Posted on 02/14/2006 6:45:38 AM PST by Maximus of Texas
This was a topic on a sports station this morning in the D/FW area. The question posed to listeners was whether you wanted your wife to be a sports idiot, a sports fanatic or somewhere in between.
A sports idiot is one that thinks a no hitter is over in baseball when a batter actually hits the ball (regardless of whether its an out or not). A sports fanatic is someone who could tell you who threw no-hitters over the past decade.
My mom is somewhat of a sports idiot. Once she asked me why the men on the sidelines of football games wore an "X" on their vest (these were the guys who held the firstdown markers). I told her they were used by the quarterbacks for target practice. She bought the story.
Share your stories and your opinions.
I'm somewhere in-between. I'm not an idiot nor a fanatic but I do enjoy watching most sports.
I just want to know why there are female commentators on my college football & basketball games when NO WOMEN ARE PLAYING!
My wife is neither a sports fanatic nor a sports idiot. She's in between. And she loves college basketball!
What a gal.
No, Im not a sports fantatic. I will watch sports, and can enjoy them, and even really get into them, but Im no fantatic. :o)
There is no Mr. Motormouth anymore, so I cant find out if its okay, or not! LOL
MM
You might want to get some of that "scholing" for yourself...
Can I get an "AMEN!" brothers and sisters!
Hey!
You left out sports apathetic.
That's discrimination.....I'm gonna TELL!
(snicker)
"Can I get an "AMEN!" brothers and sisters!"
Next time you tell your wife to shut up while youre watching ANY type of sport, let us know how hard she smacks ya. :o)
MM
I don't like the "bench bimbos" that prowl the sideline during pro and college football.
That is precisely who I'm referring to.
"I don't think any of us are stupid enough to actually say it."
I didnt think so. :o)
MM
Somewhere in between, which is where I am. I love my college football, will watch and enjoy NFL and baseball (college and MLB), and really couldn't care less about basketball or hockey. And my future fiancee is on the same wavelength will all that, although we may root for different teams when it comes to NFL and MLB. We have season tickets to our alma maters football games. And yes, the wedding will be planned around football season. :)
"I just want her to shut up when the game is on."
YES!
"March Madness is almost here.... CAN'T WAIT"
And then- Opening Day,
And then----KENTUCKY DERBY!
Love this time of year.
I would hope not...
I'm not a sports idiot, but certainly not a fanatic. My husband loves it when I watch sports with him. I enjoy going to basketball games. I enjoy basketball and football on tv... just not every game for the entire season. I root for our teams -- if our teams aren't in the game, I'm just not interested. That makes him sad, but we've come up with an uneasy peace. If he wants to watch some dumb game, like the playoffs after our team has been eliminated, I don't complain. I will find something else to do.
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