5 Cringe-worthy things at VC
- Caps fans booing the refs for no-calls on clean hits
- The VC ice... it's an abomination (not the worst I know... but still)
- Cap fans reaction after game 7 against the Flyers (classless... so much for claiming superiority to Flyer fans)
- Fans trying to influence pre-canned animations (audio meter, Roulette, etc.)
- "C.A.P.S. CAPS CAPS CAPS" chant - don't ask my why, but to me It just seems... off
about 2 years ago
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Agreed on all counts!
The chant is huge with drunk people, I’ve noticed. Kinda spoils it.
6. LEANERS! SIT BACK!
7. Non-hockey videos during breaks and intermission. Fuck Funny Follies.
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Really? We needed the full f-bomb there?
And I’m fine with #5, but on board with the rest.
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At least he was being alliterative, I guess. Anyway, I agree. Number 5 doesn’t bother me at all. Definitely on the same page with the leaning after the last game I went to though.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
C-A-P-S Caps Caps Caps really bugged me for a while, because I didn’t hear it until after I heard Jets fans use it a lot. But now, it kind of seems fitting.
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Yeah, that’s the only thing that bugs me about it…it’s like a rip-off of the Jets’ cheer.
I don’t mind: [horn horn horn]…Let’s Go Caps!
by PaintDrinkingPete on Nov 24, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
I was indeed going for alliteration, and also I’ve been holding back a lot lately, so gimme a break!
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Forget Funny Follies?
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
“Eff” and “F” work too. Just sayin’.
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LEANERS!!! Forgot that one!
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
RE #7
You don’t like Funny Follies? But how else am I going to get this video of my mulleted and crustache’d cousin slipping off of a diving board in 1988 seen by the masses?
If you’re gonna drop the F-Bomb, at least do it at the leaners. I can’t stand those people. What really annoys me is that most of my section is STHs, and the only exceptions are the seats in front of me (at least, there’s never a consistent couple in them). This means that every game, I’ve got to politely explain that they shouldn’t lean forward. It’s even worse when they’re two rows down – then I can’t reach.
I really wish the ushers would do something about this, but they refuse to intervene. I’m not really sure what they get paid for…
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- is certainly not exclusive to Caps fans (but is still annoying)
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by Killer_Carlson on Nov 19, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions
And by extension “Ref, you suck” chants when unwarranted.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
I went to a MD basketball game for the first time in a couple years. They students did the “bullll__T” chant WAY too often. Should be reserved for special occasions, much like ref you suck
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, MD students are known offenders. I say this as a former student and current football season ticket holder.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
as am I (‘03 grad) though I haven’t been able to make any of the football games this year, and have had to eat a lot of those tickets.
Maybe this is “back in my day” nostalgia but I felt like the basketball crowd picked their “BS” chant placement better back in my day.
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah back in 03 we were rated the toughest fans to play against… but the show boating, the swirly signs behind the hoop and countless BS chants just ain’t what it used ta be.
The swirly signs were an athletic department addition.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
And completely voted against by the student leaders in the athletic department. (ahem ME!!)
and I agree with SG – we knew when to execute a good BS chant back in the day. (‘04 grad) I don’t hear it much at football games anymore because we stink so bad the students are gone before halftime.
Wait… if you graduated in ’04, how did you vote against the swirly signs as a member of the student leaders? The signs were introduced in ’07 I think.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
First year at Comcast, they had something similar. It was stupid and dumb. They wanted to do the swirly signs, but as a committee we voted against it. When the committee all graduated, and the athletic department failed to maintain the taskforce, the birth of swirly signs at Comcast was born.
Gotcha. I remember when they introduced it. We thought it was just a one time thing, but two years later it persists. It really doesn’t affect the shooter at all. It was even made fun of in a TV broadcast.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
Also, Wake Forest does the same thing. That’s where the idea came from. We wanted to do something with bricks (obviously not real) since the point was to get the shooter to make a brick!
I now remember what they used to do- we had these big foam things that we used to wave. They handed them out to everyone on The Wall. It was like the thunder sticks but wavy in design and made of foam.
If BS was chanted at a football game this year, the team would assume it was being chanted AT them and not for them.
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 20, 2009 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Add the Hometown Move of the Game. Folks are pre-selected in that one, also.
Convenient they finally got the hint, and the red rockers no longer appear at the Roulette section winner just as it stops. They now wait @1-2 min.
