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From: VAXman- on 5 Apr 2010 18:40 In article <michelle-6BEAB3.15111505042010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes: >In article <1jghksf.3sb0baxjhoffN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > >> But they're the Los Angeles Angels. Does that constitute a miracle? (Not >> to mention a redundancy.) > >Actually, they're the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Maybe why I *saw* them when in Anaheim? D'oh! -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png Yeah. You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people. -- Billy Ray Valentine
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 18:56 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > I see. "What do you mean by Passover?" is somehow supposed to convey > > something other than what the words say. > > And he doesn't remember who he asked it of. That, too. Hey, John, you responded to Michelle. The correct word is "she." -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 18:59 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Serious answer: The team's owners want it to be known as the "Los Angles > Angels" because Los Angeles is better known and supposedly more prestigious > than Anaheim, but their contract with the city of Anaheim to play in that > stadium and to have the stadium named after the team required them to have > "Anaheim" in the team's name. The city still wants them to be called the > Anaheim Angels. Meanwhile, New York Giants and New York Jets fans wonder what the fuss is all about. And now that we're talking about football, lots of people kept calling the Oakland Raiders the Oakland Raiders while they played in Los Angeles, and it looks like we had good reason to since the transplant didn't "take." -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 19:04 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > The Angels are owned by Disney > > Not since 2003; the owner is Arte Moreno. I sit corrected. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 19:08
Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > God must be male, if he expected only lambs; a woman would have expected > > diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and minks. > > I know some men who would expect them as well. :o Yes, but diamonds are a girl's best friend. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |