- Canada is a polite place filled with denim, bitchin’ tunes
from Bryan Adams and an excessive amount of ice year-round, but a touch of
unintentional violence could be coming your way, Canucks. Duck and cover
because the flannel-clad set of the Backyard Axe-Throwing League want to add a
little liquid courage to their “sport” and are getting ready to petition for a
liquor license. Organizers of the special axe-throwing league in Canada
recently brought in a safety expert to their six locations in Ontario and
believe - for some reason - that they can safely add some Molson and Labatt’s
to the proceedings with no negative ramifications. “We received glowing reviews
on the safety to go ahead with the application for the liquor license,” CEO
Matt Wilson said. “In 2014, we had 100,000 new visitors... Nothing has ever
happened to any of the guests while throwing the axes.” Yes, and during that
time of a spotless safety record, none of the people hurling large, sharp hunks
of metal on heavy wooden sticks has been above the legal limit for driving.
Allowing a thrower to booze up and then chuck an axe or having drunk fans who
aren't alert or capable of moving out of harm’s way is a recipe for disaster.
Better to stick with the current arrangement of having folks quench their
thirst with non-alcoholic beverages they bring from home is probably best, even
if axe throwers sign waivers, plenty of trainers are on hand and the only
injuries you’ve had in the past five years are cuts to the hand that came when
staffers were sharpening axes. Leave the liquor for shirtless football fans in
sub-freezing temperatures who need the warmth a $10 Budweiser can provide……….
- People clearly don’t appreciate 50 Cent the way they once
did. The man who became famous for being shot nine times, surviving and
becoming one of the biggest rappers in the world for a time is now a dude who
gets kicked off stage during a concert
in Atlanta over the weekend for overrunning his set. He was performing at Hot
107.9’s Birthday Bash in the ATL when event officials decided that he’d
exceeded his allotted time and wouldn’t be allowed to continue. Let’s just say
he didn’t react well. "You mean my time is up?" he said, addressing
the Bash's organizers. "You mean to tell me you mother*ckers is gonna kick
me off the stage for T.I. and Jeezy? F*ck this! F*ck it!" In a misguided
display, 50 then dropped the mic in protest, apparently forgetting that one
typically drops the mic after saying something epic and leaving the scene,
which he seemed to not want to do. He picked said mic back up and beefed with
the stage manager. “I got one minute left. You mean to tell me I can’t have one
minute? I’m not leaving, I don’t give a f*ck who’s coming up next," the
rapper barked. I can’t have one minute? Is she the program director? Take my
music off your station. I don’t want your mother*ckin’ station no more. We got
YouTube.” Yes, you got YouTube, although YouTube is really not the main reason
50 Cent is, as he said to conclude his rant, “rich as a mother*cker." He
may have told his foes on that day that it’s “too late to hate,” but they felt
differently and ultimately won out……..
- Will the fast food rage never end? Folks are way too angry
about the perceived lack of quality in food they pay less than $4 for, giving
off the impression that they expect gourmet cuisine for drive thru prices. The
latest incarnation of this trend is an unidentified fast food fighter in Dallas
who went on a threatening rampage because he was dissatisfied with a milkshake
order at a Burger King location in the 11800 block of N. Central Expressway.
Surveillance footage from the restaurant shows the customer at the counter,
interacting with employee Alejandra Estrada, then throwing a frozen beverage in
a cup at Estrada. Not satisfied with assault by strawberry shake, this maniac
then grabs a highchair from the seating section and flings it across the
counter. “I was very scared,” Estrada said. “He hit me in my face, and he
called me names.” Physically and verbally assaulting a 60-year-old fast food
worker is pretty high on the scumbag scale and the situation only got worse
when the man demanded coffee in place of his unsatisfactory milkshake and was
told there was no coffee. At that point, he began yelling and jumped the
counter, chasing a fleeing Estrada back to the office area in the rear of the
restaurant, where this misogynistic fool punched the terrified employee in the
face. “He said, ‘I’m going to kill you.’ Oh my God. I tried to close the door,
but the door doesn’t [close],” Estrada said. Dallas police are investigating
the incident as an assault and are hopeful that although there is no audio to
go with the footage, someone will be able to identify the assailant so this
fool can be apprehended and punished for his crimes against the affordable,
quick food industry………
- When the dam bursts, apparently Sin City is suddenly the
place to go for all American professional sports leagues looking to expand. With
all signs pointing to the NHL reportedly close to announcing a team in Las
Vegas and the Oakland Raiders extremely interested in becoming Vegas’ first NFL
team, it appears that Major League Baseball, the most gambling-averse of all
the major professional sports, is warming up to the idea of having a team in a
place where gambling on sports is as legal as it can possibly be. MLB
Commissioner Rob Manfred seems to differ from his predecessor, Bud Selig, on the
issue of having a team in Vegas and said this week that the city is a
"viable option" for a franchise.
"We passed that by a long time ago, right? There are casinos all
over the place,” Manfred said. “I see Las Vegas as a viable alternative. I
would not disqualify it just because of the gambling issue.” The NBA has also
shown itself to be more receptive to having a team in the city and already has a
summer league there, so it would seem that within a few years, Las Vegas will
go from having no pro sports franchises to having multiple franchises, although
there’s still the issue of having a lot of other entertainment options to
choose from for locals and visitors alike, so contending with shady gambling
characters may take a back seat to battling Celine Dion, Britney Spears and
Sigfried and Roy for whichever leagues decide that dropping a team in the
middle of the desert is a wise idea. Of course, MLB can't position itself as
much of a viable foe of gambling given its status as a financial backer of
Draft Kings, which more and more states are classifying as a form of sports
gambling. Just as MLB has been dragged into the modern age when it comes to the
role of technology in the game, it appears that a revised view on gambling is
in order……..
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