Strahan vs. Reporter

It's working to perfection for Big Blue in time for Sunday's game vs. Dallas. Tiki lawyered up, Strahan eating his hot dogs in private, Plax is still on the fans' shit list, Pierce and Jacobs is banging the drums...

Back to normal in Gotham. :

 

A question a bit off the topic.

So why would an NFL training table be serving hot dogs to the players?

 

Another question - It seems like the NY papers are always running pictures of football players in the locker room. I'm not sure I've seen this in any other town ... Does it happen anywhere else?

 

By greasing his palms with some $$$ for an exclusive interview?

Oh c'mon we've all heard those tales.

 

OK, one more time. It's defuse, not diffuse.

And another pet peeve:

Mano a mano (it's Latin) means hand-to-hand, not man-to-man. So you wouldn't look someone in the eye and tell him something mano a mano, unless you're speaking in sign language.

OK, I've been enough of an asshole for one day. Please resume your regularly scheduled discussion as I brace for the soon-to-be-lobbed grenade from Blondebomber.

 

THEY MEANT DIFFUSE!! As in, not wanting the story to be focused directly on the Burress mess, Strahan deflected the attention onto other subjects, thus diffusing it in a variety of other directions.

He made no attempt whatsoever to defuse it.

 

He did defuse the hot dog - which some say is a cardiac time bomb.

 

Actually, he diffused the hot dog, spraying it all over the room like a sprinkler head on the front lawn.

 

Main Entry: 2dif·fuse
Pronunciation: di-'fyüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): dif·fused; dif·fus·ing
Etymology: Middle English diffused, past participle, from Latin diffusus, past participle
transitive verb
1 a : to pour out and permit or cause to spread freely b : EXTEND, SCATTER c : to spread thinly or wastefully
2 : to subject to diffusion; especially : to break up and distribute (incident light) by reflection
intransitive verb
1 : to spread out or become transmitted especially by contact
2 : to undergo diffusion


Not sure any of those definitions apply here. I'd still say defuse -- attempting to render the situation less hazardous to the Giants' chemistry/psyche -- is much more appropriate.

I will now refrain from further editing of this thread because it's just a bunch of message board posts. It just caught my attention because that's one of those things I run into often while editing.

Thank you, one and all.

 

I think either of these could apply to both the ranting and the hot dog.

Safe to say, however, we will all think twice before using either word again.

 

Joe - please continue your edits- seriously - good stuff and not offensive at all. Its a rather nice break in middle of the strahan debate.