Goddamn Commies.

[wicked_sick]

As some of you guys might know, an international junior hockey competition is taking place this week.

Teams from Canada, Finland, USA, Sweden, Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, and Slovakia are competing.

I work at one of the venues and am in direct contact with many of the officials and some of the players. I have to say that these kids should be commended for their sportsmanship, as well as their behavior off the ice. The officials are all kind of assholes, but what do you expect... they're officials

But the problem I have iw with Russia. One of the security guards referred to them as "A bunch of fucking cocksuckers" I found out why. The team completely trashed their dressing room, threw garbage everywhere but in the can, and pissed on the walls, the chairs and on the floor. My roommate works at WhiteSpot, one of the sponsors for the competetion. All the teams eat there.

She said when the Russians came in, they refused to sit at their reserved seats, disrespected their servers and dumped all their food on the table when they were finished eating, and made a mess of the bathroom.

What the fuck is up with that? When a sports team is competing at an international level, and travelling abroad, you'd think they'd have a bit more respect.


As an aside, I went out to the local peeler bar after work with some friends and a bunch of players from the Swedish team were in there. We had some drinks with them... good kids, though I'm sure they were all underage.

I just thought I'd share that.

[ill-advised strategy]

I know what you're saying and agree, but strangely, I think it might be the case that a soviet team (actual commies) 20 years ago would have been polite and tidy, while the current post-commie climate in Russia has led to chaos and disarray and perhaps this sort of bullshit.

Maybe the concept of freedom equaling responsibility has yet to take hold.

Or maybe this is just isolated and has nothing to do with larger sociopolitical issues.

From Slap Shot....

Our listeners'll be surprised to learn that you're a soft-spoken young man, Killer.

Yes, I am.

I was watching some kids play hockey the other day,

five- and six-year-olds, little mites.

One kid said "I'm Killer Carlson."

He picked up his little stick, and he creamed that other kid.

How do you feel about that, Dave?

Well, Jim, the way I see it is, the kid probably would've done it anyway.

Bad upbringing in the home.

- That's very interesting. - Can I be serious for a minute?

By all means.

I'djust like to say that, no matterhow the game turns out tonight,

I owe all that I am to our coach, Reg Dunlop.

He's had the greatest influence on me, aside ofcourse from the Swami Baha,

whose positive-thinking records have been a tremendous help.

- Positive-thinking records? - Yeah.

You can get 'em in any religious record store.

And I know that thousands of people in Charlestown have lost their jobs,

you know, with the mill closing and all.

I see 'em walking around the streets depressed all the time.

Well, I just wanna say to all you unemployed folks out there,

you can get a new lease on life with these records.

Nothing'll botheryou any more.

You can go and clobber the next guy in your business life.

- That's very inspirational, Dave. - Thanks.