No way I’m going there, don’t worry. 
You mean there are some UN-pyscho ones out there? How come I only ever seem to come across or ride the psycho ones? Wish I’d known that before my favorite thoroughbred psycho jumper tossed me off onto my tookas a year ago. Might’ve saved me some money in doctor bills.
I’m actually enjoying the Smarty Jones press. Granted, it’s a little silly that a horse is getting fan mail, but I’m much more interested in the logistics of this race than I am in NASCAR or a football game.
I’ve yet to see Sportscenter’s comments, but I get the feeling I’d enjoy them. I’ll have to turn that on this weekend.
Ava
The finals occur in the postseason.
There are only two teams left instead of the seventy gajillion in the beginning of the season, so there’s less to fill airtime with. So we get “all future dogfood and glue, all the time.”
Ah, I see. Boy, that’s a relief. I was starting to think I might have to watch soccer or something next week. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you.
Ahh, this answers the question, “Any Spike Jones fans out there?”
Hey, it’s Eve we’re talking about, here. SDMB’s leading avatar of cultural good taste.
Gee, Eve does the Rat God know you’re cheating on him with Smarty Jones?
Listen, pal- if it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.
Anyway, I find this attention equally annoying. Maybe the freaking horse wins the race, maybe he doesn’t. I don’t care. Actually, I used to not care. Now I’m just hostile and I hope this fucking ends.
Why is there so much fuss over it this year? Have people forgotten how often - especially lately - horses have won the first two races and then not won the Triple Crown? It happened in '97, '98, '99, and 2002 to name a couple. Just goes to show that the nation absolutely loves and rabidly follows horse racing and that we really need this to lift our spirits. :smack:
It also happened in 2003. Can you say “Funny Cide?”
Oh, that’s right. I thought it happened last year- the website I checked was out of date. That’s six fucking times in eight years.
::Making a mad dash to intercept the mailman before he takes away the outgoing mail::
There tend to be rather long gaps with Triple Crown racing. After all, no horses won the Triple Crown between Citation in 1948 and Secretariat in 1973.
My favorite quote ever:D. Every time I go to IHOP, I listen for strange comments.
Ava
Dear Mr Jones,
Hallo, I do hope you are well. I just wanted to say that you are my favourite, and I play ‘Daydream Believer’ all the time, and your mancunian accents is just so fab compared to that slacker Mr Noone’s, and —
oh bloody hell – do you mind?! Stop reading over my shoulder, crikey…
The sports media engaged in hyperbole? Well I never. 
I don’t think it’ll heal a wounded nation or anything, but I think it would be kind of cool if Smarty Jones won the Triple Crown. I don’t see what’s so bad about his name, neither. Perfectly good horse name if you ask me. What name is a horse supposed to have? Smokey? Silver? Lord Bellington Rothschild III?
Dear Smarty;
CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP. CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP. CLUMP CLUMP, CLUMP, CLUMP! CLUMP CLUMP CLUMP!
Regards,
Rick Jones
Toronto, Ontario
BTW: “Smarty Jones” is a terrific name for a horse.
a comment made by our local sports news writer, who then followed it up with the comment “like ‘Omaha’, who names their horse after the Capital of Nebraska?”
I sent him one of these for his use:
:smack:
When my siblings and I were children (many years ago), we somehow acquired a 45 of The William Tell Overture with The Man on the Flying Trapeze on the flip side. We played it till it fell apart. Although we can still quote most of those two songs, I had forgoten the artist. Everyone in my family will be getting a Spike Jones CD for Christmas.
