Those Evil Donkeys
"Daddy?"
"Yes, son?"
"One of the Suns had a boo boo last game."
"Which one?"
"I don't know any of their names."
"OK."
"I think the Lakers are going to have a boo boo tonight."
"What kind of boo-boo?"
"Um. Um. Well. You see, a giant lion is going to come down from the sky and bite their arms off. And then he's going to eat them up."
"OK."
"Will you think that's hilarious, daddy?"
"Yes."
"Because it's going to happen. Then a hole is going to open in the floor and they're going to get swallowed by a giant mole."
"Sounds good."
"You know what I call the Lakers?"
"What?"
"The Evil Donkeys."
"That's a good name."
"The Suns are going to defeat those Evil Donkeys tonight."
Suns 126
Lakers 98
Comments
They should let four year-olds name all professional sports franchises.
On the other hand, my daughter would probably have me rooting for the Philadelphia Baby Zebras, so never mind.
Posted by: David | April 25, 2007 5:17 AM
I'm thinking sports announcer. Sounds like good color commentary to me.
Posted by: Holmes | April 25, 2007 6:13 AM
just don't let those 4 year-olds get too close to the field. We all know how that turned out.
Posted by: omac | April 25, 2007 6:36 AM
Just don't let those four-year-olds get too close to the field. We all know how that worked out.
Posted by: omac | April 25, 2007 6:54 AM
Dominant. If the Suns can play like that, or even close to that, no one can stop them. Whatever satisfaction I normally take from a Suns victory is exponentially greater when a Suns victory leads to a shaming of Kobe.
The announcers had a problem with Suns fans booing Kobe. I prefer to think they were cheering the competitor, and booing the alleged rapist. That is my life philosophy.
Posted by: John | April 25, 2007 7:44 AM
The postgame coverage on TNT earned "Save Until I Delete" status on TiVo. Watching Phil, Kobe and Lamar moan and groan about how they got their butts kicked made my week.
Shazam!
Posted by: Matt | April 25, 2007 9:46 AM
Why do so many of us lose our ability to creatively denigrate the opponent when we hit adulthood? I wish everybody I watch ball with was as exuberantly malicious as Elijah. Mostly, they just stick to "What! That wasn't a charge" and "Lakers suck." Let's pick it up here, people.
Posted by: Colin | April 25, 2007 12:07 PM
Elijah was in bed by the end of the first quarter.
And you should hear the way he talks about the Giants.
Posted by: Neal Pollack | April 25, 2007 12:18 PM
I hope Elijah didn't cry when the Lakers shut down the Suns tonight, coming back from that 17 point deficit. It wasn't pretty.
Posted by: stickman | April 26, 2007 11:58 PM
The Evil Donkeys had some help from the Evil Zebras in Game 3
Posted by: Matt | April 27, 2007 9:34 AM