Bill Simmons’ (known as “The Sports Guy”) column appears on ESPN’s web site. I read it from time to time when I can. He usually writes once in a while just to answer email questions. And they don’t always relate to sports.
In the most recent EDITION of his column, there were some emails and/or his answers gave me a good laugh. One talked about saying to an actor or actress that you loved them in a certain film where they had a real small part, just to bring them down a notch. Like telling Kevin Costner, “I loved you in ‘The Big Chill.’”, or Matthew McConaughey, “I loved you in ‘Angels in the Outfield.’”
But the funniest email and answer I just had to post.
Q: Is there any better way to say that a couple is actively trying to have a baby than, “They’ve pulled the goalie?”
– Bassel, Sunnyvale, Calif.
SG: Absolutely not. It’s the single-best thing that hockey has done for our culture since Barry Melrose single-handedly saved the mullet.
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