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Saturday, March 22, 2008
Post #100 Blog Party
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
G’Day, eh? And welcome to the 100th edition of this year’s Ice Man Blog!
Thunderous applause!
Thank you, thank you…really, no…thank you, please have a seat!
I would have loved to have had this coincide with the 100th point the Thrashers racked up in the standings this season, but…eh…whatchagonnado?
Personally, I’d like to take this opportunity to give a great big, fat, hairy “THANK YOU” to all of you who make this little blog thingy so much fun. There are some very bright, articulate, intelligent, knowledgeable hockey fans that frequent this site…and Jethro participates too! Seriously…you dudes and dudettes have made this year a blast for me.
But today, we celebrate just a little. Kinda get our minds away from the disappointing season…and Friday’s horrific collapse… and have some fun! Kick back and enjoy ourselves before we wrap up the final couple of weeks in the season.
PJ has graciously provided such cyber-goodies as…cyber-chips, cyber-pretzels and, of course, cyber-booze, (We I.D. everyone here, mind you)! Sara has brought the cyber-sodas, cyber-cake and cyber-brownies…but I’m a bit leery about the contents…sniff, sniff…interesting aroma. Best of all, they are all zero calories, zero carbs and zero fat!
Brendan, here, please pass out the party hats and noisemakers.
Also, we have party activities!!!
First off, we have a Scavenger Hunt! Yes…participants will need to find the following:
Find and name all games in which the Thrashers have actually out-shot the opposition.
The Thrashers have, to date, 16 regulation wins. Find and name all the teams they beat this year without the need for OT.
Find and name the last Thrasher to earn more than 60 assists in a season.
Then…Truth or Dare! You can ask any regular blogger to choose between the two and, once they do, that blogger has to respond accordingly. (As blog host, Rawhide is immune from all Truth or Dare inquiries and activities).
Then there is Bobbing For Apples…That’s right! Only the big tub holding the apples will be filled with a special mix of Kool-Aid provided by Bruce Levenson. Contestants will take their turns going face deep in the drink in search of the prized fruit. However, as they come up empty they will all swear that they were “moving in the right direction” regardless of their failure.
Hide and Seek…name the player(s) currently on the roster you want hidden from view…waived for the rest of the season, and/or traded during the off-season. Then, name player(s) your “seeking” to add to the team’s roster via trades or UFA signings!
Lastly, we have “Pin the Blame on the Donkey”. This will be the “free-for-all” activity of the blog. Who is most deserving to pin the blame on for the season…the GM? Ownership? A player?
Personally, I’m going outside the box on this one…I say it was all the fault of the hockey gods…they were obviously very annoyed with us. Much of the anger stemming from their disappointment in the appeasement package we sent to them earlier in the year on behalf of our Thrashers. Only 4 of the 10 cases of Labatt Beer got through, (thank you Canadian customs), and ThrasherRyan’s suggestion to add the Celine Dion Greatest Hits CD was obviously not to their liking!
Of course, if I were to pin it on a more conventional option, I’m sure you’D nOt be surprised oNe bit at Who I mAy Decide as who I’D pick as thE one that shouLd be heLd most accountable…but I’ll just let you guess.
Again, enjoy the fun…we’ll return to business next week to deal with what went down last night, the rest of the season and begin our NHL playoffs version of the Ice Man blog!
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