# Opinions that others would find blasphemy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452 "2013-11-21T17:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/161 "2013-12-05T17:20:58Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > I don’t think it sucks, but I do think we selectively remember the bits that were great whilst forgetting the rest. If you watch an entire episode of Python, you’ll find that there was a lot of filler between the unforgettable and oft-quoted sketches. It’s the same with _Saturday Night Live_. Even back in its “glory days,” 90% of it was forgettable crap. These days, it probably more like 99.5% crap. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/162 "2013-12-05T17:40:20Z")
Get rid of national anthems before sporting events. What a useless custom. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/163 "2013-12-05T17:57:25Z")
_Magical Mystery Tour_ was a much better album than _Sargent Pepper_. And _Revolution #9_ was one of the better tracks the Beatles ever put to vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/164 "2013-12-05T18:58:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Get rid of national anthems before sporting events. What a useless custom. The funny thing is, it probably wouldn’t take much of an effort to bring this practice to a halt. The event organizer could just omit it from whatever pregame ceremonies there are (and there aren’t many that are useful or even very entertaining) and precious few people other than band directors would even notice its omission. Before long, we’d have a thread titled “Why don’t they play the national anthem at sports events any more?” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/165 "2013-12-10T10:18:50Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > True, true. > And, everytime that Yahoo! or some other page talks about her changing her hairstyle, I can’t see an effing difference! I don’t believe this: last night, I was playing on the computer, and I saw another JA link about her hair getting cut! Of course, it looked the same. (Don’t have link, now, because computer is too slow for me to check…) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/166 "2013-12-10T17:29:44Z")
Football should eliminate the clock and implement a play count instead. For an NFL game, 130 plays total sounds just about right. Substitution, except for special plays, should be limited to one man per team per play. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452/167 "2013-12-11T21:53:19Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > You are NOT innocent until proven guilty. And, contrary to what many people believe, there is nothing in the Constitution that says you are. Agreed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452.md?page=8)