Just because I put some of these items on the list doesn't mean I don't like them. I simply feel that they are overrated. Everybody plays Euchre when there are far better games, IMO. Same goes for the NFL. I don't hate the league (although it ranks behind baseball, college football & basketball, the NBA, and soccer on my list).
As for Radiohead Dom, I couldn't disagree with you more. To me there are two types of music fans. Fans who like music that sounds like nothing they've ever heard (myself & Radiohead), or music that sounds like something you have heard before (my wife & Carrie Underwood).
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The NFL is fun to watch, but it doesn't hold a candle to baseball. I also don't like hearing about it during the summer. I have pretty much stopped watching ESPN since I have gotten DirecTV. I have plenty of other options. I still watch the Sunday Night Game and the ESPYs were pretty entertaining. I never watch Sportscenter anymore.
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About Yankees vs. Red Sox. While I do feel that their rivalry is overblown to some degree, you cannot deny that their rivalry has a recent history unlike any other (it is historically overblown - I would take Reds vs. Dodgers or Dodgers vs. Giants historically). But, they have a bunch of things that no one else does.
-Their fans participate in the games to a degree that no other rivalry can match in baseball. Every pitch in these games matters. The pressure felt in the stadium is palpable, even on camera.`
-Aaron F. Boone
-Pedro vs. Zimm.
-2004 comeback
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I like to play Euchre (we even had a Euchre tournament as a fundraising event for my brother who is running for judge), but I relearned Canasta when I became engaged to my wife. The only time my mother-in-law ever cursed at me was during a canasta game (she said "crap" - I fell out of my chair!). Whenever we head out to Missouri, we play loads of canasta games. It's a little know game anymore, but rivaled bridge in the 50's.
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Yep. The World's Greatest Living Rock Band? Can't agree. I had a discussion with a friend recently about that title and he strongly disagreed as well. "First off," he said, "they're not alive..."
It just doesn't appeal to me. I LOVE seafood but lobster just doesn't register with me.
Improbus,
Your list mostly made me chuckle, but I was perplexed by your categorization of wine as "overrated". There are thousands of different wines made from thousands of different grapes. There certainly are differing opinions on specific wines and the categorizations of wine by wine publications or wine critics, but I have honestly never heard of all wine being called overrated. Could you elaborate on what you mean?
I'm sorry but you're wrong. Sure, Radiohead doesn't have some cheesey chorus line in the middle of their songs like some bands (Backstreet boys, are you f'n serious?) but that doesn't mean they're not an enjoyable band to listen to. Not to mention seeing them live will put any other band (with maybe the exception being The Band/Last Waltz) to shame.
I still cannot get over how ESPN purchased? Took over? Destroyed! Classic Sports Network....... bowling? Poker? what the heck is this?
No games that were not done by ESPN?
The arrogance of taking a great channel like that and saying we determine what is classic is... beyond even Kanye West arrogance.
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