Can’t agree with #5. I’m not going to discourage anyone for making noise for their team as long as it’s creative tasteful and/or demeaning of ref’s.
Completely agree with jordan’s 6. Seats infront of me are front-of-section seats, that only have a railing infront of them (for the steps).. I don’t mind a little leaning in that case, but when they rest their whole body on the railing for the game, it makes it damn near impossible for me to see any of the zone. Luckily, we have someone in the same row who’s very good at keeping people honest about their viewing habits (leaving during play, leaning up…)
But first and foremost in my opinion… This is something I remember being the beneficiary of as a kid, and it saddens me every time I see someone without the understanding…
When you get an unexpected trinket at the game (puck over glass…etc) first action should be find the nearest kid and hand it to them. I guarantee that kid will cherish the item more than you ever will, and it is things like that which help grow the sport. Some fat drunk slob stealing a puck during warmups/end of game 3 stars toss from a kid sickens me. If you want a puck that bad, go buy a bag of pucks… (maybe you can trade the bag for a real-life Cap (in his brand-spankin clean 92 jersey). At RIT, we would start the “Give it to a kid” chant whenever a puck went over the glass and the recipient didn’t immediately locate a kid… Sometimes, especially school nights it was tough to find a kid, but eventually they would find one.
I still remember my first O’s game at Memorial stadium… Foul ball coming our way and the guy infront of us was just that much taller than me and grabbed it, then immediately turned and handed it to me. I still have that ball (and when I was 20 got Cal to sign it.) It’s my most cherished sports memorabilia.
by FFSEnough on Nov 19, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Add the Hometown Move of the Game. Folks are pre-selected in that one, also.
That one I’m not totally sure of, although I definitely believe they pre-select the section. Our seat neighbors campaigned since last season for the move, and finally won a couple of games ago. Turns out that while the lower seats are nice, they said the view was actually slightly obstructed for the far side of the rink.
I’ve got no problem with #5 either.
Couple won in our section a year ago. Maybe they’ve changed it, but before the animation/prompt, I overheard the lady say to the dude “…they told us to stand up and start cheering now…”
Maybe it’s not that way for every game. Maybe sometimes it’s legit, but in that case, it certainly wasn’t.
When you get an unexpected trinket at the game (puck over glass…etc) first action should be find the nearest kid and hand it to them.
So very rec’d. Couldn’t agree more. Makes a kid’s day.
I’m proud to say that I singlehandedly shamed some douche at an O’s game into giving a kid a foul ball after he knocked the kid over to get it and then went scurrying back to his seat.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
What if you really want a puck too? I’ve never even had a puck go near whatever section I’m in, let alone near me.
I’d give a kid the second one. Call me a jerk, I guess.
Related: the wife and I went to KCI 2 years ago (on our anniversary at her suggestion), and as the skaters were starting drills, Dave Prior sat in the penalty box and tossed a practice puck over the glass to us, without prompting. Good times.
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 19, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Prior was hitting on your wife…
An exception can be made for giving the puck to a ladee. But after that, even she needs to give the puck to a kid.
He was spending a lot of time on the road, I dunno. I guess I’d allow it meant I wouldn’t have to pay for my tickets (or if all Rink Rats had avatars).
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 19, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I would. You really want a blank piece of rubber? Why?
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do the pucks used in games still have team logos on them?
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
yup
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
The pucks during warmups (easiest to get) are blank. There are fewer of them to be had with the nets these days, though.
Ahh, I didn’t even think about those since I can’t imagine anyone wanting one. I would probably keep an official game puck if I ever caught one again. The last one I got was on the 30th anniversary year. I got Olie to sign it after the game.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
I still have one from when I was about 13, and I cherish it partly because I know it was actually used and partly because the blankness means I’m the only one who knows where it came from. It was rare that we got to the Cap Centre early enough for warmups, so the fact that our earliness resulted in a puck for me was cool.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 19, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
Pat Lafontaine flipped me one over the glass at the old building when I was a kid. Cherished memory.
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I’m sort of with TFG on this one. The reason we know how much a kid would cherish a souvenir like that is because we felt the same ourselves when we were kids, yet 99% of us never got a puck, foul ball, etc. So I have no problem with someone keeping a first-time souvenir, regardless of age. As long as they don’t take advantage of their size and strength to steal the opportunity from a child. Having caught a foul ball at a Nats game at RFK (increased odds with so many empty seats!), my quota is now filled and I will immediately find the nearest kid to give something to.
