enough when it's at the professional level, but when you're in a beer league and some asshole keeps yelling "Come on Blue, give us a break" I want to slap them in the teeth.
Because "Blue" is probably making $7 an hour. And that's not enough to put up with your crap. Besides, didn't you see that paper bag in his pocket? Blue's drunk, you fool. As he should be. It's a softball game.
I refereed some intramural basketball when I was a freshman at UW-Madison. That was an ordeal. $5 an hour. Two refs per game, assuming your partner showed up. My first game featured dueling fraternities. One team was pretty mellow, but the other one was taking it way too seriously and let me have it all game long. I was a rookie and my calls may have been a bit indecisive, but I felt pretty confident that they were accurate.
But these dickheads wouldn't let up on me. The whole bench, bitching on every call, even the obvious ones.
I finally went over and told them if they didn't cool it I'd have to give them a technical foul. That shut them up for awhile. But then they started up again and we finally had to hit them with a T. One of them then threatened to kick my ass.
I decided then that $5 officiating is no fun. The same kind of people who want to be cops want to be officials. Not my thing.
But I always treat refs with respect. You'd be amazed at how aggressive some of these yuppie league players can get with the refs. Assholes. The guy's out there giving it his best for low pay. And no your $500 league fee does not give you permission to be an asshole.
I got a technical one time, though. Kind of embarrassing. It was maybe five years ago, in the New York Urban Professional Basketball League. This one ref was just awful, and he was awful with flair, too. Kind of criticizing the players as he made his calls. Both teams began griping at him. Finally, after his fifteenth bad call in a row, I just looked at him and said, "Man, you're having a really bad day today."
Bang, zoom, T. I think that's the only one I ever got (not counting hanging on the rim after a dunk).
Because "Blue" is probably making $7 an hour. And that's not enough to put up with your crap. Besides, didn't you see that paper bag in his pocket? Blue's drunk, you fool. As he should be. It's a softball game.
I refereed some intramural basketball when I was a freshman at UW-Madison. That was an ordeal. $5 an hour. Two refs per game, assuming your partner showed up. My first game featured dueling fraternities. One team was pretty mellow, but the other one was taking it way too seriously and let me have it all game long. I was a rookie and my calls may have been a bit indecisive, but I felt pretty confident that they were accurate.
But these dickheads wouldn't let up on me. The whole bench, bitching on every call, even the obvious ones.
I finally went over and told them if they didn't cool it I'd have to give them a technical foul. That shut them up for awhile. But then they started up again and we finally had to hit them with a T. One of them then threatened to kick my ass.
I decided then that $5 officiating is no fun. The same kind of people who want to be cops want to be officials. Not my thing.
But I always treat refs with respect. You'd be amazed at how aggressive some of these yuppie league players can get with the refs. Assholes. The guy's out there giving it his best for low pay. And no your $500 league fee does not give you permission to be an asshole.
I got a technical one time, though. Kind of embarrassing. It was maybe five years ago, in the New York Urban Professional Basketball League. This one ref was just awful, and he was awful with flair, too. Kind of criticizing the players as he made his calls. Both teams began griping at him. Finally, after his fifteenth bad call in a row, I just looked at him and said, "Man, you're having a really bad day today."
Bang, zoom, T. I think that's the only one I ever got (not counting hanging on the rim after a dunk).
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I suggest you check out crsmal's washer video. Some real nice production values. And since nobody has solved it yet, here are the complete lyrics to the lyricdat from a couple weeks back. Five points to the solver.
if I had
if I had more
more would be laid at your feet
if you give me
just a little smile
the dogs on my trail wouldn't drag me back to jail
I woke up in a horse's stomach upon a foggy morning
his eyes were crazy and he smashed into the cemetery gates
and all I want is to be a happy man
all I want is to be a happy man
I've seen teeth
across the horizon
fangs spanning yellow against the earth
and if...
I woke up in a horse's stomach upon a foggy morning
his eyes were crazy and he smashed into the cemetery gates
and all I want is to be a happy man
all I want is to be a happy man
I woke up in a horse's stomach upon a foggy morning
his eyes were crazy and he smashed into the cemetery gates
and all I want is to be a happy man
and all I want is to be a happy man
all I want is to be a happy man
all I want is to be a happy man
all I want
all I want
all I want
all I want
posted by hans q. bungle at 02:04
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