rusty staub wrote:
What Cheer Wombat wrote:
I don't follow hockey, and only attended 2 hockey games (minor league) in my life:  once when it was part of the office Christmas party where I worked, and the other when my son was the National Anthem singer.  But I have nothing against the sport even though I am only marginally better informed about hockey than I am about curling or professional bass fishing.

But on the way to work this morning I heard something on the radio that induced me to post my first-ever hockey-related message on this forum.  The guy on the radio said that the Bruins could be considered one of the best and toughest teams in NHL history.  I have no reason to agree or disagree with that, but it was the reason he gave for his claim that made me go "Huh??" He said they were one of the best and toughest teams in NHL history because they are the first-ever team to win 3 game 7's in a postseason.  Really?  If they had needed only 4 or 5 games to polish off their opponents in each round of playoffs, they wouldn't deserve to be regarded so highly?


I often get the feeling that a piece of evidence is used whichever way suits one's intended point. ... Agreed.

Is your son still a professional musician?
He wasn't a professional musician, just a very good singer who had been asked to sing at a minor league hockey game.  The team ran special promotions for some of the small towns within an hour's drive or so, holding a "[insert name of town] Night" when people from that town got discount tickets, the mayor was introduced to the crowd, and a few other things, and one feature was that someone from that town would be the national anthem singer.  My son was picked for the job (and was also picked for the job when the minor league baseball team in the same city held a special promotion for our town).  He also got the call for the state wrestling tournament and a few college football games, and has a standing invitation to sing the anthem at the AAA team in Des Moines if he can ever find a night that works into his schedule when he can come to town.  Not that I'm proud of him or anything.

However, I do have a couple of professional musicians in my family, a cousin who is an organ/piano player and also writes chamber music, and another cousin who is an English horn/oboe/basson player who used to freelance for shows in New York. 

Q:   What do you call a professional musician without a girlfriend?

A:   Homeless.