this article, I’ll admit, gets me laughing hysterically every time. when reading it today, it reminded me of how punks try to hit cyclists/runners with various objects that would no doubt HURT. Perhaps they think, like those people in the article…
read and weap (with laughter)
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/hruby/030212.html
maybe I’m sick…but this is funny.
kc (in a big furry cat costume)
I remember in college some guys form the opposing school thought it would be funny to tackle/clothesline our mascot. Problem is, our mascot was a 110 lb freshman girl - that didn’t go over to well with a lot of people.
see these things happen all the time to mascots. do any of you remember the running hotdogs and the baseball player whacked one down and it was a small woman? people were in an uproar!!
it’s a strange phenomonon (however the hell you spell that) and it’s as if others don’t see mascots as real people inside the fur. i wonder if the people that throw things at us while we run/cycle really understand that if we get hit, we will wreck and get hurt?!?
like the article says…it’s like wiley coyote. maybe they think we’re invincible and can’t get hurt. (or, maybe their just ruthless dumbasses).
i don’t know–but it’s an interesting link.
it’s ironic, but knowing this i still would like to punch the gut of red’s mascot–the Gapper…that bastard is just begging for it! Look at him! He’s so irritating!
oh, who am I kidding…if I was next to the Gapper I would bowl over cracking up. The Gapper is so ridiculous, how can ya not laugh?
My wife works in the same building as Rocky (Nuggets). It’s a good thing he makes as much as he does to cover all the expenses related to his antics - custom leather coats, one-off hand bags, etc. One thing I’ll never get is how pouring drinks and smearing cake on people is considered entertaining. The other night on TV he had taken a sub-one-year-old baby out of the crowd and gave it to one of the announcers. Then he took it and gave it to one of the players on the visitors’ bench. All it would take is for him to trip and hurt the kid, and it’s big-dollar law suit. I don’t care if you’re “celebrity” or not, you take my kid and prance her around like that…
Damn, not what I expected from the title!
One of my favorite comervials of all time still has to be of two college mascots throwing down at a game.
You gotta love’em.
“One of my favorite comervials of all time still has to be of two college mascots throwing down at a game.”
Ace Ventura kicking the crap out of the mascot at the Dolphins game was classic.
I agree with Julian, very disappointed in the thread based upon the title.
Best(worst?) mascot situation i ever saw was about 10 years ago when Don jackson, coach of the cincinnati cyclones of the international hockey league, attacked sir slapshot the mascot for the atlanta knights.
Jackson had been standing behind the bench leaning against the glass when sir slaphsot(about 8 feet tall in costume) threw himself against the glassknocking Jackson over. jackson immediately climbed over the glass and began beating on the mascot. Players and fans soon became involved.
Since no ne was hurt in the incident i can admit that i laughed my arse off at the video.