Actually, wouldn't an uber-feminist HATE sports, seeing as they'd be considered a male-dominated celebration of patriachally-controlling pseudo-jingoism?
Anyone know why it's still yards in Canada, when Canada has been metric since the mid-80s?
What, change the field size and destroy comparisons with all those hallowed records ensconced in the CFL Hall of Fame (in beautiful Hamilton, Ontario, home of the redundantly-named Tigercats)?
Anyway, they never bothered to make hockey rinks metric (or change them to the international hockey rink size either) and that's a far bigger deal. And they started phasing out imperial measurements in the mid-70s, FYI.
And yeah, there are two 50 yard lines in Canada... that way both teams can have one. It's a little less confrontational that way.
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Except in Canada.
good point. What's the exchange rate nowadays?
as an uber-feminist, shouldn't erica know everything about sports?
haha feminists must obviously love sports. hilarious.
My first impulse was to chuckle and then I had to think hard to figure out if I knew the answer or not.
As a feminist, I choose to not care about sports—not because I shouldn't but—because I just don't. Heh.
Erica is just so adorable!
Actually, wouldn't an uber-feminist HATE sports, seeing as they'd be considered a male-dominated celebration of patriachally-controlling pseudo-jingoism?
You guys are way to literal. Erica obviously wasn't talking about sports.
It isn't the sports lore that she didn't get -- it's the patriarchal yards (to say nothing of colonialist feet and racist miles).
Real Progressives only recognize the the metric system.
What's all this reduction sauce "feminist" label stuff. It's 2007 people. Feminist? I mean come on, Conan O'Brien is a feminist.
Erica's just a super smart broad
@1 - dang, beat me to it.
Anyone know why it's still yards in Canada, when Canada has been metric since the mid-80s?
And it's metres, not meters.
@10 - can't she be both? And you forgot to mention she's hot.
The best comment in here is 6, unfortunately.
Anyone know why it's still yards in Canada, when Canada has been metric since the mid-80s?
What, change the field size and destroy comparisons with all those hallowed records ensconced in the CFL Hall of Fame (in beautiful Hamilton, Ontario, home of the redundantly-named Tigercats)?
Anyway, they never bothered to make hockey rinks metric (or change them to the international hockey rink size either) and that's a far bigger deal. And they started phasing out imperial measurements in the mid-70s, FYI.
And yeah, there are two 50 yard lines in Canada... that way both teams can have one. It's a little less confrontational that way.
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