Finding and giving something to a youngster is admirable and worthy of praise, but I never begrudge an adult for keeping what comes to them. How are we to know that they don’t have a kid at home who would love and cherish the souvenir?
when I was 8 or 9 I dove for a ball, some 40 year old stepped on my hand and took it. Haunts me to this day…
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Wow. That’s unacceptable.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 19, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I did too.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 20, 2009 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
haha awesome, I’ll accept the pronoun fail there
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 20, 2009 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
When you get an unexpected trinket at the game (puck over glass…etc) first action should be find the nearest kid and hand it to them.
I will probably never be in the scenario where I would actually catch a puck, but if I ever do, I’ll keep this in mind.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
I extend this to anything but food. Or weapons. I don’t know if I’d give a kid pizza, chipotle or a stick, should a stick happen to find it’s way into the 400’s. But “Flying Tshirts” will just ruin my laundry so I’m all for giving those away, too.
I’ve always wondered if those Chipotle burritos were real or not. Anyone know?
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, yeah it’s a tshirt with a coupon for a free burrito.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
Thanks you two. I suspected it wasn’t actually a burrito, but it’s funnier to imagine it is.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, a lot less messy that way – plus you can have it made the way you want. it would be pretty funny to see a real one explode, though
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I think they SHOULD keep a real couple of burrits on hand and slapshot should throw them at people wearing the opposing team’s apparel… or anyone with a Crosby shirt
by Brainumbc on Nov 19, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I support this initiative.
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by jordanDC on Nov 19, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Unless they catch it clean, and then we’ve just fed the enemy a delicious burrito.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So use a normal Chipotle burrito?
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
its worth it!
there was a long stretch, when I was at UMCP, that I ate Chipotle nearly everyday. It would be class (maybe), gym, and the Chipotle reward dinner. It was half a block from my apt so…
whats worse is that I would hit up Wawa for a bag of cheddar popcorn and their super sweet Ice Tea and down all of it along with the burrito.
i might collapse if i tried that now.
by ns on Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
Wawa was the greatest! Sadly, it is no more.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
There still all over the place. I have one right next to me in frederick.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
Yea, I know. I was talking about the one in College Park specifically. It used to be a prime destination when you left the bars and were hungry, but it closed down a couple years ago.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
I was shocked when I found out that rt.1 wawa closed. Then again based on the number of times wasted kids shoplifted on their way home from the bar, I shouldn’t be too surprised.
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not really surprised. The official explanation was that they wanted to have more Wawas with gas stations attached. I think the real reason was all the destruction caused by drunkards.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
there’s a WaWa on 50, just past Annapolis but before you get to the Bay Bridge. And then there’s a bazillion in Delaware.
(See above)
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
They used to be real for a while, actually, with predictable results.
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Yeah, once a guy near me got one and started chomping on it. We all wanted to know what they put in them. IIRC it was chicken with everything but salsa.
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Easily. Btw, Chipotle has a “secret”:
Chipotle has a whole secret menu that is limited only by your imagination – they have a store policy that says that if they have the item available, they will make it for you. Things that have been tested include nachos, quesadillas, taco salads and single tacos. Some stores are testing out quesadillas as a regular menu item, however, so maybe someday soon you won’t need a super-secret handshake to order one.
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That episode just made me want it even more…
My first game after that episode, dude behind me busted out with the “Billy Mays here…” when they did the chipotle giveaway.
yeah as gross as it was, I was hungry after that episode.
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
oooo, used to read the magazine and didn’t realize they had a site now (I know… I know… wake up and smell the [whatever the hell you call this decade — 9 years in and we STILL have no widely accepted name])
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
I realize that there may be some confusion, I am referring to the Mental Floss magazine, not Lifehacker
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Has anyone actually tried ordering nachos or a quesadilla? I feel like I would be looked at strangely if I did this at 19th and M.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 19, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
they USED to be flying Burritos. I caught one a couple years back and the timing was perfect because I was starving.
I think there were enough incidents of fans getting showered with burrito toppings when the foil and tortilla split in a atug of war that they switched it up to T shirts and coupons
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
(should have read the full thread before replying)
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
They used to be. The guy next to me at game 2 for the Flyers/Caps series in ’08 caught one. It was real, but he said it was “nothing but rice and beans”.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Nov 24, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
- Leaners
- People who talk really loud the entire game and aren’t watching.
