freep.com - 4/25/2008
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With a war raging in Iraq, gas prices going through the roof and the middle class sliding into oblivion, it may seem silly to get worked up over something like octopus twirling. But I know darn good and well that once they take away our right to twirl an octopus, next they'll be coming for our guns. So to recap, NHL Commissioner Gay Bettman has said that Red Wings Zamboni guy Al Sobotka will ...
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It doesn't 'matter'
Snapshots —
According to the Detroit Free Press and an unnamed blogger, if one boils an octopus properly, no "matter" flies off it, no matter how hard it is twirled, thus rendering Gary Bettman's decision to fine Al Sobotka $10,000 if he twirls an octopus over his head at Detroit Red Wings home games a useless endeavor. Pictures are attached to the blog post, which I suggest you read in full: April 24, Detroit Free Press : My first stop was the Superior Fish Market in Royal Oak where I picked up a frozen octopus for about $7. Co-Owner Kevin Dean informed me that in 60 years of business, ...
Testing the twirl
On the Wings —
... The Free Press has a piece in which an unnamed blogger tests the NHL’s premise that “matter” flies off a twirled octopus and endangers the Wings’ opposition. The result? If boiled properly, there’s no danger. Bring back the twirl! (via ...
"Ride the Mule?" It's better than "Are You In?" (Wings 5, Avs 1)
NO PUN INTENDED —
... Freep blogger proves that "matter" does not indeed fly off of the octopus at all - I hope he really did mail out the shower curtain he used in the experiment. ...
Octopus twirling ban lifted, with a catch
On the Wings —
... The only catch is that Al Sobotka can’t do it out on the ice. He has to save it for the Zamboni pit instead because the League is still holding to the myth that “matter” flies off a twirled octopus and creates hazards on the ice. ...
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