Top ten things overheard in the stands of the Georgetown / Chinese brawl:
Number 10: “They do realize that ‘Break a Leg’ is a figure of speech, right?”
Number 9: “All these Chinese, and none of them is using Kung Fu?”
Number 8: “Oh my God, there are, like, a
Billion of them!”
Number 7: “I can’t wait to see what fortune cookies say after
this.”
Number 6: “That reminds me – I want to rent
Braveheart when we get home.”
Number 5: “This is the
goodwill tour? Who organized it? Chow Yun-Fat and Bill Laimbeer?”
Number 4: “Get my broker on the phone. Chinese cotton is about to get a whole lot pricier!”
Number 3: “I haven’t seen this much violence since the Kuomintang clashed with the CPC.”
Number 2: “After you brawl Chinese, you just want to brawl again an hour later.”
And the Number One thing overheard in the stands of the Georgetown / Chinese Brawl:
“大黑箍攻擊美國的超級巨星英雄無懼!”
Labels: brawl, chinese, georgetown
"Big black hoop to attack US superstar hero without fear!"
Anon - China's got a rich tradition of cultural touchstones ripe for fun on a top ten list. That's about it.
"Seinfeld, four!"
Chinese and Kung Fu
1 billion of them
Fortune cookies
Chinese food youre hungry an hour later?
You'd be booed off stage with that material no matter what your audience was
Regarding the incident, I don't know if you can call this a brawl. When they're outnumbered like that, it's really an one-sided beat down.
I tried to think of a Great Wall comment that would REALLY shake people from their seats, but sadly, I had nothing.
Thought I had died for a minute there.
Don't worry about Anon harsh criticism. With absolutely no worthy basketball news you've been holding the fort rather nicely.
Anyone got a suggestion for the next post? I'm open for thoughts.
ET
Seriously, though, what the hell is he doing with his time? Does he even go into the office? does he have notepads filled with doodles? does he have little action figures he plays with to pass the time? what can he be doing to pass the 8 hours a day?
"Kob, I don't know why you are reading Basketbawful, there's no season."
"Actually, I enjoyed reading Evil Ted's story about how a celtic fan was crushed by our 2010 finals victory over Boston, you know, the opposite of what we did this year."
"Why is Evil Ted writing? where is bawful at?"
"No idea. I suspect that, like me, he has trouble surviving without basketball. Possibly he's hibernating until the lockout ends, or he has just given up and killed himself."
I dont think you are a racist, nor were you trying to be. But your post was definitely repeating the same jokes that many a racist have said simply due to lack of anything more original. I don't expect a discussion here and I don't think bawful needs one, this site lives off of not taking itself seriously and that's why a lot of us read it.
I could post a YouTube video of Shawn Bradley getting dunked on, and we could all laugh about it. Mostly because Shawn Bradley is big and humorous to most basketball fans, and everyone likes watching a big guy get dunked on.
I could then make comments about white guys only being good for posters, not being able to jump, and something about player x eating some crackers for dinner. It wouldn't be funny, it's be lame and tired out. Matt has written posts on how he is stereotyped as a white player on the court, and I would bet you've dealt with plenty of the same in life. It isn't terribly wounding, or the end of the world, but it is annoying, and unoriginal. Being stereotyped in any way shape or form isn't fun period, And not for a Caucasian man with a shaved head.
There really are over a billion people living in china, please don't stereotype one billion individual people with a few random comments about small penises and the great wall.
You're better than that, and usually show it on this blog.
I'm not asking for an apology and don't expect one, but if I can at least give you something to think about for a few minutes that's more than enough.
I like this blog because it's an escape from the norm, a diversion from screaming a smith and whatever else is out there. You guys strive to be something different here, we all deal with stupid comments on YouTube and forums, but seeing on a blog post at bawful was honestly disappointing.
Top ten messages on Sterns voicemail.
Top ten rejected name changes in the NBA.
Top ten signs that this lockout will last a very long time.
Top ten alternative jobs for players during lockout.
You see what I'm saying? ET didn't joke about Asians, he joked about Chinese. That COULD be racist if he had dwelt on stereotypes, but he didn't did he?
Oh, and I LOLed at "Free Tibet"