HORSE, GEICO, FRDIT

By On February 6, 2009 · 21 Comments · In Girls, Google, NBA, Twilight, Twitter

(This site is already #7 in Google for Kellie Simpson.)

Okay, so I’ve really kinda struggled to put into words why I think HORSE at the All-Star Game is an awful idea.

I’ve equated it to watching people play video games, which is maybe the worst thing ever.

I had a friend in HS who would invite us over all the time to make us watch him play video games under the guise of, “Hey, I got some beer.”

We’d all get there and he’d have one 40oz, which he’d already drank. Then we’d watch him try to beat whatever version of Final Fantasy was current.

Anyway, Robert Carroll, who you can follow on Twitter here, and who OMG – use to write the YAYsports! NFL page, summed it up perfectly.

@brianspaeth I like the concept, but I get the feeling it’ll turn into the jump shot equivalent of Nate Robinson’s dunk contest.

Exactly what I couldn’t quite put into words.

This goes one of two ways:

1) Get deadly jump-shooters as the participants, who will take 4 hours to miss.
2) Get Nate Robinsons, who will turn it into watching the Globetrotters.

If I had to pick one, I’d much rather watch the first one – at least there would be some tension. The second one will just be dumb, but maybe this is for kids, and I shouldn’t worry about it. I guess it’s kinda like the Twilight books, ie I can’t comprehend how someone could be excited for this at all.

Also, they’ll be spelling GEICO, not HORSE. At least they could’ve had them spell something random like FRDIT, which would’ve been fun as far as listening to the announcers.

That, and have that truck there driving back and forth across the court during the match. That I would watch with great excitement.

“OOOHHH!!! Jamal Crawford was just about to try the double loopy-doopy backwards three-pointer, but the rear bumper of the truck took out his right leg! Guess he’s got F-R-D now! Wacka-wacka-wacka!”

 
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-roberge/a-statistical-guide-to-hi_b_160042.html Bob (aka Tom)

    Geico? This is awful. Imagine if a whole generation of kids out there started playing GEICO instead of HORSE when their unathletic cousins of all heights and ages were over for some holiday cookout.

    By the way, I should add the Brian's book is not only epic, pretentious, and stupid, it's Raw. And it's Savage.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Geico? This is awful. Imagine if a whole generation of kids out there started playing GEICO instead of HORSE when their unathletic cousins of all heights and ages were over for some holiday cookout.

    By the way, I should add that Brian's book is not only epic, pretentious, and stupid, it's Raw. And it's Savage.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    In this moment, I could not be more excited to read your review.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    In this moment, I could not be more excited to read your review.

  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-roberge/a-statistical-guide-to-hi_b_160042.html Bob (aka Tom)

    Started it last night, and have the day off today, so hope to make some progress. I'm laboring over it. Oh, and I'm giving it a home on the interweb. Its own home. So I can add to it, as I see fit, and so others can comment.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Started it last night, and have the day off today, so hope to make some progress. I'm laboring over it. Oh, and I'm giving it a home on the interweb. Its own home. So I can add to it, as I see fit, and so others can comment.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    That's nice of you. You are a nice person.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    That's nice of you. You are a nice person.

  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-roberge/a-statistical-guide-to-hi_b_160042.html Bob (aka Tom)

    I try.

    By the way, and I know it's the other post, but thanks for helping me waste time creating a surrogate. Fair warning on the lounge music would have been appreciated. No matter what I did, mine looked like an older version of me. Oh, and it turns out that French Canadian and Indian are not that far off.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    I try.

    By the way, and I know it's the other post, but thanks for helping me waste time creating a surrogate. Fair warning on the lounge music would have been appreciated. No matter what I did, mine looked like an older version of me. Oh, and it turns out that French Canadian and Indian are not that far off.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Oh I have headphones hooked up and they're always on the floor – I miss most auto-music. Thank ESPN DOT COM for that.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Oh I have headphones hooked up and they're always on the floor – I miss most auto-music. Thank ESPN DOT COM for that.

  • joe

    i liked the old larry bird H-O-R-S-E commercials, but if i could counterpoint real quick. I love and follow MLG. Thats major league gaming to you. It's a totally legit league, i love halo 3, and i love following 16 years old that play it for money. Not to go all bill simmons on you, but this league is filled with unintentional comedy. plus gilbert arenas owns a team!

  • joe

    i liked the old larry bird H-O-R-S-E commercials, but if i could counterpoint real quick. I love and follow MLG. Thats major league gaming to you. It's a totally legit league, i love halo 3, and i love following 16 years old that play it for money. Not to go all bill simmons on you, but this league is filled with unintentional comedy. plus gilbert arenas owns a team!

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Geico? This is awful. Imagine if a whole generation of kids out there started playing GEICO instead of HORSE when their unathletic cousins of all heights and ages were over for some holiday cookout.

    By the way, I should add that Brian's book is not only epic, pretentious, and stupid, it's Raw. And it's Savage.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    In this moment, I could not be more excited to read your review.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Started it last night, and have the day off today, so hope to make some progress. I'm laboring over it. Oh, and I'm giving it a home on the interweb. Its own home. So I can add to it, as I see fit, and so others can comment.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    That's nice of you. You are a nice person.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    I try.

    By the way, and I know it's the other post, but thanks for helping me waste time creating a surrogate. Fair warning on the lounge music would have been appreciated. No matter what I did, mine looked like an older version of me. Oh, and it turns out that French Canadian and Indian are not that far off.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    Oh I have headphones hooked up and they're always on the floor – I miss most auto-music. Thank ESPN DOT COM for that.

  • joe

    i liked the old larry bird H-O-R-S-E commercials, but if i could counterpoint real quick. I love and follow MLG. Thats major league gaming to you. It's a totally legit league, i love halo 3, and i love following 16 years old that play it for money. Not to go all bill simmons on you, but this league is filled with unintentional comedy. plus gilbert arenas owns a team!