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NASCAR stars to play Pyramid
Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 20 2003, 12:23 PM\'] I don't which bothers me more, that they're doing it at all or that they think it's sweeps-worthy. I hoped that they would go from Olympic athletes to professional athletes* first.
*Feel free to debate the definition of an athlete. Specifically, I was referring to baseball, football, etc. I would certainly include tennis players, golf players and bicyclists, but not race car drivers. I would put them in a different category, which I call sportsmen (intended as gender-inclusive). I'm not sure where I would put hunters or archers. [/quote]
And in your opinion, Mr. Country Club, just what is sweeps-worth for a show that hovers around a 2.0 in the ratings? Surely isn't Kobe Byrant.
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---I'm still getting a bit tired of the "I'd never equate a nuclear physicist with a southern accent" mentality.
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Agreed. My father, born and raised in the hills of East Tennessee, was in fact a nuclear physicist. He was responsible for the production and distribution of rare isotopes of various elements. The only other person in the world who did what he did lives in Moscow. I do not know what sort of accent that person has, but I'm assuming Russian.
Jimmy Owen:
Is Gadabout Gaddis still alive?
DrBear:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 02:02 PM\'] So you don't like people assuming someone with a Southern accent is stupid, but you don't mind making the same assumption of the incredibly attractive?
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Aw, now, Chris (chucking you under the chin, as one might an errant child) you know better. There are plenty of intellegent, attractive people around, including all those who post on this board. (There, that oughta win me some backers!) Whether Ms. Bleeth is one of those people is, at best, a subject for debate.
Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 03:11 PM\']
--- Quote ---[T]he popularity of these drivers is unmistakable, so it's a perfectly logical theme for them to try.
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--- Quote ---I'm still getting a bit tired of the "I'd never equate a nuclear physicist with a southern accent" mentality.
--- End quote ---
Agreed. My father, born and raised in the hills of East Tennessee, was in fact a nuclear physicist. He was responsible for the production and distribution of rare isotopes of various elements. The only other person in the world who did what he did lives in Moscow. I do not know what sort of accent that person has, but I'm assuming Russian. [/quote]
As to my original question about NASCAR drivers being sweeps-worthy, I consider myself duly chastised and, more importantly, corrected. As I think about it, they don't just "get in the car, turn left, turn left, turn left, ..." They do in fact know how their cars operate--which is more than I could say for myself!
Matt, did your father by any chance work either in or with a facility whose location also lent its name to a country vocal group?
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