Cultural Interpretations!

[hells_half_acre]

So, I was reading kroki_refur 's episode review of doom on 4x19 (Jump the Shark), because I find them amusing...and she talked about Sam saying that John may have "slipped one past the goalie"

Then she goes on to say how much she loves the fact that Sam made a football (soccer) reference and how it's continuity with the fact that Sam played soccer when he was 12 or whatever...

But dudes! I thought it was a hockey reference! I've ALWAYS thought that was a hockey reference!! MY MIND IS BLOWN!

Canadian!Me: There are other sports besides hockey?!!?
Well-Traveled!Me: My goodness...I'm Canadian.

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What did YOU picture, hockey or soccer? (Uh, not counting those of you who just pictured the actual process of making a baby and didn't pay attention to the sports metaphor...)

Comments

[zestyzorra.livejournal.com]

lol Canadian you <3

I totally thought of soccer.

[baruchan.livejournal.com]

I remember a line of dialogue from season 2 or 3 -- the first time they went to John's storage vault -- and I'm sure I heard the word "soccer" there while Sam was holding a trophy.

(Speaking of cultural interpretations, Winchester, Like the Bishopric (http://kroki-refur.livejournal.com/274186.html), also by kroki_refur, is BRILLIANT :D)

[raloria.livejournal.com]

I totally thought of hockey. :P
I really don't even know why. Must be all that Canadian influence right up there to the north of me. *g*

[partly.livejournal.com]

I'm not Canadian and I thought it was hockey. In fact, while I was reading this post I kept going back and thinking "So, where was the soccer reference?" *headdesk* Goalies, soccer. Got it.

Of course, I live in Northern Wisconsin so I'm not sure that gives me that different of a cultural perspective.

[mymuseandi.livejournal.com]

I thought of soccer, but then i hear/see sports metaphors and immediately: Soccer! LOL

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

I thought hockey, too, and I'm nether a hockey fan nor Canadian. I can picture a puck sliding, but not a soccer ball. That's just not the right verb for a soccer metaphor. I don't know what would be. Sneaked, maybe? Because he sure was sneaky about it.

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

Hockey for sure. Soccer has a goalie? ;) I grew up in the upper peninsula of Michigan where there are two sports. Hockey for winter, fishing for the rest of the time.

[ianthe-echo.livejournal.com]

I thought soccer, but that's probably because I'm from Florida and hockey isn't really paid that much attention to.

[lusciniate.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to mention, that really there are more, who are not from either Canada or upper states of America, who thought about hockey.

I'm from Latvia – and I don' t consider it to be a "really cold country" even if we can play hockey outside in winter and for some time that game is rather famous here. And Latvia definitely is not "close to Canada” as you have put it in a reply before my post.

But for me too - that comment felt like one about hockey and not soccer :)

[imwithharvey.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm Canadian too, so I obviously thought hockey. No other sport exists. ;)
Besides the word "slipped" makes me think of ice, not turf.

[sinesofinsanity (from livejournal.com)]

Another Canadian who totally thought of Hockey. I agree with the "slipped" comment. Is why the hockey needs a goal alarm and soccer doesn't???

One issue though with North=Hockey, South=Soccer though, if that's the case, why are there NHL teams in Arizona and Florida? (Although most of their players are from Canada/Sweden/Norway/Czech/Germany/Poland/Latvia/Northern States/NotFloridaorArizona....)