35 years ago today "The Miracle On Ice"

[MACFLY]

Mac don't listen to him. That was awesome. Especially the first paragraph.

After that it became practically unreadable. The spelling errors and the boring story about some hockey loving family. It was all a bit much for me.

But the first paragraph was a winner. Just like those brave Russians.

(sorry, didn't have the stomach to finish the post - I'm assuming the Russians won in the end.)

That's ok I didn't figure you or beetle would be into sports too much.

 

[Future Fanatic]

Really. Perhaps you should look again. Maybe your eyesight is going. You know first it was CAPITAL LETTERS now you can't spot people high fiving. Speaking of high fiving it's interesting you called this out. Makes me think you never received a high five before. Is that the issue here? You didn't get a high five when your alpaca won best of show at the local fair. Come on now FF don't you think it's time to let it go

Given that I thought I was calling out some unattributed sports guy and not the Brian Willamsesqueness of a fine web acquaintance such as yourself, I guess it would be proper to just let it go...

But, this is N.E.F.F...

and it's winter...

and I'm me...

SO...

It's true, I've NEVER participated in the "high five"

To me it always seemed a bit of a more socially acceptable "Butt Slap" that one often sees among some athletes and sports...

Let that sink in a moment.

Given who is attributed as starting the high five over there on the Dodgers team, I think maybe that theory has its merits...

As to my eyesight going, it's true, so I even watched the video with my glasses on. Again, I saw no high fives in the stands or on the ice. Tell me at what point in the video you spotted one. I saw a lot of arms raised in the air, a lot of hugging and even a few fist pumps(half a high five? A high 2.5?)

Anyway, I'm sure my problem, old age eyesight is to blame, and not your 35 year old memory... I'm sure you come from a family of reformed "Butt Slappers" and you guys were all high fiving into the wee hours...

 

[mudbug201]

That's ok I didn't figure you or beetle would be into sports too much.

Only figure skating.

 

[golden beetle]

Only figure skating.

Summer olympics rock.

As in rock hard jocks in banana hammocks at the pool.

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

Only figure skating.

Ah yes, skater legs..........

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

In the early days of my hockey it was nothing more than a stick slap to the shin guards for celebrating. It later went to the arms up, run in place and then to the one knee bend with the opposite elbow pump back and forth.
In my days with the Williamsport Loggers they would punch you in the side of the head as a sign of celebration.

 

[MACFLY]

Given that I thought I was calling out some unattributed sports guy and not the Brian Willamsesqueness of a fine web acquaintance such as yourself, I guess it would be proper to just let it go...

But, this is N.E.F.F...

and it's winter...

and I'm me...

SO...

It's true, I've NEVER participated in the "high five"

To me it always seemed a bit of a more socially acceptable "Butt Slap" that one often sees among some athletes and sports...

Let that sink in a moment.

Given who is attributed as starting the high five over there on the Dodgers team, I think maybe that theory has its merits...

As to my eyesight going, it's true, so I even watched the video with my glasses on. Again, I saw no high fives in the stands or on the ice. Tell me at what point in the video you spotted one. I saw a lot of arms raised in the air, a lot of hugging and even a few fist pumps(half a high five? A high 2.5?)

Anyway, I'm sure my problem, old age eyesight is to blame, and not your 35 year old memory... I'm sure you come from a family of reformed "Butt Slappers" and you guys were all high fiving into the wee hours...

Wait a second

Brian williamsesqueness

Butt slapping.

FF I want you to leave the farm immediately and go interact with something other than an alpaca.

In fact I will happily meet you half way between our homes and Deliver an epic high five. It may just change your life and brother you need a CHANGE!!!

 

[Future Fanatic]

Wait a second

Brian williamsesqueness

Butt slapping.

FF I want you to leave the farm immediately and go interact with something other than an alpaca.

In fact I will happily meet you half way between our homes and Deliver an epic high five. It may just change your life and brother you need a CHANGE!!!

A response borrowed from the GB school of internet posting I see...

I'm sure you'd like to "deliver an epic 'high five' " in the woods near some rest stop along the highway, but I'm not into that(not that there's anything wrong with that).

 

[MACFLY]

A response borrowed from the GB school of internet posting I see...

I'm sure you'd like to "deliver an epic 'high five' " in the woods near some rest stop along the highway, but I'm not into that(not that there's anything wrong with that).

Said the guy who is butt slapping Alpaca while watching Brian Williams on the nightly news

 

[Thursthouse]

Summer olympics rock.

As in rock hard jocks in banana hammocks at the pool.

.........

 

[lightenup]

I'm sure you'd like to "deliver an epic 'high five' " in the woods near some rest stop along the highway, but I'm not into that(not that there's anything wrong with that).

In honor of Macfly, I have been catching up on Seinfeld episodes.....that one was on last night.....very funny....although, the "college girls" mom jeans were kind of disturbing.

 

[moosekid]

i'm from the eastside of st. paul -- the blue collarest, hockey neighborhood on the planet. herb and I both played for the johnson governors and we shared a barber named george. NOW SHOWER THIS POST WITH LIKES YOU BOOBS!

 

[Rusty Spinner]

There's a farmer in the Musky watershed I've done a lot of restoration work for and he's missing two fingers. Would he only give high threes?

 

[lightenup]

i'm from the eastside of st. paul -- the blue collarest, hockey neighborhood on the planet. herb and I both played for the johnson governors and we shared a barber named george. NOW SHOWER THIS POST WITH LIKES YOU BOOBS!

I'm very proud of ya'...

 

[Trout Nazi]

There's a farmer in the Musky watershed I've done a lot of restoration work for and he's missing two fingers. Would he only give high threes?

Depending on which fingers he's missing, he could do it ze German way, or the English way.

 

[Trouser Trout]

Without question the greatest sporting accomplishment i have or will ever see. One of only a few sporting events that rises above the actual game itself. We were at the height of the cold war, in many ways the USA was down and out, Jimmy Carter was president, and the Soviet team was considered the greatest hockey team ever assembled, and somehow a team of very skilled amateurs who only got together weeks before soundly defeated them and went on to win the gold. Within the decade the USSR would crumble, I think to many it was first time any of us saw a chink in the Soviet armour. The win followed by the Papacy of John Paul II, and the election of Ronald Reagan all had a part in the Soviet demise.

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

The US hockey team was actually what brought down the Berlin wall, not Reagan.