I watched five laps of the Daytona 500 today. I'm not a racing fan. 500 miles of turning left is not my idea of a good sporting event, but I am willing acknowledge the impact NASCAR has on American culture. In those five laps I heard a foreign language. A language in which "tother" is a word. As in "He better watch out that he don't put his nose in tother car's bumper." Then I heard the announcer say "Holy Shmoly." But during a typical car race drivers will burn through 6,000 gallons of fuel. 6,000 gallons. And we have to pay $2.59 for a gallon of gas? Give me a break. Plus Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (who has ascended to one-name status, like Bono & Cher & Ronaldo)
So you, dear reader, tell me....
1. Do you watch NASCAR?
2. Do you like NASCAR? (there's a big difference)
3. Regardless of the answer - why?
3 comments:
1) No
2) Hell no.
3) Because my family tree branches in more than one direction - but really it just seems to me the winner is the one who most cleverly avoids wrecking his car. I caught just enough yesterday to know that at one point the two leaders were going at it so fiercely that they wrecked each other and ended up not finishing the race.
Having said that, I thought that the movies "Cars" and "Taledega Nights" were hilarious.
i echo...
1. no
2. hell no
3. i want argue that it is a sport, i mean many consider cheerleading or the spelling bee a sport. however, it does seriously bother me when jeff gordon or someone of that nature is in the running for athlete of the year. how does driving a car, in which the car gives the majority of the energy, make you an athlete. now, if will ferrell was a nascar driver, i'm in.
1. No
2. Hell no
3. BOOORRING. I do steal some material from them though. I think the funniest I have ever been was doing my "King of the Hill/Crazy NASCAR fan" guy.
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