Friday, May 26, 2006
The Sartorial Secret to Success in Alberta
Peace...serenity...at least for a day!
It wasn't enough just to shave off part of my beard. Nope, I had to shave off the moustache, too. The Bill Houlder/Redneck look just does not work for pale, boyish, Slavs. So, off went the porn stache.
The Vancouver Giants beat the Petes by a 6-0 count in their life-or-death tiebreaker gmae at the Memorial Cup and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim fought off elimination for one more night. I'll get a full leg wax if it means the Ducks can make a miracle comeback from a 3-0 deficit.
If you think the theory of playoff beards = karmic success/failure is strange, check out my pal Beezer's theory on uniform patches and the success patterns of the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
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There is a pattern that shows how the Oilers did when the Flames had a patch on their jersey and vice versa.
83-84 - Flames - City of Calgary 100th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
Neither team wore patches in 84-85 or 85-86 (although I could be proven wrong since some have said the Flames wore the
88 Olympics patch prior to 86-87).
86-87 - Flames - 1988 Olympics patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
87-88 - Flames - 1988 Olympics patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
88-89 - Oilers - 10th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Flames - 10th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Oilers - 10th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Flames - 10th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Neither team wore team specific patches from 90-91 to 02-03, there were the league patches (NHL 75th, Stanley Cup 100th, NHL 2000, HFC, etc), the Flames had a 15th Anniversary hem tag in 94-95 and the Oilers wore the Bill Hunter armband in 02-03 but not jersey-front patches
03-04 - Oilers - 25th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF)
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Hmmm...so is there some reverse karmic thing going on in Alberta? Flaunt your franchise and the other franchise enjoys a run of success?
This theory certainly holds more water than the "911 attacks were faked" conspiracy theories still getting too much notice. Just don't tell Kevin Lowe. We don't need to give the Oilers any more help overachieving compared to their crappy regular season record *cough*
It wasn't enough just to shave off part of my beard. Nope, I had to shave off the moustache, too. The Bill Houlder/Redneck look just does not work for pale, boyish, Slavs. So, off went the porn stache.
The Vancouver Giants beat the Petes by a 6-0 count in their life-or-death tiebreaker gmae at the Memorial Cup and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim fought off elimination for one more night. I'll get a full leg wax if it means the Ducks can make a miracle comeback from a 3-0 deficit.
If you think the theory of playoff beards = karmic success/failure is strange, check out my pal Beezer's theory on uniform patches and the success patterns of the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
---
There is a pattern that shows how the Oilers did when the Flames had a patch on their jersey and vice versa.
83-84 - Flames - City of Calgary 100th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
Neither team wore patches in 84-85 or 85-86 (although I could be proven wrong since some have said the Flames wore the
88 Olympics patch prior to 86-87).
86-87 - Flames - 1988 Olympics patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
87-88 - Flames - 1988 Olympics patch, Oilers - no patch, win Stanley Cup
88-89 - Oilers - 10th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Flames - 10th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Oilers - 10th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Flames - 10th Anniversary patch, Oilers - no patch (until SCF), win Stanley Cup
Neither team wore team specific patches from 90-91 to 02-03, there were the league patches (NHL 75th, Stanley Cup 100th, NHL 2000, HFC, etc), the Flames had a 15th Anniversary hem tag in 94-95 and the Oilers wore the Bill Hunter armband in 02-03 but not jersey-front patches
03-04 - Oilers - 25th Anniversary patch, Flames - no patch (until SCF)
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Hmmm...so is there some reverse karmic thing going on in Alberta? Flaunt your franchise and the other franchise enjoys a run of success?
This theory certainly holds more water than the "911 attacks were faked" conspiracy theories still getting too much notice. Just don't tell Kevin Lowe. We don't need to give the Oilers any more help overachieving compared to their crappy regular season record *cough*
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I knew when the Flames started this season with a 25th Anniversary patch that it was a bad omen for my team. I did not realize however that it was a good omen for the Oil.
This must never happen again.
This must never happen again.
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: 10:28 am
d00d.
Bill Houlder didn't just have a porn-stache, he had a GAYporn-stache. Put him in leather with a little biker-cap, and he'd be a member of the Village People!
Bill Houlder didn't just have a porn-stache, he had a GAYporn-stache. Put him in leather with a little biker-cap, and he'd be a member of the Village People!
hey man bill is a good guy. don't judge him because what he looks like. he doesnt even have it anymore!
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