major sportscasting disaster

[Universal Mind]

This is probably the worst sportscast of all time. http://youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no

[Spartiate]

Wow, that was painful to watch, it didn't actually get aired, did it? I wonder how he even got the job in the first place...

[Clairity]

OUCH!! That poor guy!! Did you catch the look on his face at the very end when the other "newscaster" was thanking him!! LMFAO!!

[Burns]

That poor guy should've just stopped! He was getting more and more flustered as he went on. I wonder how his newscasting career is going...

[wasup]

what was wrong with identity x's post i thought it was funny

[Replicon]

Gee, poor guy. Sucks for him he got hired (maybe their hiring process was just bad). This was *ALMOST* as painful as the Miss South Carolina thing.

[Replicon]

what was wrong with identity x's post i thought it was funny Oh, no wonder I was unable to quote it, it was deleted from right under me. I agree, I thought the post was right on

[NeAvO]

I found that funny, poor guy though. He just had that "I'm going to give up now" feeling. On a side note, it seem's the new admin is using her powers to make posts go missing. Oh the conspiracies

[Identity X]

what was wrong with identity x's post i thought it was funny Yeah what did happen? This better not be an abuse of power... Anyways... Sports broadcast. Sportscast. God damn you Americans are lazy.

[wasup]

On a positive note, Identity, at least now you can rewrite it with proper capitilization and punctuation and everything

[Burns]

I deleted it because it was obviously a shit-stirring comment in an effort to derail the topic. If you want to insult Americans, there are plenty of other threads to do it in. God damn you Britons are rude bastards.

[Adam]

That was hilarious! They played that out on Radio 1 here, I was cringing and felt sorry for the guy! I deleted it because it was obviously a shit-stirring comment in an effort to derail the topic. If you want to insult Americans, there are plenty of other threads to do it in. God damn you Britons are rude bastards.

[•Neko•]

If you want to insult Americans, there are plenty of other threads to do it in. God damn you Britons are rude bastards. If you say so...

[Identity X]

I deleted it because it was obviously a shit-stirring comment in an effort to derail the topic. If you want to insult Americans, there are plenty of other threads to do it in. God damn you Britons are rude bastards. I don't agree with this post at all. It wasn't an "obvious effort" to shit-stir, it was a wry joke at the expense of American English (it is lazy in the same way as I'll write my father in Ohio is lazy). You shouldn't have found it insulting. I honestly can't believe you did. And, you realise that I was jokingly calling Americans lazy whereas you sincerely generalised Britons as rude bastards? It was a wry observation and a product of a dry, astute sense of humour; an interjection that did not ask for reply. It wasn't an attempt to derail anything, whereas deleting this harmless comment was OTT and this current "derailment" is because you deleted it, not because I posted it. Your's sincerely, Rude Bastard.

[Replicon]

I agree with Identity X, and hope he won't get banned next month, when he makes a similar anti-american, flag-burning-like comment on someone's use of the word "guesstimate". Anyway, back on topic: does anyone know what the hiring process is for broadcasters? I mean, there are only a handful of these people, and you'd think they'd have their pick.

[Burns]

Look, sorry I got pissed off, but your post struck a nerve, and I'm sick of American bashing. It didn't sound like a joke to me, and this is not Senseless Banter. I was only generalizing as you were. Not all Americans are lazy and not all Brits are rude bastards.

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I'm with Burns. You're not as clever as you think, Identity X.

[Identity X]

I'm with Burns. You're not as clever as you think, Identity X. So how clever am I? Oh wait: You don't know how clever I am, because you don't know me, and I don't know you. Anyway, setting aside the flamer, and back on topic: Yes, I did watch the video (before I posted that post, I add). Truely painful. You can't attribute that all to nerves. Nerves can cause stutters and blanks, but the words he used were so plain and strange. "So we're going to go to next one now," or whatever. He was obviously a stand-in or something. Maybe newsreading is not as easy as it looks.

[NeAvO]

I deleted it because it was obviously a shit-stirring comment in an effort to derail the topic. If you want to insult Americans, there are plenty of other threads to do it in. God damn you Britons are rude bastards. What??? I have never said anything bad about America

[Replicon]

You can't attribute that all to nerves. Nerves can cause stutters and blanks, but the words he used were so plain and strange. "So we're going to go to next one now," or whatever. He was obviously a stand-in or something. Maybe newsreading is not as easy as it looks. It actually sounded pretty convincingly 'nervous' to me... Some people really freeze up, big time. I guess he was fine until they actually put him on the spot for real (he wasn't being viewed by tens of thousands before then).

[TweaK]

Not all Americans are lazy and not all Brits are rude bastards. ...Yes, yes they are.

[Ynot]

...Yes, yes they are. seconded

[Alex D]

Not all Americans are lazy and not all Brits are rude bastards. Oh but we are.

[Goldney]

Not all Americans are lazy and not all Brits are rude bastards. TweaK, Ynot and AlexD speak the truth. We're so goddamn lazy it's not even funny.

[Burns]

haah, well sorry, I take it back then