- Pens fans
- Philly fans
- The “LETS GO CAP-IT-TALS” Cheer
(seriously on your number 5???, the c a p s is a staple of capitals hockey. I’ve been cheering that since before I can remember)
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
OH, btw, Pens and Philly fans aren’t limited to games against them. Some douche has been wearing a Pens cup shirt and Crosby hat to like 3 games this year.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
I never understand those people who come wearing something of a third party candidate. Really should only be two options for a hockey game.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Nov 19, 2009 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I request an exemption from this rule. I don’t live in or near the city of my team (live in Boston, root for the Caps); I go to a handful of Bruins games each season, but I still want everyone to know I’m a Capitals fan first and foremost.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
Why? If someone asks, you can tell them your a Caps fan, but going into the building wearing another jersey just seems like needless pot stirring.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Nov 19, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed 100%. I’ll buy minor affiliate jerseys but Pens jerseys at a Caps-Rags game? Really?
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I think it’s fine as long as it’s a non-NHL jersey.
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by Killer_Carlson on Nov 19, 2009 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
There will be a Pens jersey douche and a Wings jersey douche at every hockey game. It’s just a fact.
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To expand on point number two, I would add to that category know-it-alls and faux-analysts who purposely talk loudly enough that everyone around them can hear their “wisdom”.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
I was plagued by one of these last game.. I talked about it in the recap thread, I think. He was screaming “line change” and complaining about how we give up too many breakaways and how our defense should sit back.. and how Kolzig is doing great as a backup goalie in Tampa.
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I had one particularly bad offender behind me for the first game of last year’s Pens series. He kept spewing BS analysis and making fun of other fans. Combine that with the people to my left who had no idea what was going on and left early, and also with the STHs to my right who were completely unenthusiastic the whole time, and it definitely brought down the experience.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
That really sucks. I had to get a couple drinks down so I didn’t turn around and say something. Everything was ok in the end, though very annoying throughout.
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That was my first playoff game too. I was pretty bummed.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
My first one was the first game against Philly. I got lucky. Such a good payoff after not being able to go to the playoffs for so many years as a kid.
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Yea, my parents never took me to a game and I was too poor to afford playoff tickets until recently.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
We did crazy stuff like collect Sun Chips UPCs for free tickets.. went maybe 4-5 times, always sat in the nosebleeds. Occasionally we’d just move down, which used to be a lot easier back then. My parents were paying for me to play hockey, so I can’t hold lack of playoff games against them.
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my parents NEVER took us to hockey, because they didn’t want to make the trek to Landover. The in ’98, I begged and begged and begged my mom to let me go wait in line for playoff tickets (ah, remember ticket lines?!), and she said there was no way in hell she was letting her 17 year old daughter go wait in line in “that neighborhood.” She also said something about hookers and crackheads.
So she was the first person I called when I got tix to game 1 in 2008. I’ve never let her forget she crushed my dreams as a teen.
The only games my parents took me to were Frederick Keys games. Everything else (Caps, O’s, Terps) was my own initiative once I got older.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of minor leagues, did anyone ever go to see the Bandits or Icebreakers? We went to those a little more often than Caps games.
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I wish I had seen the Skipjacks just once. I love minor-league sports.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 19, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
I used to go to Skipjack games as a kid! My dad loved going to Clipper games in his youth, so he would take me to see the Skipjacks because it was cheaper than pro hockey.
BTW – he still sings the Baltimore Clippers fight song around the house!
Baltimore Clippers fight song, eh? Think it’s something we could adapt for the Caps?
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 19, 2009 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t remember the whole thing (youtube, anyone?) But it starts out, “Go you Baltimore Clippers” lol and it ends with the word victory. You’d think I know the whole thing by now, right? But I guess it could be adapted for that purpose.
I just wait till they say something wrong and then turn around and correct them so they stop talking.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
My girlfriend wouldn’t let me engage him, mainly because she knows I have a short temper and you can’t trust other people to be civil all the time.
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Why would you correct them in a mean way? I just say, oh you know actually…
People 9 times of of 10 just look at you like, “oh I’m ignorant and was trying to impress my date.” and then stop.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
The “first date” scenario happened to me at an O’s game once. The dude was clearly just making up stats. One example was rattling of the on-base averages for different players in the fourth inning. Complete BS.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
What girl is impressed by that? My girlfriend just gets annoyed when I start going heavy into line combos and stats.
