Subj : Re: Are you ready for some American football? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 02:39:50 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Nick wrote: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> Nick wrote in >>> news:Xns96CBCF2D79A58ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nick wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96CBCC881C93Endtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >>>>> >>>>>> The season starts today. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dammit, I was hoping I could get a free local radio feed like >>>>> with the hockey. Stupid greedy franchises. >>>>> Ted >>>>> >>>> >>>> None at all? That surprises me. >>> >>> I looked at the NFL website and it says there is a charge. The >>> thing is that there is a tiny market for American football in >>> the UK, a couple of matches are broadcast a week on channel 5 a >>> station that doesn't even have coverage of the whole of the uk. >>> Ted >>> >> >> Bastards. That reminds me. Did I post this here? >> >> Dear TO, >> All I want is for the Eagles to win the Super Bowl. Before you >> came, the Eagles couldnAt even get to the Super Bowl. Then you >> came, and we were the best Eagles team I had ever seen. We got to >> the Super Bowl and almost won. You were awesome! I decided that >> with just a little more practice this year, we could win it all. >> >> But then my dad told me that you might not be on the team >> anymore. I was really upset and cried. Then I watched the news >> and saw that you were crying too! This made me cry even more! You >> said you needed to feed your family. I asked my mom if maybe we >> could help feed your family so that you would stop crying and >> help us win the Super Bowl. My mom told me that the Eagles gave >> you over 9 million dollars last year and that you can afford to >> buy your own food. I told her that you were crying and maybe you >> had spent it all already. She told me you were going to get 3 >> million more dollars this year. I asked her how much a hot dog >> costs. ThatAs my favorite food! She told me they were 25 cents >> unless you buy them from the Eagles in which case they cost 5 >> dollars. I asked if she thought you could afford to buy enough >> hot dogs to feed your family and she said oOh yeaho, but not in a >> normal way, she said oOh yeaho in the way she says it when I ask >> her if I have to go to school or take a bath. I hate baths! I >> asked her how many hot dogs you could buy and she told me to >> figure it out myself. I had to get my calculator to do it and the >> answer was 12 million hot dogs! ThatAs a lot of hot dogs! But >> then I was thinking maybe you buy your hot dogs from the Eagles >> in which case they cost 5 dollars. So then I was thinking maybe >> you had more than 12 million people in your family. Do you? We >> have 4. 5 if you count my turtle. His name is Donovan McTurtle. >> >> Then I saw you doing sit-ups in front of a mall. My dad told me >> that it was your house. So I asked my dad if 12 million people >> could fit in that house and he said oprobablyo. ThatAs when I >> realized that Eagles were being selfish and that the Eagles need >> to give you more money so that you can feed your entire family. >> And maybe they should make their hot dogs cheaper too. I thought >> this would help other people too because sometimes I eat a hot >> dog when my dad takes me to see you play. >> >> But then I decided that maybe I could just start saving my hot >> dogs for you and that way I could help you feed all 12 million >> people in your family. So the other night when my mom made hot >> dogs, I sneaked 2 halves up to my room and put them in a drawer. >> But then I realized it would take me a very very very very very >> long time to have 12 million hot dogs and so I needed to get >> other people to help. So then I went around my neighborhood and >> asked people for hot dogs for you. But I got tired of telling >> them the whole story so I came up with a slogan that I thought >> might help everyone understand the situation. Then I tried to put >> the slogan on a shirt. At first the slogan was oFor You T.O.o but >> I didnAt have enuff room for all of that so I just took the first >> letter of the oForo and just made the "You" a oUo, which is funny >> because thatAs the way I always used to think it was spelled! So >> now my shirt says F.U.T.O! >> >> I showed my dad the shirt and he laffed. He said it really got >> the message across. He said he knew lots of people that would >> wear that shirt. So that gave me another idea which was to try to >> sell the shirt itself! Which was a great idea because then I >> could just give the money to you to buy hot dogs for your >> humongous starving family that lives in a mall. >> >> All for you TO! >> >> F.U.T.O! >> Yours Truly, >> Jeremy >> > > (Er...who is T.O.?) > (Terrell Owens) .