8/13/08

We Spaniards, We Make Joke


Smart move, fellas. Hey, if your sponsor told you to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you? I mean, no, would you, please?

Spanish Coach, Aito GarcĂ­a Reneses, said the intention was a joke. Guard Jose Manuel Calderon said the intention "would always be interpreted as an affectionate gesture," and, "Whoever wants to interpret something different, confused absolutely." Kinda like Calderon's grasp on language? Player Pau Gasol asserted he was uncomfortable with it, and that some of the players in the photo weren't making the gesture. He must have been looking at a different photo. Ummm... ain't that you, Gasol, third from the left? Just checkin'.

Hey team, here's an idea: let's play ball in front of the whole world, do it in China, and -- OOH! I know: preface the whole thing by pissing off Asians and the rest of the thinking world!
(Sorry folks... usually I post the dumb shit I do. I don't think I can top this today.)

Joke, affectionate gesture, racial salutation? At least call a time out to pick one story. Me think they went pee-pee in their own Coke.

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