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I’m the biggest sports fan I know, so guys can’t get away with BS like that. I love sports, but if you start reeling off stats to me, I get bored. It depends on the stat though. OBP? forget it! That’s my least favorite fantasy stat. I do enjoy talking fantasy stats though. God, I’m not a normal girl, am I?
Corsi numbers are hot! There’s too many stats in baseball that are worthless (bring on the all baseball stats are worthless comments).
I was at a game last season talking about faceoff percentage with my dad, and the kid in front of me was making fun of me. He started saying to his friend, “Who cares about faceoffs? losers!” Ahh I love uneducated hockey fans!
I’m glad to hear it, frankly. It always bothered me because it seemed like a lame Jets ripoff. I also don’t like “Let’s go Cap-it-als.” I’ve tossed in a “Let’s go Buffalo” on those before. Not our chant.
It’s simple and boring, but “Let’s go Caps” is enough for me.
Don’t say Buffalo, even to make a point.. some dummy on college night a couple seasons ago kept doing that, even when the organ wasn’t playing it, even during play, and it makes me want to hulk out now.
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Agreed. My first Caps game was the first ever playoff game at the old Capital Centre against the Isles. I still have the certificate they gave out that night. I remember the C A P S chant from then, although the LET’S GO CAPS chant was used more often.
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23 comments and nobody’s said “SHOOOOOOOOT”?
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 19, 2009 1:30 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Great one.
How about getting up during play rather than waiting for a whistle?
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I don’t get that in my area, however I’ve geared everyone to crouch in the aisles if they’re coming down and play restarts.
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 19, 2009 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, I guess I’m fortunate that our area is good about that too.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Confession time
Forgive me Rink Rats for I have sinned:
Back in the Dark Times before I found the Light in the hockey blogosphere, I went to a game or ten, enjoying them but not fully understanding them. One game in particular stands out – I was with a group of friends, Pens/Caps and may very well have been the first game at the VC between rookies Ovechkin and Crosby. Well. Somewhere in the middle of Period Two I got up. In the middle of a play. Only one of my friends objected, with as vicious a snarl as I’d ever experienced.
“Oh,” sniffed I, taken aback. “I didn’t realize we were at the opera.”
Now I know. Not just the opera, but Carnegie Hall. Palais Garnier. La Scala.
Good grief.
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For your penance, sing the Hockey Song five times.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
See my poll. I’m glad we haven’t heard it much this year, but I won’t participate and would prefer not to hear that song until we have at one time been the champs who win a drink.
I like it — like most things — when it’s not overused. You want your “Unleash the Fury” when we’re tied or down by one, and your “Hockey Song” when we’re up by three.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 19, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, i like it occasionally, but not every game (i feel like they played it a lot more often last year)
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“This ain’t no opera!”
—- Joe Reekie, c. 1998
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 23, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
A subsection of that would be standing when there’s a breakaway towards your end of the ice. As an upper deck denizen, I’ve had people that get over excited on a breakaway and just stand in front of me, thus leading me to miss what happens. It’s happened to me twice this year, different people both times.
Standing up becomes a bit of an Arms Race. Once somebody starts it in a section then everyone start making preemptive strike standups so that they aren’t blocked at a crucial moment. Next thing you know a whole section is jumping up at the meerest hint of a scoring chance.
Funny I only find that annoying until you realize in a tight game that energy is there and you better be ready. Only seems to happen in tight or important games.
I’ve got the visiting team walkway in front of my seats and I still have to do it occasionally (if the play is near side).
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 20, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
Also. Throwing hats after a shootout goal that’s thought to complete a hat trick.
Funny Follies sucks too. Why do we need to see people getting nutted?
Add me to the “C.A.P.S. CAPS CAPS CAPS” haters list. Mainly ‘cause it’s that idiot, Elliot in the Morning’s cheer.
Caps fans have been doing it looooooooong before Eliot arrived in town. (besides, he’s been a tireless supporter of Caps and hockey since the second he got here, and never wavered. Thank god someone was on the Caps bandwagon during the lean years. Ballard always was on board, too. I miss “Foreign Food or Hockey Dude?”)
I miss "Foreign Food or Hockey Dude?"
Mike and Mike on ESPN did a bit a few weeks back where they did “Foreign Capital or Washington Capital?” to great effect (of course, I think one of them mispronounced “Laich”).
