[Vision2020] bonhom lacrosse
ben merkle
benmerkle@moscow.com
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:37:38 -0800
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Sunil,=20
My name is Ben. I know Nate. I know lots of Nates. Some of my best =
friends are Nates. But I, sir, am no Nate. I'm Ben.
Yours always,
Ben
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From: Sunil Ramalingam=20
To: dale@courtneys.us ; vision2020@moscow.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] bonhom lacrosse
When I played rugby at UC Davis (poorly, on the third and fourth =
sides; opposing players took turns seeing how far they could fling me), =
we loathed the lacrosse players. We called them Pretty Boys, who =
protected their delicate facial features by wearing helmets with face =
masks, and confirmed their cowardice by wearing pads. It did not escape =
our attention that their games drew more attractive women than did ours, =
and lots more of them; apparently our practice of singing vulgar and =
boorish songs and dousing each other with the beer we didn't drink at =
our post-game parties made us less than charming companions.
For their part, the lacrosse club viewed us as drunken louts, and =
occasionally publicly observed that our ears grew lumpier as the season =
wore on, most of us had broken noses, and we were idiots.=20
It is in that spirit that I rise to your bait, Nate, to condemn the =
formation of the Bonham Lacrosse Club. Again, Dale, I must protest your =
willingness to put liberals in boxes. I, as a liberal, care not that =
Native Americans started this vile game you embrace; it bothers me not =
at all that white male Englishmen invented rugby. On behalf of drunken =
louts of all colors and creeds, I challenge you to forsake lacrosse and =
instead play a real game, one whose intense physicality begins where =
lacrosse players leave off, retreating home and weeping into their =
hankies.
P.S. Based upon his own report of his boxing match, I must exclude =
Nate from the Pretty Boy category of lacrosse players. Also, his =
willingness to box indicates that he may have an inner rugby player, =
yearning for freedom.=20
Sunil Ramalingam
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sunil, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My name is Ben. I know Nate. I know =
lots of Nates.=20
Some of my best friends are Nates. But I, sir, am no Nate. I'm =
Ben.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yours always,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] =
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lacrosse</DIV>
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<P>When I played rugby at UC Davis (poorly, on the third and fourth =
sides;=20
opposing players took turns seeing how far they could fling me), we =
loathed=20
the lacrosse players. We called them Pretty Boys, who protected their =
delicate=20
facial features by wearing helmets with face masks, and confirmed =
their=20
cowardice by wearing pads. It did not escape our attention that their =
games=20
drew more attractive women than did ours, and lots more of them; =
apparently=20
our practice of singing vulgar and boorish songs and dousing each =
other with=20
the beer we didn=92t drink at our post-game parties made us less than =
charming=20
companions.</P>
<P>For their part, the lacrosse club viewed us as drunken louts, and=20
occasionally publicly observed that our ears grew lumpier as the =
season wore=20
on, most of us had broken noses, and we were idiots. </P>
<P>It is in that spirit that I rise to your bait, Nate, to condemn the =
formation of the Bonham Lacrosse Club. Again, Dale, I must protest =
your=20
willingness to put liberals in boxes. I, as a liberal, care not that =
Native=20
Americans started this vile game you embrace; it bothers me not at all =
that=20
white male Englishmen invented rugby. On behalf of drunken louts of =
all colors=20
and creeds, I challenge you to forsake lacrosse and instead play a =
real game,=20
one whose intense physicality begins where lacrosse players leave off, =
retreating home and weeping into their hankies.</P>
<P>P.S. Based upon his own report of his boxing match, I must exclude =
Nate=20
from the Pretty Boy category of lacrosse players. Also, his =
willingness to box=20
indicates that he may have an inner rugby player, yearning for =
freedom. </P>
<P>Sunil Ramalingam</P>
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