Which of your phrase-turns are you most proud of?

[Hustle]

Headline, writing, whatever...

I thought of this tonight when I wrote (what I thought was) one of the best grafs of my life. From tonight's Skins-Vikes game, talking about the unevenness of the Skins' play (references to boos came a graf prior):

Perhaps even punter Derrick Frost could've used a cold one after his night, which was much like the rest of the Redskins' night. Some of his kickoffs reached the goalline, though another forced Williamson to sprint to the 20-yard line just to catch the ball. His first punt was quite short, leading to a potentially hangover-inducing headline: Frost booed at 32 yards.

I don't know how that'll play here, but oh well.

What are your favorites?

 

[write then drink]

that's one of your good ones?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

DELETE THIS THREAD NOW!

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

I wouldn't be putting that one on my highlight reel.

To each his, hers and its own, I guess.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Holy Jesus on a soda cracker, this one will not end well.

 

[Pringle]

Yeah, the New York Times typically scours papers looking for guys who are able to turn last names into cheesy puns. Don't leave your phone today.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I once wrote of an impending baseball strike as the ultimate walk-off run home. It didn't go over as popularly as I'd imagined.

 

[daemon]

I didn't know Steve Rushin posted here.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I didn't know Steve Rushin posted here.

EOT.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

It was a tale of two halves.

 

[joe king]

I didn't know Steve Rushin posted here.

Exceedingly well played.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Advice I was given many years ago, paraphrasing somebody like Twain or maybe Mencken:

"Find the sentence you most love - and cut it out."