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 19, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
I purposely left out the shootout hat-trick because that dead equine has been beaten to a pulp around here.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
i’d replace #5 with yelling during the national anthem (bugs me infinitely more than any of the others)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Nov 19, 2009 1:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I hate that a lot. Especially the “O!”
Go back to balmer!
by snowburnt on Nov 19, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
definitely, a buddy of mine was yelling O and didn’t even know why. I told him and he… stopped.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Agree with the yelling the “O” part, disagree with the “Go back to balmer” snipe.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So replace the "O" with "Q"
See if anyone notices
by Brainumbc on Nov 19, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
…For a sideways reference to Quintin Laing…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 23, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t even mean it that way when I wrote it..
but now that I think about it.. that would be an interesting little yell during the anthem to let him know we fans appreciate him.
though… I think a lotta ppl are miffed at the yelling during the anthem not because of the lameness of what we yell.. but I’ve heard a lotta ppl complain that it “disrespects” the anthem to have ANYTHING yelled.
I think they’re trying to curb this by having Wes say “sing loudly… and respectfully… our national anthem”
Doesn’t work, we need a funny video about it on the big screen to make any progress. This is my solution to all of the arena problems, including leaners. Make a funny video about it and people will stop.
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by jordanDC on Nov 19, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
yeah, i think that was the plan, but yeah – definitely hasn’t worked. the funny video idea actually sounds pretty good, with the leaners too. i wonder who the recipient of such ideas should be…
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Re #3: We ARE superior to Flyers fans. Because we don’t root for the Flyers.
Re #5: I like C-A-P-S pretty much.
I’d like to throw into the ring…
6. Forcing people to listen to Poison every time the Caps win.
7. Forcing people to listen to 3 Doors Down, ever.
8. Forcing people to listen to Seether, ever. (I know 52 likes them, but really…)
9. You get the idea.
Yeah, the DJ seems to be a big fan of butt-rock. I am pleased with the frequency of Rush, though.
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If you don’t like Rush, you don’t like music.
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by jordanDC on Nov 19, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i can listen to rush but i can’t hear them.
by Natty Bumppo on Nov 19, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Sweeping generalities are ALWAYS true.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rush used to be my favorite band then my dad got a job. I can still listen to them in bits and pieces, but just find them to be pretty soul-less.
Technically, they’re all ridiculous musicians, and their compositions are intricate and borderline genius. They’re just not my bag any more.
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A fair critique. Geddy’s lyrics in particular are overly stuffy for a lot of people and it sometimes wears on you. But then you can just listen to the bass and forget about all that.
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As a long time Rush fan, I must point out that Neil Pert writes almost all their lyrics. They also have a Caps connection. Both Neil and MB10 are known as " The Professer." :)
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On topic (sorta):
TSN and Anthem Entertainment Group have confirmed that Neil Peart, renowned drummer of legendary rock band Rush, will record a special rendition of The Hockey Theme, the iconic theme song originally written by Delores Claman in 1968.
Peart is widely regarded as the world’s most accomplished and most-respected drummer/percussionist. As the drummer and primary lyricist for the trio, Peart has recorded 18 studio albums with Rush which have sold over 40 million units worldwide. Along with his band mates, Peart has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In addition to assembling a team of top recording engineers and musicians to assist on the recording, Peart has commissioned DW Drums to create a special hockey-themed drum kit specifically for his unique version of the song.
Peart’s version of the theme song will be used during NHL broadcasts on both TSN and RDS throughout the remainder of the NHL season. Details on when the song will debut will be announced at a later date.
As Peart explains, "having started out as a Canadian kid who skated on his ankles, and never made a hockey team, it is particularly sweet to be invited to be a part of this national institution – if not on skates, then on drums, performing Canada’s ‘second national anthem.’ At last I’ve made the Big Leagues!"
"To have a music legend and a member of Canada’s rock royalty like Neil Peart record his version of The Hockey Theme speaks volumes about the song’s place in psyche of hockey fans across the country and around the world," said Mark Milliere, Vice-President, Production, TSN. "It is an honour to have Neil put his rock spin on this iconic tune and we’re extremely excited to add his interpretation to our NHL ON TSN broadcasts."
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I’m sort of like you except they were never my favorite band and I don’t really consider them soul-less. Geddy Lee’s solo album is good if you haven’t heard it.
The only time I really hear it now is when I’m jamming along on bass.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
Soul-less is not a good word. Maybe overly intellectual or something? Self-indulgent?
