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There are size restrictions on goalie equipment. Arguably he would be too big for it.

Other than that, seems like a good idea, although he would definitely sprawl at some time or another, and it would take him so long to get back up that the other team could easily score. Probably wouldn't play the puck too well either because he would probably move very slowly.

Question for DS
 

No, it's the alien chick from Mars Attacks.

I just fancied it.

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His skates would sink into the ice, trapping him there for all eternity, and ruling out his playing in away games. Eventually, (since food is normally not allowed on the ice), he would begin starving, lose lots of weight, and the goal would become uncovered. His skates would still be stuck, however, and so the team would not be able to change him out. They would have this starving and lethargic stick man with huge folds of saggy empty skin gazing helplessly and vacuously at the pucks as they whizzed past him. Not only would the team lose, he would be incredibly ugly by that time, and ticket sales would suffer because, after all, who wants to see that?

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I think part of the problem is that you'd have trouble willing to find someone to do it. Why? Because there are goalie equipment size restrictions that are tied to the absolute size of the equipment, not the size of the goalie. In other words, the guy in the picture would have a chest protector that covered only about half of this chest. The other half would be exposed to whatever slapslots Messrs. Lidstrom, McInnis et al. decide to send his way. By the way, I'm just talking out of my ass on this one -- I'm too lazy to go look up the NHL rule book. But I recall that gloves and blockers have to comply to size reqs.

str(making no apologies for band camp stories that involve hot redhead twins)8

C.R.E.A.M.
 

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/13/news...y/20_front.jpg

New design for the $20. I didn't realize they had blowdryers in Andrew Jackson's day. He looks exactly how I'd envisioned Uncle Andrew (how apropos!) from "The Magician's Nephew" when I was a kid. Or a cross between Jason Robards and Edward Scissorhands.

That said, I think adding color to folding money is long overdue.

"Coupling" Comes to NBC
 

American versions of excellent British comedies:
Coupling - hmmm, Friends with more sex?
Manchild - I see the SNL skit about the sportwriters. "Da Bears."
Monarch of the Glen - nah, we couldn't do it, unless it was set in the South and the family is trying to preserve what's left of the 'ol plantation

C.R.E.A.M.
 

He sort of looks like an older gentleman you might find at one of the drinking establishments in the Castro.

Fatness and Health Problems
 

Ewwwww.

Now, imagine Yarbrough that fatness at age 4 and you'll get a sense of why the Dr. Phil kid was so sad and his family's behavior was so horrifying.

On a mildly related note, when the OM went to see the doctor for his big physical and blood work (over my freakout re: his smoking and health), he was diagnosed with slightly high blood pressure.

The doctor explained that all high blood pressure can cause cumulative damage to the heart muscle and should be treated. They put him on diuretics. The doctor also told him that quitting smoking or dropping five pounds would not do anything to lower his blood pressure. (In fact, he dropped eight pounds from his physical to his first month follow-up and his blood pressure had not changed.)

This is a long way of saying, everyone needs to have an annual physical, no matter how fit you are.

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For the pads, yes. But there can't be restrictions on clothing size, right? That would violate the spirit of the rule.

I think him lying down would be the same as him sitting there. 90% of the goal would be covered. And the pads on his arms would make up for his slowness. He would only have to cover a very small percentage of the actual net with reaction time.

I should be a GM.

TM

"Coupling" Comes to NBC
 

Another "The Office" fan. Atticus, I love yooooooooooooouuuu.

:kisscheek

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He sort of looks like an older gentleman you might find at one of the drinking establishments in the Castro.

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... or a few of the equities in my firm who are still locked in the '70's with the blow-dry hair do.

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I smell an ADA suit a la Casey Martin.

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I'm not conceding that it would work, but if it did, the NHL would not go for it - it would increase the size of the net or something. The last thing the NHL wants is lower-scoring games.

Speaking of which, internationally I think all championship OT is now 4 on 4. The NHL should carry that into the playoffs. There's no way what is happening right now can continue. Ottawa is the only team left now that is exciting - that's pathetic.

And now that we're on hockey, if anyone cares, unlike what the call in shows etc are saying, Brodeur is not having an affair with his wife's sister. It's his wife's brother's wife.

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the real problem would be late in the game, his team down a goal, and he has to quickly leave the ice so an extra skater can come on........

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Couldn't he subsist on the octupus (octupi?) thrown on the ice?