Dagnabit! How many of them was they anyways?
\nThe was yer Wayne and yer Walter \u2014
\nbut when we talk about yer Gretzkys
\nwe’re talkin’ about yer Wayne, fer sure.<\/p>\n
So, anyways, how does this here expression \u2014
\nthat there is yer technical term, “expression” \u2014
\nhow does that there expression, as it were,
\ncome to be used by yer sports pundits, don’t ye see?<\/p>\n
Well, Mister man, she’s a long walk on a short road
\ndon’t ye see, but I’ll tell yez, it’s when yer pundits
\nis talkin’ about the greats of some sport there,
\nlike they make a list of the greats like this:<\/p>\n
“It’s when ye see these young players comin’ up \u2014
\nplayers like yer Howes an’ yer Gretzkys an’ Orrs,
\nyer Belliveaus an’ yer Rocket Richards an’ yer Drydens \u2014”<\/p>\n
Okay, Mister man, that’s when I lose it.
\nThem sonsufbitches is listin’ the single greatest players
\nthat ever lifted hockey stick or laced on hockey skates
\nand makin’ as if there’s more’n one of ’em.<\/p>\n
What ever happened to “the likes of?”
\nMan, there’s times I’d like to bite their
\nnoses off. Maybe if we could shake some sense into
\nyer Don Cherrys an’ yer silly who else evers,
\nThey’d use the English language right, eh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dagnabit! How many of them was they anyways? The was yer Wayne and yer Walter \u2014 but when we talk about yer Gretzkys we’re talkin’ about yer Wayne, fer sure. So, anyways, how does this here expression \u2014 that there … Continue reading