George Carlin goes home

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

this is wierd because last week me and a coworker was on a walk and I she was telling me about back in the days picking up hitchikers and so forth.

I laughed and proceeded to tell her about George Carlin's part in Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back.
If you've seen the movie then you know what im talking about.

[Indy23]

SubGod22,

Forbidden...hmmm. I seem to recall hearing at least one of those words on my television recently...uhh..oops, I guess I rented that. Sorry. Carry on. >>>Insert embarrassed emoticon, if there is one.

Actually if you watch any live sporting event, especially those with mics down on the field and a slow sound engineer, you're still likely to hear many of those seven. Anyone who pops up to second base in the CWS will probably give you one.

[BOBB]

SubGod22,

I always had the feeling that there was more to that than we would ever know, kind of like, "I think thou doth protest too much." I'm basing this on my belief that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Hate requires some pretty intense level of emotion, IMO.

I'm in complete agreement. I've always felt that the religion-bashers have a bone to pick with God and the true atheists are apathetic...

[SpanglerFan316]

The true apathetics just don't care. 8) :D

[Bigshotmaker]

I love George Carlin,one of my favorites."When the earth get tired of humans polluting it,it's gonna shake us off it like a dog does fleas".RIP

[shockandawe08]

Okay, sorry this is so long, but I've been looking for it and finally found it. I guess this is why I previously posted this in the baseball forum. And it's cleaner than what The Eagle printed the other day by Carlin...."It's one thing to ***** your finger, but it's another thing to finger .........."


Baseball and Football
by George Carlin

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.
Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.
In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.
Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.
I enjoy comparing baseball and football:
Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.
Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.
In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.
Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?
In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.
In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.
Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.
Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.
Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.
Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.
In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.
And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use a shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!