sulaw Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 LOL dont be so defensive It could Happen!!!! LOLROTF Let me tell you as one who falls on a regular basis slippery is slippery wet ice verses oil I dont have the coefficient of frriction sitting here but your feet probably wont be able to tell the difference anyway
TempletonPeck Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 I know about 40 to 50 jewish hockey players why? They attended the schools i went to they may not be pros but they can skate * Gary Bettman
yath Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Templeton, I gotta say I'm with you here. I'm Jewish (well, that's my background anyway), and it's absolutely true that Jews in general are NOT athletes! I don't think there's anything genetic or inherent about. As a matter of fact, I think Jews are quite proud of not being athletes! Traditionally (and erroneously) they have felt that being book-smart is not compatible with athletic prowess, and vice-versa...and given the "choice", they'll pick the book-smarts every time!
TempletonPeck Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Templeton, I gotta say I'm with you here. I'm Jewish (well, that's my background anyway), and it's absolutely true that Jews in general are NOT athletes! I don't think there's anything genetic or inherent about. As a matter of fact, I think Jews are quite proud of not being athletes! Traditionally (and erroneously) they have felt that being book-smart is not compatible with athletic prowess, and vice-versa...and given the "choice", they'll pick the book-smarts every time! Thank you, that is all I was really trying to say, but you articulated it better than I did. I got off on some rant about hockey players, but being Canadian I guess that is to be expected
DonatosAllTheWay Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Rudi Ball, German hockey player Olympic bronze, 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934 [27] Sean Bergenheim, Finnish hockey player Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel. First Israeli to be drafted by an NHL team (The New Jersey Devils). Hy Buller, Canadian-born U.S. hockey player Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player Vitaly Davydov, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963-1971, runner-up 1972 Steve Dubinsky, U.S. hockey player Jeff Halpern, U.S. hockey player Adam Henrich, Canadian hockey player Michael Henrich, Canadian hockey player, highest-drafted Jewish player ever - by the Edmonton Oilers Corey Hirsch, NHL goalie Alfred Kuchevsky Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960 Alex Levinsky Canadian hockey player (NHL) circa 1930s, 1940s Yuri Moiseev, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968, World & European champion 1968 Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1984, bronze 1983 David Nemirovsky, Canadian hockey player Bob Nystrom, Canadian hockey player (converted to Judaism) Eric Nystrom, American hockey left winger & son of former National Hockey League player Bob Nystr
Xal Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Perhaps Jewish immigrants are not but I can assure you Jews from Israel are extremely good athletes and the males especially are in very good shape in the country as a whole. Israel is not a very "fat" nation, ala America and England.
yath Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 As a fellow Canadian, I totally understand, Templeton. Canadian = HOCKEY!!! It's my huge obsession--and hey, my team ( Ottawa Sens) went to the cup finals last year. It was awesome!!! Ya ya, I know this is all off-topic. But I just had to respond...!!!
fizzle Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 well... eric is not one of those jews. and i am sure he will admit that.
McMahon Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Are we really discussing Jews?! Yes, and we now have proof that Amber is NOT in sequester afterall.
DonatosAllTheWay Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Really, she isn't in sequester? When did we find out about this and where is the proof?
TempletonPeck Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Are we really discussing Jews?!? Apparently we are, but as Canadians me and Yath are trying to shift it to hockey If the house burned down I wouldn't know it at this point, we've gotten so off topic.
DonatosAllTheWay Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Well from the list I posted, 2 really aren't even Jews because Bob nystrom was a Jew and then switched to Judaism wotch makes his son Eric nystrom Judaism, right? Or would he be a Jew because his dad was a born Jew? This is so confusing on why we are even discussing this.
mingers Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 DonatosAllTHeWay, I hope you were returning sarcasm with sarcasm.
DonatosAllTheWay Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Yea, I was reading the whole thing and was just going along with it, although somehow i ended up on wikipedia.
Francis_3 Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 And the stereotypes keep coming...wow, that's depressing... I'm less surprised that Eric didn't so well at the sliding comp than I am about Danielle and Dick. The space was, IMO, the length of a good sized bar. Slipping and sliding on beer/liquor covered floors (with or without bar mats) is a daily thing. As far as Danielle, all the Hooters that I've seen have hardwood floors. I would think her hand would be more steady, she would be able to carry more than two cups in a hand (I can carry two beers and a rocks glass, and I have small hands), and used to slick floors.
mingers Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 I actually think D&D did a kick ass job in the HOH comp. I agree with Dani that it had a lot to do with how tall you were. Zach was the tallest, less strides...
fizzle Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 yeah, the typical bar usually has wet/sticky/oily floors like they did in that comp... with more oil sprayed on the floor every so often.... i love going to bars like that! <insert eyeroll>
yath Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Perhaps Templeton and I could start a new thread...something like "So What's With Jews and Hockey?"... BUT, back on-topic...I think it's fair to say that Eric is ridiculously uncoordinated, IF what he shows is the reality. I have to say I think he intentionally exaggerates his clumsiness and awkwardness so that he doesn't have to feel responsible for his losses...I mean hey, the weaving routine after he got out of the spinning chair was WAY over the top...
sulaw Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 as I was saying before my experience was called into question I have a hard time believing that a kid even a jewishish one from NY wouldnt have more balance than what he was showing because he deals with slidding on ice sheets in the street thats all you can disagree all you want just dont make a such a blanket statement like jews are this or blacks are this. My observation was according to my expeience thats all let it be what it is an observation i think that all of us have a right to our opinions i may ask you you why do you say that but i wont ask you to prove it
GingerSnaps Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Hopefully, Eric's clumsiness is all a big act and Thursday night he shows the other hg that he could walk and chew gum at the same time. ha ha ha.
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