Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
- Thread starter John Marzano Olympic Hero
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Weird. I hope and pray we get the help we need. We're good guys in need of a second chance.Shelterdog said:
Shelterdog said:
While you are making yourself comfortable up there on your high horse, I would suggest that you remember that after the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide, King ended his column with a little tidbit that he referred to as "The Adieu Kaiku" to Kasandra Perkins, the woman murdered by Belcher.
There's a reason that King is mocked so mercilessly around here - he deserves it.
Average Reds said:
Dude I'm deriding myself for not being more creative in mocking that fat asshole King.
Shockingly, I'm going to assume that King will Ted Mosby this and pen an extremely self serving few paragraphs under the guise of an obituary to his brother. Something like:
Shelterdog said:
Lack of sleep and inattentiveness got me. Apologies.
Sucks to get worked up
Bathing in righteous anger
Then coherence hits
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
Needs a line about what beer they were drinking and the seats. Maye a travel note. And something about where he lived
Last summer, I had the privelege of taking my brother to a game at Fenway Park, something he'd always wanted to do. We took the Acela up that morning (comment about taking a call from important person X) then grabbed a cab from Back Bay station. I asked the cabbie to drive by my old place in the SE. Sad to see (name drop restaurant here) gone. And as we sat there drinking the newly released Sam Summer (a bit fruity for me, but not a bad start) in our luxury/press box seats, he turned to me and said, "Peter, thank you. You might do this all the time, but for me, this is a once in a lifetime thing". I realize now that he was right, and I, and everyone, needs to slow down and appreciate the things they have in life, because what you take for granted might be a special memory for someone else. He smiled the whole way back to my Manhattan apartment, even though the attendant never brought the extra blanket he asked for. Even the rube talking in the quiet car couldn't break the mood.
Sorry if I'm being oblivious to sarcasm, but King wrote the piece about his brother already:
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/03/31/jim-kelly-cancer-monday-morning-quarterback/3/
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/03/31/jim-kelly-cancer-monday-morning-quarterback/3/
PK either doesn't know what arcane means or really, really pays little attention to baseball.
King's taking personal time today (except for the time he used to give an inane interview to Kevin Costner, because I guess that was really important to him), so Bedard filled in.
1) I agree that nail clipping should be done in the bathroom or somewhere private. It's gross, and the sound is one of the most unpleasant known to man. So, good one there, Bedard, although it is kind of low-hanging fruit. Kind of like complaining about people who spit in public water fountains.
2) I have less of a problem with people taking off their shoes in a travel environment, provided they have socks and the feet don't stink. Most people, honestly, don't have discernibly smelly feet. So this is a case-by-case basis. I mean, women take off their shoes all the time and nobody cares. Griping about someone taking off their shoes for no other reason strikes me as overly fussy.
3) What's wrong with doing bills in public? I mean, again, unless there's more to the story (he spread his shit across 3 seats, say), who cares? Sounds like he was being productive, so good on him. I mean, Christ, Bedard, get up and go for a walk if it bugs you so much.
And this:
Is puzzling. What the fuck is he talking about? It sounds like he's proposing some sort of social contract, a line in the sand where things on one side are "OK" and things on the other are "Not OK", but offers no clarification as to where that line is or should be re-drawn. "without incident"? Is he proposing violence?
1) I agree that nail clipping should be done in the bathroom or somewhere private. It's gross, and the sound is one of the most unpleasant known to man. So, good one there, Bedard, although it is kind of low-hanging fruit. Kind of like complaining about people who spit in public water fountains.
2) I have less of a problem with people taking off their shoes in a travel environment, provided they have socks and the feet don't stink. Most people, honestly, don't have discernibly smelly feet. So this is a case-by-case basis. I mean, women take off their shoes all the time and nobody cares. Griping about someone taking off their shoes for no other reason strikes me as overly fussy.
3) What's wrong with doing bills in public? I mean, again, unless there's more to the story (he spread his shit across 3 seats, say), who cares? Sounds like he was being productive, so good on him. I mean, Christ, Bedard, get up and go for a walk if it bugs you so much.
And this:
Is puzzling. What the fuck is he talking about? It sounds like he's proposing some sort of social contract, a line in the sand where things on one side are "OK" and things on the other are "Not OK", but offers no clarification as to where that line is or should be re-drawn. "without incident"? Is he proposing violence?
On the subway in MANHATTAN saw someone take off their shoes, clip toenails on seat, then wipe off the nail leavings onto the floor. To be fair, that was only the 1,348th weirdest thing I've see on the subway.
ifmanis5 said:
This sort of brings into sharp relief why King's "Things I find annoying when travelling in Business Class comfort and staying in nice hotels to discuss football for $1 MIllion per year even though I really only have to work 9 months out of the year" shit is so tiresome and grating. Guy should drive around and/or take the subway for 45 minutes before and after work for a couple of weeks every year to get some perspective.
drleather2001 said:
That attitude he embraces is the root of everything that is wrong with America. And you're spot on that it's a social contract kind of thing, only it's the opposite of what Tocqueville saw as making America strong and, in fact, is basically the embodiment of his fears for America.
I know he's probably using a more expansive word that he meant with "public spaces," but how someone who covers sporting events for a living could utter such nonsense is utterly beyond me.
It saddens me that all this vitriol is aimed at someone not named Peter King. Just feels ... empty.
I have no problem with women taking off their shoes in public because, as a group, they do not have repulsive, sweaty, hairy-toed feet. If their feet smell, they should be treated as a man for shoe-keeping-on purposes.
Guys: Keep your goddamn shoes on in enclosed areas. If you've ever sat next to someone on the plane who takes off his shoes to unfurl his horrific foot odor, you'd feel the same way. There has to be a bright line to protect the innocent.
As to the bills thing, who gives a shit? Is that somehow worse than reading a terrible book or playing Nintendo on your phone? At least he's paying his bills, unlike many of his fellow Americans.
Guys: Keep your goddamn shoes on in enclosed areas. If you've ever sat next to someone on the plane who takes off his shoes to unfurl his horrific foot odor, you'd feel the same way. There has to be a bright line to protect the innocent.
As to the bills thing, who gives a shit? Is that somehow worse than reading a terrible book or playing Nintendo on your phone? At least he's paying his bills, unlike many of his fellow Americans.
MarcSullivaFan said:
I'm a guy and my feet don't smell. I'll take my shoes off if I damn well feel like it.
So is King's column going to morph into "Trivial Bullshit that Bother Pampered Football Writers"? Because that's going to be great reading.
Corsi said:
You're just pining for the debut of "pedicure-nerdness," aren't you?
"For some reason, the Oriental gal started with a finer flat rasp, and not the coarser half-round file that would be better suited to remove the first several layers of impacted epidermis that has been thickening since my last visit 17 years ago. Come on, women of FootWorld, this is the East Side of Manhattan, not the Eastern Hemisphere!"
To be fair, he fooled a LOT of people. And in this case, and many like it, no one wants to mess with a meal ticket until they absolutely have to; and by then it's likely too late. Finally, it comes time for the moral high ground pile-on afterwards.
I fail to see how Henrandez not getting drafted and leaving the well-structured environment of football into a world where he had few resources would be likely to make it less likely he would engage in violence. I'm not saying either way is more likely, just that it's a stretch...
...and it seems more like this is just a way of interjecting the author into the story. Like a certain...
Oh jeez. I think JMOH has only scratched the surface: the whole column is cursed.
...and it seems more like this is just a way of interjecting the author into the story. Like a certain...
Oh jeez. I think JMOH has only scratched the surface: the whole column is cursed.
