I have a dilema.
My wife and I rarely miss a home game, but this Friday our grandson has a high school basketball game which conflicts with the Western Michigan game. She has decided she will go support the grandson. This has happened before, and will happen again.
I called a friend and invited him to join me for the hockey game, he said "sure, I'd love to come along...but you need to remember that every time you've taken me to a game BG has gotten creamed...are you sure you want me to come?"
I see several possible solutions:
A. Tell the wife she needs to get her priorities in order. HS bouncyball games are a dime a dozen, and they'll be other grandsons. This solution, while expedient, does pose certain risks.
B. Give both my tickets away to charity and go with my wife to the basketball game. I like the positive karma that this choice may produce, but; damn it, I don't want to miss the game.
C. Find a new friend...preferably one who is not a jinx. I'd feel like a heel for taking the offer back, but I give him credit for respecting the possibility that he may be to blame.
D. Bring him along, and hope for the best. It's silly to think that one guy's presence in the stands can have any negative effect...he deserves another chance.
I'd be happy to consider any other suggestions.
Dear Abby
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transfer2BGSU
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Re: Dear Abby
Freddie wrote: A. Tell the wife she needs to get her priorities in order. HS bouncyball games are a dime a dozen, and they'll be other grandsons. This solution, while expedient, does pose certain risks.
That's right! BE THE MAN! You tell her what she is going to do on Friday night and tell her she will like it whether she enjoys it or not! Don't back down and don't let her do any of that female stuff, like bat her eyelashes or furl the lip so it quivers like she is going to cry. Remember - YOU'RE THE MAN!.
Hopefully the doctors will be able to reduce the swelling around the eyes so that you will be able to watch the game.
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Re: Dear Abby
Go to the game stag, sell the extra ticket at the door, use the proceeds to buy a beer at the Falcon Club lounge! See, that wasn't so hard!
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Re: Dear Abby
Great. Freddie's dilemma killed Abby.
I love people who can laugh at themselves. It saves me the effort.
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Re: Dear Abby
My dad and I will take them if you can't make it!
The longer the walk, the farther you crawl.
Re: Dear Abby
Whenever I have extra tickets, I usually find someone in line and give them to them. I walk away before they can pay.
Phi or Die
Re: Dear Abby
D. Bring him along, and hope for the best. It's silly to think that one guy's presence in the stands can have any negative effect...he deserves another chance.
There's no superstition in hockey.
There's no superstition in hockey.
All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.
Re: Dear Abby
Heck yeah........bring him along!!!
After all, they have lost most of their games with any of us in the stands the past few years!!
I broke my 4 game losing streak Tuesday! 
After all, they have lost most of their games with any of us in the stands the past few years!!
I broke my 4 game losing streak Tuesday! 
Re: Dear Abby
Unless you're a goaliebgbill wrote:D. Bring him along, and hope for the best. It's silly to think that one guy's presence in the stands can have any negative effect...he deserves another chance.
There's no superstition in hockey.
Phi or Die
Re: Dear Abby
Superstition is alive and well in Hockey.
Take another friend. Turn your Budwieser label toward their goal.
It is only wierd if it works.
If we win Friday, your friend is banned for life.
Take another friend. Turn your Budwieser label toward their goal.
It is only wierd if it works.
If we win Friday, your friend is banned for life.
Skate fast
Hit hard
Have fun
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Hit hard
Have fun
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Re: Dear Abby
I was going to say "I think you mean "Dead Abby"...but I thought thata might seem tasteless...
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
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Re: Dear Abby
I agree with this suggestion...but...I want to watch!!transfer2BGSU wrote:Freddie wrote: A. Tell the wife she needs to get her priorities in order. HS bouncyball games are a dime a dozen, and they'll be other grandsons. This solution, while expedient, does pose certain risks.
That's right! BE THE MAN! You tell her what she is going to do on Friday night and tell her she will like it whether she enjoys it or not! Don't back down and don't let her do any of that female stuff, like bat her eyelashes or furl the lip so it quivers like she is going to cry. Remember - YOU'RE THE MAN!.
Hopefully the doctors will be able to reduce the swelling around the eyes so that you will be able to watch the game.
"Regarding BGSU, I would think their biggest strength is that they never give up, They never slow down and they battle hard even after the other team scores. We have to be on our game and never, ever take the foot off the gas for a second."
~~USCHO Poster
"BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got."
~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us
#NeverGiveUp
#NeverSurrender
#Relentless
#Resiliant
~~USCHO Poster
"BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got."
~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us
#NeverGiveUp
#NeverSurrender
#Relentless
#Resiliant
Re: Dear Abby
No joke! Everyone knows victory depends on what I wear. Or the combination of what I wear and Mrs. BG84 wears. Or which hat I wear. Or how many hawks we see on the way to the game.bgbill wrote:D. Bring him along, and hope for the best. It's silly to think that one guy's presence in the stands can have any negative effect...
