In the States he is known as “the idiot kicker”; in his native land he is simply “the kicker.”
Mike Vanderjagt missed three field goals in his Toronto Argonauts return this past weekend. Sure, we’ve all laughed at Vanderjagt before, but no one wants to see him lose his ability to learn a livelihood. Most times, a str-ugg-ell-ing kicker can work out a case of the yips by sticking around after practice and booting a few extra attempts. Vanderjagt, however, can’t do this since THE ARGONAUTS DO NOT HAVE GOALPOSTS ON THEIR MOTHER FLIPPIN’ PRACTICE FIELD.
What other corners are they cutting in the Great White North? Here’s a partial list of other loonie saving measures:
Instead of tackling dummies, they use real live dummies (plentiful in Canada, eh)
12 mouthpieces, 12 cups (please make a speedy exchange when coming off the field)
Selling leftover urinalysis samples to American fans as “Budweiser” (three years, no complaints)
Seriously, this is the organization that hopes to stave off an NFL invasion? I bet when Roger Goodell and Ralph Wilson heard about these inadequate facilities, their eyes spun into dollar signs while making slot machine sounds. I saw Scrooge McDuck do it once, so I assume it is a condition peculiar to all rich folk.
Our seemingly innocuous moose fucking neighbors to the north have struck a deal with the frost-bitten traitors of Buffalo, New York. All it took was $78 million Canadian (or 2,096,774 liters of pure maple syrup) for those Buffalonian Benedict Arnold’s to export our most precious resource across the border.
I can just picture those jabberwockies yukking it up in Toronto, and it makes me sick to my red, white, blue, and black stomach (don’t swallow black tar heroin unless it is sealed in a premium prophylactic). Some might consider this a small concession to our neighbors, or even a wise business decision on Ralph Wilson’s part, but I see it for what it is, an attack on our very way of life.
Before you know it our dollar will stabilize, universal healthcare will become a reality, politeness will rule the day, and all of our football games will be played on 120 yards of foreign soil. I, for one, will not stand for this. In support of our nation we must band together to stem the tide of the Canadian takeover.
It is with great pride that I announce my boycott of all things Canadian until our football games are returned unharmed. From here on out I will deprive myself of each of the following.
Canadian Whisky- No more Crown Royal with Royal Crown.
Canadian Bloggers- Farewell Skeets and Mutoni, hopefully this will be resolved in time for next year’s NBA season.
Canadian Strippers- I’ll miss you most of all.
Canadian Beasters- Forget what I just said about the strippers.
However, if none of this works I could be convinced to trade Buffalo the Canucks straight-up for that stripper chick.
Update: Our snowbound overlords have informed us that this post must be presented both of their official languages, English and French. So this is for all of you pea soup eaters…