L.A. Times Columnist Bashes Nebraska »
Posted by: Bkumm 1 year agoLos Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers issued a plea Tuesday for a kind Nebraskan or two to show him a good time while he's in town, but if Simers was hoping for a warm welcome, he might not have picked the best route.
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Bkumm1 year ago
Here is just one of the truly classy things this 'man' has to say about my home state:
"I was looking out for the corn-fed porkers, of course, including all their big-butted women, when I told them that if everyone sat down after the anthem, there were going to be people falling atop each other at the end of each row."
He was referring of course to when Nebraska went to USC and played last year.
He is a real class act.
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Bkumm1 year ago
I asked Neophile to fix this because I originally had this linked to the article in the Lincoln Journal Star. For some reason the link is trying to force people to sign in to the L.A. Times. To avoid that go here:
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/08/01/...
Then under the picture of this truly classy man is a link to the original article in the L.A. Times. I hope that helps and doesn't violate another of the rules! LOL>
Bkumm
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gamahuche1 year ago
The link doesn't work directly - it brings you to a sign-up for the LA Times.
I don't think I need to read a lot more by this guy though!
And you Nebraskans can probably find some way to handle him right?
Maybe have him do a little wrangling or enter him for a corn-eating contest.
Probably some of your womenfolk might like to knee him somewhere tender too..
Keep us posted!!
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ciera-marie1 year ago
These are just two of the priceless quotes from Nebraskans:
"Maybe he can see and breathe something other than his smog-infested city," Hemphill said. "There's too much Botox, fake racks and smog there."
Added fellow Husker Headquarters employee Andrew Earnest: "To make (Simers) feel at home, we will use our best, like, you know, Valley girl impressions or whatever."
GO HUSKERS!
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Bkumm1 year ago
GO HUSKERS! Here is the song to which Simers was referring:
There is No Place Like Nebraska
"There is no place like Nebraska
Dear old Nebraska U.
Where the girls are the fairest,
The boys are the squarest,
Of any old school that I knew.
There is no place like Nebraska,
Where they're all true blue.
We'll all stick together,
In all kinds of weather,
For Dear old Nebraska U!"
Now, go to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, if you can get a ticket we have an NCAA record 282 sellouts so far, and listen to 80,000 fans singing that song at the top of their lungs in the Sea of Red. It is something to behold.
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Bkumm1 year ago
Here's one of the comments from the Lincoln Journal Star blog about this story, I thought it was perfect.
" Come on over Mr. Simers, we'll teach you to throw bales in the 98 degree/95% humidity Nebraska summer and make a real man out of you. I got your big Nebraska butt right here sweetie! "
God I love Nebraska girls!
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coreyspring1 year ago
Merits of the article/dispute aside, a lot of LA is really not good at all, the pros of having Hollywood, celebrities, and movie studios out there is hard to outweigh the cons of the rampant poverty, drug, and crime problem. There's a lot of streets in LA you would be a fool to walk down after sunset
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Bkumm1 year ago
Listen you. Of course we have beaches. We have both sides of the Platte, Lake Mac, the Missouri and many other watercourses. Of course the 'beach' on a nice brisk November morning isn't all that nice.
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Searchbeam1 year ago
Let's just say that it feeds a third of the third world!
From what I hear and remember from Charles Curault's Sunday Mornings, Nebraska is a nice, friendly and wholesome place!
I would love to visit there.
Of course, where there is water, there is a beach, and when there is Hollywood, there is a bi*ch somewhere!
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1-2-Oscar1 year ago
Relations between Los Angeles and the State of Nebraska have steadily declined ever since the Husker girls started beating USC regularly in volleyball. Those California types thought they had a patent on the game, but lately Nebraska rules.
People like T.J. Simers will probably never get over it.
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1-2-Oscar1 year ago
My students have had to face Nebraska in the NCAA volleyball tournament several times in the last few years, and we have yet to beat them.
But I can tell you one thing for certain--I didn't see any big-butted farm girls on either side of the net. Volleyball seems to attract some of the best-looking young women in America, and they work themselves into incredible shape.
Good genes and intense physical training are a wonderful combination, and on our campus volleyball players are also top students. Brains, good looks, physical fitness--what's not to like?
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Searchbeam1 year ago
Bkumm,
Well, let's call those ladies "well-endowed", shall we?
lol!
And,BTW, just because you reached the double nickel speed limit does not mean you can't go faster!
Just don't look into the Sun too long!
LOL!LOL!
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2Manchu1 year ago
I was stationed in Caifornia in the Army, and always had issues with most of the people I met in LA. Mention you're from Nebraska and they respond just like this jackass.
They definitely live in their own world out there, and they are welcome to it.
Personally, I always enjoyed the central part of the state, near Fort Ord/Monterey. Friendlier people, more stuff to do, better food, and less traffic.
And I totally agree that UNL has the hottest college girls. The only other place I have ever found that compares to Lincoln is Iowa City.
Of course, I'm pretty biased because my wife went to college there.
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2Manchu1 year ago
"That's why the corn cobs love their football. It's all they have, everyone wearing red, and sitting there like plump, ripe tomatoes with corncobs stuck to their heads, singing, "There is no place like Nebraska.""
Maybe they should dress like those USC fans I saw last year who looked like they just walked off the set of the gay porn version of "Caligula".
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Bkumm1 year ago
As I said in the second post, I messed this up by trying to do the right thing. If you follow the link in my second post it will take you to the right place. I apologize and it was not my intent to 'force' you to log into the LA Times to read this article.
Actually, here is the link:
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/08/01/...
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