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>>>>>>>As I said, it's all in the beholder. We don't all have to like the same people and the same things. How interesting would that be?
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>>>>>>Just so long as we all agree NOT to like Jim Carey :-)
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>>>>>How about we start by spelling his name right? (ducking)
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>>>>Why? He ain't worth the extra key press! I don't carey how it's spelt - two "R"s for an arse.
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>>>Pretty bold thing for a man with doubled N's and L's in his name to say ;-)
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>>Yes but 2 Ns or 2 Ls don't rhyme with "arse" like his does!
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>>>I am sure Carey is by far the more common spelling. Oh, well, we all knew who you meant.
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>>>There is yet a third spelling, and an ironic one in a way. The American baseball announcer Harry Caray, who entertained generations of Cardinals and Cubs fans, spelled his name the way you see it. The irony is that we was increasingly erratic about names as he grew older. One of the local sportswriters who eulogized Harry when he died, Bob Verdi, said he would miss hearing Harry refer to Cubs outfielder Glenallen Hill as Glenhill Allen.
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>>>I had a sports talk show on the radio in college and Harry was the guest one Sunday night. He was the perfect guest, entertaining without being overbearing. He had to know my listenership would have fit into a phone booth and he did it anyway. (Bob Knight was another who did the same thing -- don't believe everything you hear about so-called "bad boys"). The hard part was getting hold of him to confirm the booking. That was hell. Finally one of the producers at the station suggested I call all the taverns on Rush Street until I found him. Harry was known as "the mayor of Rush Street," with good reason. That worked. "Yeah, this is Harry," he said. I gave him directions to the studio. "Great. I'll be there." And he was.
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>>>Another reminiscence of Harry that Bob Verdi related on the radio the day after Harry died was from a limo driver in New York. The guy was assigned to be Harry's driver during a three game series between the Cubs and Mets in NYC. Easy duty, they told him. Just back and forth between Shea and the hotel, plus he's sick. Oho! The limo driver said Harry had other things in mind. The first night they're on the way to the hotel after the game and Harry says pull over, this place looks interesting. In they went and out they came hours later. It went on like that for three days. "I'm dyin'! I'm dyin'! Two hours of sleep a night. My wife thinks there's something going on. I thought you said this guy was sick!" LOL
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>>Sound like a right old character - one we don't know of over here though.
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>>BTW I find US sports commentators really weird - the way they prattle on to each other non-stop, in that weird sports-commentator, deep sonorous, jolly but serious, hail-fellow-well-met type voice that they all seem to have; you must know what I mean - they seem to have the American accent's accent :-)
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>One of my favorites: "That brings up a third down situation." Oh, is that the situation? It doesn't just bring up THIRD DOWN? (Channeling George Carlin).
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>Another one, which is almost a reflexive statement when the ball is close to the first down marker: "It all depends on the spot." Uh, yeah....

These 2 examples are like martian to me. I presume you're talking grid-iron (can't bring myself round to calling it "football" :-)