/coming up with criticism I don’t agree with
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It’s intellectual and selfish; sometimes to the highest degree.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
What I meant by “soul-less” is that I find it to be nearly devoid of emotion (excepting some of the earlier stuff), in part due to its technical precision, in part due to Geddy’s voice. I mean, you compare a guy like Eddie Vedder’s voice to Geddy’s and that’s what I mean re: emotion/soul/heart/etc.
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No offense JP, but I’m gonna have to object to the Vedder counter-example.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
None taken. I find him to be a very expressive, emotive vocalist. YMMV.
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I buy it on Ten, but some other Pearl Jam songs just sound insincere to me. (And I’m not sure what YMMV means…)
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
Perfect example: Last Kiss.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Glad we agree on that at least. And for the record, I really like some PJ stuff, it’s just the other half that keeps them lower on the list for me.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
As a disclaimer, I don’t really know any of their stuff after their first four records.
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Your Mileage May Vary
And I’m including their live stuff.
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I’m the camp that Geddy’s voice is right there with Dylans as utterly annoying, and yes, they are excellent musicians, but my mother used to warn me you can go blind playing like they do.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t like the “they play too well” argument, but I realize that it’s all subjective.
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Agreed on that… I didn’t mean to imply that argument, because I think virtuosity is never a bad thing, but playing something overly, and unnecessarily, complicated in an attempt (to my ears) be thought of as a genius…
It’s definitely in the ear of the bee-holder.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Most blues singers.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Leadbelly.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
ok, I will amended it to say “Everyone except real blues singers sound soulless next to Eddie Vedder.”
I don’t like Vedder because he started/encouraged the wave of Vedder sound-alikes.
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I’m technically on your side, but you can’t blame the Eddie Vedders of the world for the Scott Stapps of the world.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
For Me
Rush = Mars Volta
Geddy Lee = Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Think they’re both great bands in terms of chops, but I can’t listen to either of them for prolonged periods because their vocalists and proggy-ness get on my nerves.
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I’ll give u their technical skill.
However I’d rather hear a cat and chicken have sex on a bed of nails while being whipped my Varly in a bondage gear than listen to the lead singer’s voice
that was supposed to be emo OR celine.. Damn me for being a sloppy poster and damn not being able toP edUt Tye-poz Aftur yoo pOste
also seems to be a big Jack White fan. Mixes in some White Stripes B-Side songs during some intermissions (Black Jack Davey) The Raconteurs and even Electric Six songs with jack doing uncredited vocals
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve heard Kasabian played a couple times. I didn’t think anyone outside of England knew who they were.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Club Foot was in a TV commercial a few years back. They get rotation on Alt Nation if you have sirius or XM
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 19, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
I think I remember Club Foot being in a car commercial or something. You a fan?
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
they’re decent, can’t say I am a fan as I have not purchased any albums but i did catch their set at Virgin fest a couple years back
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 20, 2009 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
I was at that Virgin fest too. Kasabian was one of the bands I wanted to see, but we couldn’t find parking and got in too late. I did see them at 9:30 like 5 or 6 years ago though.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 20, 2009 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
10. Forcing people to listen to anything that is not an organ.
I hate the way that music has been forced into sporting events. Especially during dead time, I hate having to yell to the person next to me because some crap is being blared between whistles.
11. Crap that is not a replay or a score update on jumbotrons.
I will allow exceptions for things like “We’d like to welcome this peewee team, this boy scout troop, etc etc” and the occasional team related humerous promo.
Good god people, can you go 30 seconds without having something flashed into your face or into your ears? I’m at a hockey game/sporting event to be entertained by said hockey game/sporting event. I don’t need to be entertained by TV or by ads or by any other sort of media that are not the afore mentioned hockey game/sporting event.
DISAGREE! Bruce the organ guy needs to be put on waivers, sent to Hershey or the KHL.
The DJ occasionally makes some questionable calls, but then he’ll play an Eagles of Death Metal song and all is forgiven.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 19, 2009 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
I guess for me the organ is one of the things i remember most from the very few games I got to attend at the cap center as a kid, and it is something that I always associated as uniquely hockey. As such, i much prefer it to loud flashy things
Be glad we don’t have to listen to the musical selection at the Joe. Every time they’re on TV it’s painful just to hear it in the background… would have to be subjected to that first hand.
Organ music was always baseball to me, but I hold it in no affinity.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
argh. …would HATE to be subjected to…
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 19, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
Please tell me your sig is a reference to Monstro Mart on the Simpsons. One of the best episodes ever.
