COW: Ramon name-dropped Burton Cummings
Posted on October 5th, 2007 – 11:06 AMBy Michael Rand
Ramon is feeling the heat and love that comes from including Burton Cummings in a comment. Hey, if you don’t want to be the Commenter Of the Week, don’t mention The Guess Who lead singer’s solo career. And lay off the pug. She just wants a little something to eat. This had nothing to do with the pug. Ramon?
The Proprietor, in his infinite discombobulation, left me a Late Nite without David Letterman email crying for 300 words so he can slack until he gets up to walk his pug. So what I’m pulling double shifts, haven’t been able to give Mrs. Ramon the good loving she deserves, or even put a few ice cubes in my late nite post-work glass of whiskey.
The Proprietor’s selfish, and if I had the energy I’d drive over there and leave some rotting Fresh Wok egg rolls on his front stoop. But Mrs. Ramon won’t let me; she’s been waiting all night long for me to come home so she can rant about the officiating last Sunday.
I’m a little insulted to tell you the truth. But not as insulted I’d be if I bought a NFL Football team for over 600 trillion dollars from a used-car salesman from Texas who paid 40 bucks for it – and who gutted the team (trading Moss) after he made the agreement … and knowing that even Jacksonville fans thought I was stupid for doing it.
I hate defending any major sports league owner. I can abide by homers ripping on bad decisions – but not bad intentions. Not to say Wilf didn’t make bad strategic moves – firing Tice (even if it was a good move), hiring Childress (even all of the bad game-time coaching moves still don’t outnumber Denny’s or Mike’s); spending an overdue amount on one-fifth of an offensive line.
But hey: I’m saying, let’s learn with Zygi. Let’s grow together. He hasn’t made the concrete overtures of moving the team (as Red did), he’s spending money in local property and team infrastructure (Winter Park upgrades) … and he’s even given us Adrian Peterson. Put him on probation. See what Pohlad’s gonna do (Does anyone else feel the downfall of the Twinkies happened when Batgirl left town?). Chill out on the Wilf.
Until week 11.
11 Responses to "COW: Ramon name-dropped Burton Cummings"
Stand tall, don’t you fall
For God’s sake don’t go and do something foolish
All you’re feeling right now is silly human pride.
Wise words from Mr. Burton Cummings’ mid-’70s soft-rock opus, “Stand Tall.” Carry them in your heart, won’t you?
Thank you, Ramon.
If I put Zygi on probation, does he have to pay me money to wear a home detention bracelet on his ankle and say Minnesota/ New York/ etc. into the phone?
If so, Ill be his probation officer.
–not that I would know anything about the above set up…of course.
Does Childress need to blow zeros into his headset before he can make game decisions?
it would really explain a lot if he didnt.
I only went because a friend had an extra ticket and begged me. I’m sure a lot of guys were there because a woman friend begged them. Maybe some of us sang “Sara Smile” to ourselves when no one was looking, but it was definitely a chick gig. When Burt sat at the piano and sang “Stand Tall” (his only south of the border chart success) there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Or a white one for that matter.
Being a BTO fan of the greatest magnitude all I could think of was how I was at the wrong show. And then Hall Oates came on…
Anyways, Randball picked the wrong foto for the above COW. Here’s how Randballers should remember Burt:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/pics/Jets1.jpg
Dave - I think Childress needs a little “Stand Tall” in his headphones. And maybe a a little “I Can’t Go For That”.
Wilf can’t really be insulted. He knew what he bought. He knew what Red “Purple Pride” McCombs payed for the franchise. We all know Wilf is full of crap when he says he has is behind Childress…that’s where his bodyguard (not Kevin Costner) stands so he doesn’t get plugged.
Rand,
Still know talk of the MLB playoffs are you going through Twins withdrawl?
These quotes made me throw up a lot.
Yes, Brett Favre’s on my fantasy team, but they suck, and he does too by association.
Joker - yes, I didn’t say he was shy about wasting his money. The scam was the Moss trade.
Randball, the pug’s on my side.
+1 to DaveMN for finding that Favre lovefest–I can’t believe Madden didn’t somehow make it on the list. But JoeSportsFan is wrong–it’s easy to root against Favre. I’ve been doing it for like 17 years now.
