FanNation - The Republic of Sport

Welcome back to the 5th installment of "Love it ? or Hate it ?".

As usual we pick a subject and tell you whether we Love it ? or Hate it ?

Feel free to tell us what you love or hate about the subjects.

The panel this week consists of Harry Callahan, It's All Mine!, Curly Lambeau and Lilwound.

i B4 e is taking a much needed break this week.

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Okay for the first subject..let's go with Fox N.F.L. weather girl Jillian Barberri.

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Harry: Love her.

She mesmerizes me..plain and simple.Then they pan over to Jimmy Johnson doing that weird smacking his lips and talking at the same time thing that he does..and i am like "Nooooo..put the camera back on Jillian".

Very good looking woman there..i could watch her read a phone book for two hours.

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It's All Mine!: Love her.

Jillian Barberri? Hell yes, I love her! A beautiful woman who loves sports? You kidding me? If she owns a liquor store, I will gladly quit all semblances of a life (not hard to do), and follow her everywhere, until a judge throws me in jail for repeatedly ignoring the restraining order.

Of course, Jillian probably wouldn't mind me stalking her.

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Lilwound: Love her.

Jillian Barberri? Love her ummm... Outword appeal, Hate her voice.

When the TV is muted, how can you not love her? But that voice, her incessant excitedness... My head explodes whenever shes on TV... both of them.

Those pictures are lovely though... mmmmmm.... Jillian....mmmmm....

Really, The love outweighs the hate. 'Cause after hearing incessant rambling from Bradshaw and Johnson, Her bouncing bounciness, annoying voice and all, provides a wonderful reason to not shoot myself in the head.

So I guess, in response to the question, I say Yes.

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Curly: Hate her.

She's nothing but eye candy, pure and simple. She's an excellent representative of the Soap-Operazation of football.

Glitz replacing the game. Marketing replacing the game. Anything they can think of replacing the dang game.

It seems like TV execs saw that people loved watching football and said to themselves, "I know, let's corrupt this thing that they love by slowly replacing it with all the things that WE love, like spin and "production value" (i.e. crud on the screen that blocks your view of the game).

The only thing stopping me from hating her more is that I don't watch all that pre-game crapola. Between her and the side-line bimbos in their furry glamgirl outfits.

I tell ya'... ...now, if a chick knows her stuff and is focused on the game, then fine. Like, Suzy Kolber or Andrea Kramer.

I got nothing against them. But, this weather chick you're talking about... CLEARLY she is there for her looks. And...y'know, there's plenty of places I can go to see hot chicks.

I say, leemee alone when I'm watching football. She's the equivalent of Terry and Howie having all of that contrived fun on the set. "oh, look at us and our zany antics." Thank you, but I'll pass. Start the dang game already.

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The next subject to ponder is The George Foreman Grill.

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It's All Mine!: Love it.

I like the idea of draining off grease as food cooks. I like the idea of being able to grill even if it's nasty outside. I like the idea of George Foreman making a living from something other than boxing.

But I'm confused--did he name it after his son, George? Or is it named after his son George, George, George, or George?

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Well this thing was sort of one of those novelty items you get at Christmas and then banish it to the garage.

But every once in a while i stumble over it and get a wild hair to smash some meat between it's grills.

Chicken breasts come out pretty damn good on this puppie..steak ? not as good because it sort of gets steamed and not grilled.

All in all you can sear some good chow on this..the only thing i hate is cleaning the sucker with the cheap plastic scraper that George throws in.

It's virtually worthless..you will be scraping and scrubbing this for a half hour after using it..guaranteed.

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Curly: Love it.

The George Foreman Grill. I got nothin' against the George Foreman grill. ...yet.

In the future, however, I wouldn't be surprised if people remember it the way we remember the fondu pot. Faddy and inefficient.

But, hey... I use mine every couple months or so to fry up a package of bacon. Then it stays in the cupboard until I forget what a hastle it was. So, at this particular juncture of history, I'll say: love it.

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Lilwound: Love it.

I lived off of this thing in college. It was like having a grill in a dorm room... except, like less flavor. But hey, it got the job done, and was a relatively easy cleanup. You can grill anything on this bad boy. I used to make grilled cheese on it.

After I left the dorms and had my own stove though, I kinda stopped using it. The only thing I still used was the weirdo plastic spatula thing witch works well as a butter knife when you don't do your dishes for three weeks. Oh, and the grease pan works well as a salsa dish.

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Next up.. is our third subject the rock band U2.

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It's All Mine!: Love them.

The Joshua Tree always takes me back to the days when I hung out in...ready?...Joshua Tree. When that album came out, I played it over and over for the duration of April, 19-somethin' somethin'. Their entire repertoire is simply great music. HOWEVER!...I have this one friend who said, "U2 is the greatest band ever to record an album." And in the same breath, she said, "The Eagles have no place in rock-and-roll history." I always think of this poor, misbegotten fan when I hear U2.

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Curly: Love them.

In fact, I think I'll put me on a little "New Year's Day" right now.

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Lilwound: Hate them.

Pretentious do-goody Bono and his stupid sunglasses face. You can all **** my joshua tree.

I have never cared for their music and couldn't care less about their self-important egotistical lifestyles.

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Harry: Love them.

Quite possibly the best rock band out there right now.

The sound they put out is sheer brilliance.This is crank immediatly music.. whenever you hear it ..you quickly crank it up.

If someone said they would pay to have a band play at my birthday bash or something..these guys would be it.

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And for our fourth and final subject we turn to chicken gizzards.

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Harry: Hate them.

Okay..a gizzard is a digestive pouch found behind the stomach of a chicken.Who the hell would eat that ?

The person who decieded that this would be something delectable.. is probably the same idiot who thought eating bull testicles would be a yummy treat.

No thanks..too low on the food chain for my liking..this stuff is bait not a food. YUCK !!

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Curly: Hate them.

Chicken Gizzards. Everybody hates gizzards. In fact, there were those in the 1960s who wanted to ban the chicken gizzard from public places.

Those who wanted to carry their gizzards or talk about them in public were told to use separate drinking fountains and sit at the backs of the buses.

Just saying "gizzard" was considered taboo. Even the swear word "fugk" was born into our language at that time (i.e. "For Unlawful Gizzard Knowledge")

It was a dark chapter in our history. So, although I do hate gizzards myself, I don't oppress the gizzard lovers. I may hate them, but I'll defend to the death your right to keep and bear gizzards.

In fact, let's all say it together. Everybody ready? Okay: 1,2,3...
GIZZARD.

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It's All Mine!: Hate them.

Gizzard...gizzard...Love th...no, Hate th...Hold on...



HATE THEM! What in the name of Sam Hill (learned that one from my pal Yosemite Sam) would possess a person to eat a "digestive pouch" from ANY animal, much less a chicken?

Besides wizard, you know what rhymes with gizzard?...
Bigturd! Remember that when you "pop one in your mouth", as Lilwound said.

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Lilwound: Indifferent.

Gizzards? Hell, I got no reason to hate um. Can I say indifferent?

They never did anything to me. Mother always talks poorly about them, but thats only because my father once loved a gizzard. Nearly broke them up. But that was a long time ago now, long before me, long before they were married really.

I've never popped a gizzard in my mouth, not really my thing. NOT THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO DO. I mean it's your life, if you want a chicken gizzard in your mouth instead of a Chicken breast, you go right ahead. I'd just as soon chew on the breast though. Never tried the gizzard, probably never will, but I got no reason to hate 'um.

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Well thats it !!! We hope you all enjoyed..if not..as usual..we could give a crap.

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