Blogging for you from an undisclosed location (update)
Posted on January 24th, 2007 – 2:34 PMBy Michael Rand
Yes, we had to bring the car in to have the window fixed. It would have happened anyway, but still the dollar menu just turned into the hundred dollar menu. But enough about that. We’re at the dealership right now. They have Internet here. It’s like being at the office, except here there’s free English toffee cappuccino. We’re wondering if they’d mind if we just showed up every day.
In any event, we came across a huge slap in the face for the Vikings fans out there. ESPN has ranked the 80 all-time Super Bowl teams. That’s right, 40 winners and 40 losers. And coming in at No. 78, just third from the bottom? The 2000 New York Giants. That’s right, a team that defeated the Vikings by a scant 41 points in the NFC title game has been deemed the third-worst Super Bowl team of all time. Maybe that’s why the Vikings were the road favorite in that game. Unbelievable. We won’t ruin the list if you haven’t seen it, but just know the undefeated 1972 Dolphins? No. 7. Guess they’ll have to keep the champagne corked on that one.
Update: Thanks to RandBall nation for this link to ESPN’s top 10 non-Super Bowl teams. Let’s just say the 1998 Vikings are high on the list. Very high. Like about as high as you can get without playing for the 2004 Portland Trailblazers.
17 Responses to "Blogging for you from an undisclosed location (update)"
… where did the ‘98 Vikings finish in that list? Ooh, right, sorry, they didn’t make the Super Bowl that year.
My bad.
… couldn’t even grab the window and pull it up? Bummer. My bet is on a burned-out motor.
… I’ve never found McNuggets to be that great. Just mystery chicken dipped in a light batter and fried to a crunchy goodness.
Okay, so it’s kind of the chicken equivalent of a pizza roll. Dang, now I’m hungry …
Dr. Mr. Randball–good luck getting out of there only spending $100.
Side note: Don’t you wish, though, that you’d show up at the mechanic’s shop and David Puddy would be there? That would be awesome.
I’m pretty sure it’ll be $100 because that’s the deductible on my extended warranty. … and no, couldn’t grab the window and pull it up. You know what else didn’t work? Pounding on the door and swearing a lot.
My old car had that problem as well. Unfortunetely, once this was fixed, the rest of the car began to fall apart. For your sake, I hope you don’t drive what I did. Fair warning has been given.
“Feels like an Arby’s night”
… swearing didn’t work? Really? Did you mix it up a bit and try to create some new swear words? With the new model cars, sometimes you need to switch over from the standards to metric swear words.
I’m not sure that I know any. Or what the conversion rate is. I mean, does one ‘bollocks’ equal two ‘d@mmits’? Your mechanic should have a conversion chart for you …
Hey Michael,
This may be short notice but Macalester is playing their last “home” game Saturday in their old gymnasium. They are razing the facility to build their multi-million dollar new athletic complex. You may be interested in that. And it can only be a better use of one’s time than sitting at a dealership avoiding your desk and having nothing else to do but blog, reply to email and laugh at us funny people on the interwebs.
–
RC
…actually, ESPN.com has a tribute/slap directly to the ‘98 team, regarding its placement on the ‘10 best non-super bowl teams’ list. I’ll let you guess where they ended up.
That game never happened.
Others that never happened:
- ‘98 NFC championship game
- ‘06 NCAA hockey Midwest Regional semi-final
- ‘91 Stanley Cup Finals, game 6
- ‘02 ALCS, game 5
- ‘96 NCAA hockey West Regional final
- ‘03 Little Brown Jug game
- ‘05 Paul Bunyan Axe game
Must… sublimate…pain…
Grover … I can’t find that list. Where is it?
Finally something the Vikings win at!
I saw someone turning onto 35W North on Washington Ave around 4PM with their window rolled down. My first thought, what an idiot, my after thought, Randball?
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