Simpsons FTW.
I also like the gun store BloodBath & Beyond.
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by Chris meet Alex on Nov 20, 2009 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
Rec’d because organs belong in baseball, because both are slow and old-timey.
The proper answer to the question, “What do you want Bruce to play next: (A) Hava Nagila; (B) Mexican Hat Dance; or © Tequila?” is “(D) DIE BRUCE DIE.”
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 19, 2009 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
I actually like the music selection at VC most of the time. It’s better than listening to Black Eyed Peas “I’ve Got a Feeling” (I’m looking at you OPACY!) or any of that other pop crap. Teeny bop music doesn’t belong at hockey games. I love the hair-band/rock/metal/alternative vibe going on at the Phone Booth. It’s hockey music.
Hey now, they play Pixies at Camden Yards, so it’s not all bad.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 19, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Y’all get bent out of shape over weird things. Just sit back ad enjoy.
"And next year it will be ours."
I’m telling you. We solved this already. If there is a leaner behind you… stock on up nachos during a break and give thim/her the odoriferous assault.
or spill some beer……but then again, that makes for sticky floors which i don’t like (see comment below)
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by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 19, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
How about sticky floors? I hate feeling like I’m walking on flypaper….
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by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 19, 2009 7:50 PM EST reply actions
It’s a coin toss. I don’t think the arena staff or anybody can really do much about that, since it’s usually some jerk behind you spilling his soda that causes the problem.
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doesn’t make it any less cringe-worthy or annoying…..
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by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 20, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Usually I’m not a fan, as well, but honestly sometimes we need it. Last night, case in point. When the Habs went up 3-1, VC was dead. We needed something to get the crowd energized. Usually the Caps showing some grit and determination does the trick better, though.
I haven’t seen the COWBELL clip in a while.. I remember that getting things going a bit :)
I got a FEVER!!!!!
Not exactly, but it at least lets the casual fan know that we need to get behind the team to make the game more exciting. I’m sure there are other ways to do that, but, honestly, can you think of anything else, besides them just putting a graphic up that says “Cheer, Dammit!”?
Sometimes people who don’t know better need to be reminded to be loud. This isn’t golf or tennis.
i miss the old decibel level meter from the Cap center that actually read the decibel level
i hate the animated auto noise meter
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 23, 2009 8:07 AM EST up reply actions
Loved that crazy thing, way up in the corner…
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It sounds like a lot of us really miss it. It’s a shame we can’t replace it with something similar (not a Jumbotron animation).
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 23, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
1) Bruce, the organ player, should not play “In a Gada Da Vida” again
2) No throwing hats during the shoot out unless a player gets three goals in the shoot out (theoretically possible if a shootout goes 37 or more rounds)
3) The Caps Roulette game is kinda pointless since they pick the winning section before the game
4) The organ should never be used to play “In a Gada Da Vida”
5) Did I mention that they shouldn’t play any songs by Iron Butterfly that have five “words” in the name? (I am ashamed that I know who recorded “In a Gada Da Vida”)…
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see, that’s why I love when Bruce the Organist plays that song. Reminds me of a classic Simpson’s episode!
Now that Carlson’s on the team, maybe coach Boudreau will signal to him to shoot a puck up to the organist…
Well, only if he plays “Lady of Spain”.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 23, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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by Killer_Carlson on Nov 23, 2009 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Counting the goals, then yelling “all your fault !” at the other team’s goalie. Puh-lease.
Fail, fail, fail……
The worst part of this is when they do it after one goal. It sounds so lame, “ONE. . . ALL YOUR FAULT!!!”
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Number Whatever: Anyone other than Bob or Caleb singing the anthem
Please, for the love of all that’s holy, there are only two people I want singing the anthem before the game.
This is a hockey game, and it requires a hockey version of the national anthem. It shouldn’t be 10 minutes. It doesn’t require unnecessary embellishment. It should be sung with vigor, intensity and a high tempo. Fortissimo, if you’re that way inclined. Bob and Caleb do this perfectly.
Everyone else should be sent packing.
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by D'ohboy on Nov 25, 2009 2:17 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
The puck's in play...
The ushers’ stop signs seem to discourage people from coming into a section while play is in progress, but it doesn’t solve the people who stand up and leave. Some folks in my section yell “the puck’s in play, get your a$$ out of the way” but I’m not sure it helps.
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