Slog - Comments on Overheard in the Office http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1 Erica C. Barnett on the phone, doing some sort of interview: "The fifty yard line's the one in the middle, right?"... Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:32:33 -0800 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:05:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by J.R. Except in Canada.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668137 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:56:53 -0800 Comment by Sean good point. What's the exchange rate nowadays?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668144 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668144 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:09:15 -0800 Comment by jameyb as an uber-feminist, shouldn't erica know everything about sports?

]]> jameyb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668153 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:16:35 -0800 Comment by laurel haha feminists must obviously love sports. hilarious.

]]> laurel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668198 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:31 -0800 Comment by Carollani 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.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668202 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:50:02 -0800 Comment by elswinger Erica is just so adorable!

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668205 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:52:52 -0800 Comment by COMTE Actually, wouldn't an uber-feminist HATE sports, seeing as they'd be considered a male-dominated celebration of patriachally-controlling pseudo-jingoism?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668206 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:53:00 -0800 Comment by third base You guys are way to literal. Erica obviously wasn't talking about sports.

]]> third base http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668219 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:06:28 -0800 Comment by elenchos 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.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668221 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:07:16 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit 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

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668225 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:13:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @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.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668237 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:29:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @10 - can't she be both? And you forgot to mention she's hot.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668239 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:30:12 -0800 Comment by Sam The best comment in here is 6, unfortunately.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668339 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668339 Sports Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:43:25 -0800 Comment by Frostback 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.

]]> Frostback http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_the_office_1#c668701 Sports Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:05:29 -0800