Seriously, how do you get this wrong less than 50 miles from Chicago? The dean should be fired for… unpatrioticness or something.
Is Fukudome a dirty word?
Umm… only if you’re considering his batting in the second half of the season.
What’s in a name? Ask Chicago Cubs fan Jill Howe, 15.
The Elgin High School sophomore had to remove her Kosuke Fukudome jersey and wear a gym T-shirt to class Wednesday because of a misunderstanding about how to pronounce the All-Star right-fielder’s last name.
“Someone stopped me in the hall and asked me what the back of my jersey said,” Jill said.
She replied that it was the name of Cubs player, pronounced foo-koo-DOUGH-may. The school staffer wasn’t so sure and consulted others. [emphasis mine -melo]
Wait a minute here. She consulted OTHERS?? What is wrong with these people? This is heresy. Kick them all out of the state!
Then a dean, Susan Matei, told Howe the jersey was inappropriate. Matei made Jill take it off and wear a gym shirt instead.
Jill called her mother after school to tell her what happened.
“She’s a big Cubs fan, and we got the jersey at Dick’s,” said Jill’s mom, Nancy Howe. “We were going to get a [Kerry] Wood one, but it cost more.”
Of course, the Kerry Wood one cost more. He isn’t sucking like a Hoover on crack. Then again, my Cubs as a whole are stinking up the play-offs. Why do we silly Cubs fans dare to hope every year?
Filed under: Education, Idiocy, Sports | Tagged: Chicago Cubs, Kosuke Fukudome, Major League Baseball, National League, Stupidity
if they want a good Japanese insult they can have “Baka Yaro”.
It’s stupid bastard just in case you didn’t know.
Fukudome? Dick’s? Wood? The level of discourse on this blog has taken a nosedive as of late.
What can I say? I’ve been busy and tired. I’ve degenerated to the lowest common denominator. And don’t knock Dick’s. It’s an awesome store.
Good to know. I can get a head start on next season and start calling Fukudome “Baka Yaro” now. I can’t believe the money they are paying him to suck.
What I got to stock up on the Nippon since I’m moving there. Or well back there anyway.
Hey Joey since you are one of the other regulars on this blog if the conversation takes a “nosedive” you are at fault just like the rest of us.
I still love you man but don’t think I won’t start shit with your happy ass!
Truly, I shouldn’t be surprised. The cousins of mine who grew up in Elgin were idiots… and one of them might be in jail. Not the sharpest crayons in the box. A fine testament to the value of an Elgin public school education.
I like visiting Chicago, but I wouldn’t want to live there.
I spent some time in Chicago and I wasn’t happy about it. ranted I at the time had got to boot camp right outside the place so that wouldn’t help but all I say of Chicago was the Bennigans and the crack whore that tried to give us directions back to the train station.
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