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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:39am
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Well in the locker room during the pregame one of the officials said, "These coaches do not say much of anything."
That's the equivalent in the news business (my field) of saying, "Boy, it's a really quiet news day..."
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 05:17am
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That's the equivalent in the news business (my field) of saying, "Boy, it's a really quiet news day..."
Or a TV announcer stating, "He's made his last 17 FT attempts......." CLANK!
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 07:10am
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Or a TV announcer stating, "He's made his last 17 FT attempts......." CLANK!
Or in my industry, "I have a secure website..." then WHACK... SQL injection attempt from China. (11pm last night: true story!)
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:14am
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In my field, "We haven't had an injury for 217 days..."
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 09:17am
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Speaking of which: shouldn't we be seeing a few more fanboys by now.
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:57pm
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Speaking of which: shouldn't we be seeing a few more fanboys by now.
Give 'em a couple of weeks...until the conference tournaments start and then March Madness......
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:23pm
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Speaking of which: shouldn't we be seeing a few more fanboys by now.
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 04:46pm
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:48am
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In my field, "We haven't had an injury for 217 days..."
Or, in my field,
Customer: "This toilet plugs every single time we try to flush it. Watch."
Us:
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Or in my field - I've been out with hot moms after my last ten games.
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 10:53am
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That's the equivalent in the news business (my field) of saying, "Boy, it's a really quiet news day..."
It's like saying the "Q" word in a 911 dispatch center or thinking to yourself "Gee the radio sure has been quiet tonight".
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 10:59am
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It's like saying "I haven't seen the most misunderstood rules post for a while".
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Old Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:01am
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Now, that's just wrong........
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It's like saying "I haven't seen the most misunderstood rules post for a while".
or, "What's the #1 Rule in officiating?"

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