{"id":79,"date":"2004-02-14T16:53:36","date_gmt":"2004-02-14T21:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-01-20T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T00:42:01","slug":"off-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/2004\/02\/14\/off-the-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the grid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Lemanski of Kildeer, IL, shares these gridiron groaners:<\/p>\n

Your page inspired me to offer some football terminology. I like football
\nbut…<\/p>\n

  • The one-foot line:<\/strong> no such thing. One-inch<\/strong> line<\/strong>
    \nis also non-existent.<\/li>\n
  • Gutsy<\/strong>: Bold? Couragous? Surprising? Strategic? Innovative?
    \nHeroic? Anything! For a while, some sportscasters went with internal
    \nfortitude. Now Fox has brought us back to gutsy.<\/li>\n
  • Adding “a” <\/strong>before every name reference: … a QB like a Brett Favre or a Peyton Manning. Further proof that less is more<\/li>\n
  • When they measure for a first down by running the sticks and chain
    \nonto the field, how do they measure in the first place? They eyeball
    \nit.<\/strong> Then make a big deal of taking a closer look when they think
    \nit matters.<\/li>\n

    There should be fines or something. Perhaps fines would support a language abuse police force?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tom Lemanski of Kildeer, IL, shares these gridiron groaners: Your page inspired me to offer some football terminology. I like football but… The one-foot line: no such thing. One-inch line is also non-existent. Gutsy: Bold? Couragous? Surprising? Strategic? Innovative? Heroic? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}