Another Steve quote

[mollyringle]

Steve explains to me that some exciting moment has happened in college football. A quarterback has gotten injured early in the game, and an 18-year-old freshman gets to fill in, and is doing a brilliant job. Very thrilling.

Me: Oh. Sort of like in theater, when the lead can't go on, and the understudy gets to fill in, and ends up dazzling the audience.

Steve: (disdainful pause) You just used a theater metaphor to describe sports. You're supposed to use sports metaphors to describe everything else in the world.


(I doubt I have a "sports" tag. Right, I do not.)

Comments

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

What is this "Foht-bahl" to which you refer?

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Dunno. Some confusing thing I hope they replace with a straightforward and interesting sport, like archery.

[thomas-a-kempis.livejournal.com]

Indubitably. Beyond Question.

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[kenshi.livejournal.com]

You get a free pass on this for being a girl. If you'd been a guy, we'd have been morally obligated to throw a slushy in your face or throw you in the dumpster for making an analogy like that.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kinda figured. :)