We’re swinging for the fences
Published 11:54 pm Monday, July 16, 2007
Going the distance: It seems that the president and other members of his administration have a flair for using sports metaphors.
They may hold the heavyweight title, but we figure that if U.S. officials can compare a global warming policy to a marathon, we can find something sporting to say about current events.
The performance of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” was a lot like a 98-yard punt return. The film breezed by “Transformers” to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, and brought in as much money in just five days as each of the first three Potter films did in a full week.
The filmmakers are currently doing a little jig in the end zone.
For a long time, the U.S. was the Yao Ming of the world, a 7-foot-6 giant towering over nearly everyone else. But since World War II, other nations have passed us by, and we’re looking more like a 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson. If we keep on shrinking, the only basketball player we’ll resemble is the 8-year-old neighbor kid who likes to play H-O-R-S-E.
Mushing is no longer just for the icy north. In California, “urban mushing,” or having a dog pull you on a scooter, is all the rage.
Seems to us the idea of having a pair of poodles pull you on a trail is like asking a Little Leaguer to go against Barry Bonds — it’s just plain crazy.
