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

[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....)

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

I have never been able to figure out what the hell is up with those hockey teams. I don't think it really counts towards my North=Hockey, South=Soccer thing, because I bet if you polled the residents of Arizona and Florida you'd still get people thinking of soccer before hockey (except for the Canadian ex-pats)...the NHL franchises are just a money grab or something. I don't know. I think there should be a rule that if you don't get ice in the winter, you don't get to have a hockey team. But that's just me.