Contador the New Indurain?

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:05:00 -0800, Geraard Spergen
wrote:

See this is because journalists today have no creativity with nicknames;
either that or there truly are no good ones left.

Cannibal, Badger, Gypsy - those are classics.

Lion King, Kaiser... ho hum

The Boss, El Niño... come on

Elefantino wasn't bad
Il Grillo is pretty good

But "The Next Whoever" is expedient.

If done accurately, the 'next whoever' is a quick shorthand to
communicate to the fans the announcer's opinion. If done with context,
it is quite useful, or can be. (Note: there is a difference between:

As to challenging for the home run title, such-and- such may be the
next Barry Bonds

and

With recent grand jury testimony, such-and-such may be the next Barry
Bonds).

Its when it is sloppy and expedient that it is a real problem; more so
if it isn't accurate at all. OTOH, if the reference is positive,
complaining about pressure would be absurd. Either you can get it done
or you can't. You can't blame the announcers if you spend your career
trying to be someone you can't. Look what happened to Zabel trying to
be the next Sean Kelly. A career in disarray and ruin. What he could
have been...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

KC wrote:


"Contador El Conquistador."

There. Finished. He now has a nickname.

I'll be expecting royalties for the use of it... ;^)

-KC

That's very good. He'll even have a theme song by Procol Harum.
Although I cringe at the mispronunciation... they can just play the
instrumental track.

Bob Schwartz wrote in news:WJQLh.11261
:

Donald Munro wrote:
wrote:
how about another tom kunich ?

Depends on whether he implements the Cloneable interface, since mating
seems to be out of the question.

Just wait until you guys see the Lafferty upgrade.



just a note for those who are new to artificial imbecile (AI) terminology
-- "upgrade" means even dumber and more pig-headed than before.

NS
MIT computer lab rat

In article ,
Geraard Spergen wrote:

Tom Kunich wrote:
Why would writers put that sort of idiotic load on a young rider. We must
remember that Indurain did not look all that good until he was older than
Contador. He became a force after he lost a lot of weight.

Maybe he ought to be the one and only Alberto Contador and not a new anyone
else.

There will never be another Eddy Merckx, another Bernard Hinault, another
Lance Armstrong nor another Miguel Indurain. Hell, we probably won't see
another Eric Zabel.



See this is because journalists today have no creativity with nicknames;
either that or there truly are no good ones left.

Cannibal, Badger, Gypsy - those are classics.

Lion King, Kaiser... ho hum

The Boss, El Niño... come on

Elefantino wasn't bad
Il Grillo is pretty good

But "The Next Whoever" is expedient.

Plenty of good nicknames left, but you cannot waste them on potential.
The Hammer
Roundhouse
Roadhouse
Wolf
Smoke

Who remembers Gordie Howe's nickname? Not Blinky; what
his team mates called him. As a rookie he took a run
at a veteran on the boards. The veteran slipped the
check, Howe concussed himself, and afterwards he had an
odd blink.
--
Michael Press

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:17:22 GMT, Michael Press
wrote:

See this is because journalists today have no creativity with nicknames;
either that or there truly are no good ones left.

Cannibal, Badger, Gypsy - those are classics.

Lion King, Kaiser... ho hum

The Boss, El Niño... come on

Elefantino wasn't bad
Il Grillo is pretty good

But "The Next Whoever" is expedient.

Plenty of good nicknames left, but you cannot waste them on potential.
The Hammer
Roundhouse
Roadhouse
Wolf
Smoke

....
--
Michael Press

You could use up the Seven Dwarfs on most of a team, but who qualifies
as 'Snow White'? I can think of a few Docs, and a whole lot of Dopeys.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On Mar 20, 11:15 am, Curtis L. Russell
wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:05:00 -0800, Geraard Spergen

wrote:
See this is because journalists today have no creativity with nicknames;
either that or there truly are no good ones left.

Cannibal, Badger, Gypsy - those are classics.

Lion King, Kaiser... ho hum

The Boss, El Niño... come on

Elefantino wasn't bad
Il Grillo is pretty good

But "The Next Whoever" is expedient.

If done accurately, the 'next whoever' is a quick shorthand to
communicate to the fans the announcer's opinion. If done with context,
it is quite useful, or can be.

dumbass,

nicknames are also a good sytem for labelling blood bags.

On Mar 20, 5:15 pm, Donald Munro wrote:
wrote:
how about another tom kunich ?
Donald Munro wrote:
Depends on whether he implements the Cloneable interface, since mating
seems to be out of the question.
Bob Schwartz wrote:
Just wait until you guys see the Lafferty upgrade.

Perhaps, but perhaps you should first concentrate on providing Kunich
with an Abortable interface.

Damn that's a beeeaautiful set-up to get REALLY nasty, just like he
usually is. I'll pass on it though.
Bill C

wrote:
how about another tom kunich ?

Donald Munro wrote:
Depends on whether he implements the Cloneable interface, since mating
seems to be out of the question.

Bob Schwartz wrote:
Just wait until you guys see the Lafferty upgrade.

Perhaps, but perhaps you should first concentrate on providing Kunich
with an Abortable interface.

Geraard Spergen wrote:
See this is because journalists today have no creativity with nicknames;
either that or there truly are no good ones left.

Cannibal, Badger, Gypsy - those are classics.

Lion King, Kaiser... ho hum

The Boss, El Niño... come on

Elefantino wasn't bad
Il Grillo is pretty good

But "The Next Whoever" is expedient.

The Eagle of Toledo. Now THAT'S a classic.

Bob Schwartz

Donald Munro wrote:
wrote:
how about another tom kunich ?

Donald Munro wrote:
Depends on whether he implements the Cloneable interface, since mating
seems to be out of the question.

Bob Schwartz wrote:
Just wait until you guys see the Lafferty upgrade.

Perhaps, but perhaps you should first concentrate on providing Kunich
with an Abortable interface.

He already *has* an abortable interface. If no one responds,
he aborts. That's all it takes. People have to ignore him.

Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Dumbasses!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!H a!Ha!Ha!

Bob Schwartz