Sunday, February 21, 2010

Ice Hockey Terms That Make Me Snicker

...despite the fact that I've been following this sport since I was 5 (GO RANGERS!).

In honor of today's marquee Olympic match-ups between the Czech Republic and Russia, and the US and Canada (GO CZECHS! GO CANUCKS!), some of my favorite funny phrases:

* stick handling
* puck handling
* power play
* shorthanded
* hooking
* holding
* back checking
* in the crease
* bouncing puck
* slow whistle
* slapshot
* poke check
* penalty box
* first period
* snow shower
* two-man advantage
* pulling the goalie
* waffle pads
* Zamboni

8 comments:

  1. When put together, this is a strangely arousing list. Except maybe "poke check"...not feeling that one so much.

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  2. Jane,
    You should know Becca has some eccentricities...
    I liked the ZAMBONI culmination :)

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  3. Jane: That was my intention. :) You should read some of my "engineering porn" posts. I have the mentality of a 13-year-old boy.

    Dalia: Well, it started with a Z. I figured it was fitting. :)

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  4. Ahhh...got it. At least I know where to turn now during those evenings when I'm sitting with a glass of wine, a pocket protector and a vibrator...

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  5. "...horrible priorities" Jane?
    Yeah...this is the right place for you...too :)

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  6. I'm giggling about sexually-suggestive hockey terms instead of doing my taxes...of course, I have horrible priorities. :)

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  7. Pure escapism Jane...
    I can relate to that! :)

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  8. This would surely be a bit funnier if there were also some definitions along with it, then again maybe you chose to have the reader come up with their own interpretations!

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