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Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player in the history of the NHL. He played defense for Boston in the 60's and 70's and had his career cut short by knee injuries. I believe he won 10 consecutive Norris trophies (for best defenseman) and even won a scoring title, something unheard of for a defenseman. Please direct all Lemieux/Gretzky/Richard/Howe was better arguments to /dev/null. -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MC Ward Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2007 7:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document for Poetryetc: Please Comment (was Re: Baseball and Policy Document for Poetryetc: Please Comment) Okay, I'll bite. Who is Bobby Orr? --- TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "Nick and Jake" is a novel of the 50s, replete with obscure allusions > that no one will get. And the character in question is a Scandinavian, > so he compares himself to Stein Ericksen, who was a great Norwegian > Alpine skiier of that era. > > Actually, I cannibalized this gag from an earlier unpublished novel, > in which the character wants to be known as the Bobby Orr of sex > surgery. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document for > Poetryetc: Please Comment > (was Re: Baseball and Policy Document for Poetryetc: > Please Comment) > > > > Is that a compliment? I'd vote for Cher (as a > patient, > > not a surgeon) if I had my druthers. > > > > I hate to admit it, but I don't know who Stein Eriicksen is. > > > > As for home town celebrations, you should have > seen > > Littleton, NH, when Rich Gale came home after that night club fire > > when he proved himself a hero. (He > was > > a friend of my brother's.) > > > > C > > > > > > -- TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> In "Nick and Jake," my novel currently making the rounds, I have a > >> character who is known as "the Stein Ericksen of sex > surgery." > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:45 AM > >> Subject: Re: Ice Hockey and Policy Document for > >> Poetryetc: Please Comment > >> (was Re: Baseball and Policy Document for > Poetryetc: > >> Please Comment) > >> > >> > >> >I used to be known as "the Wayne Gretsky of copyediting." Now my > >> >daughter goes to games > here > >> in > >> > Pittsburgh exclusively for (the world's best) > >> nachos > >> > and cotton candy--the generation gap.... > >> > > >> > Candice > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --- Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Well, of course, Roger, here in the Great > White > >> >> North we love hockey > >> >> (indeed, with the departure of the hero of > 'our' > >> >> team this past week, > >> >> the papers were filled with that front page > story > >> >> for days! > >> >> I was certainly in to it back in the days of Gretsky, et. al., > >> >> but the game itself is not so interesting now, for one > >> who > >> >> like me likes the > >> >> speed rather than the beatings.... Indeed, at > >> least > >> >> at the Olympic > >> >> level, women's hockey seems much the more interesting game.... > >> >> > >> >> And I admit I dont play anything, although I > bike > >> a > >> >> lot.... > >> >> > >> >> Doug > >> >> > >> >> On 4-Mar-07, at 8:26 AM, Roger Day wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Baseball and NFL are like foreign languages > to > >> me > >> >> ... now Ice Hockey, > >> >> > that's more like it. Such a simple, violent > and > >> >> fast game. I used to > >> >> > follow this years ago when I was around the > >> West > >> >> Coast of North > >> >> > America. I liked the Canadian teams - the > >> >> Canadiens, the Mapleleafs, > >> >> > the Canucks, the Oilers. At the Olympics, it > >> used > >> >> to be the Canadians > >> >> > or the Czechs. Any ice hockey poetry out > there? > >> >> > > >> >> > As for cricket umm. That too rates up there > >> with > >> >> NFL for an > >> >> > incomprehensible dialect. Still Roy Harper > has > >> >> produced a few good > >> >> > words, and the calypsos are always a lot > more > >> fun > >> >> than the English > >> >> > verses. > >> >> Douglas Barbour > >> >> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > >> >> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > >> >> (780) 436 3320 > >> >> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > >> >> > >> >> Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E > Murphy) > >> >> > >> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> There was no sign of survivors, and the poetry reading went on. > >> >> > >> >> Tony Perniciaro > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! > Mail > >> beta. > >> > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ > > Don't get soaked. 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