Now friends, let's get something straight

[BlckNGldHwk]

Really guys? It's just a bunch of odd cliches strung together.

Dennis Miller made a lot of money with that schtick.

 

[sioux34]

Yes, but nobody called him a great writer.

 

[truehawk]

Those aren't cliches, they are metaphors and I personally found them quite tasteful!

 

[SpiderRico]

Yes, but nobody called him a great writer.

Well, if you can write better than your typical one sentence posts, by all means please do.

I find his posts to be enjoyable to read and a breath of fresh air from the typical "This player sucks", "These refs blow", "Fans need to sit down at games", "Gary Barta sucks" type of posts that are the norm around here.

Anyone can criticize.....but rarely do those same people offer up alternatives. Human nature and all.

 

[sioux34]

Those aren't cliches, they are metaphors and I personally found them quite tasteful!

There is nothing that prevents a metaphor from being a cliche.

 

[AHawk1]

Either the work of Herbie or OK4P.

 

[CGHawk]

At least bring toast if you are going to be jelly.


I thought it was a good post and pretty good writing. It was fun and unique compared to a good amount of the posts you would find on here. Some of the metaphors may have seemed forced, but then again... I didn't know we were here to critique writing.

P.S. Metaphors can be cliches.

 

[truehawk]

Those aren't cliches, they are metaphors and I personally found them quite tasteful!

There is nothing that prevents a metaphor from being a cliche.

Except for the fact cliches are by definition over-used and most of those I haven't heard making them just simple metaphors. Checkmate and good day sir.

 

[sioux34]

Perhaps a look at the meaning of cliche would help clear things up for you true.

A cliché is often a vivid depiction of an abstraction that relies upon analogy or exaggeration for effect, often drawn from everyday experience. Used sparingly, they may succeed. However, cliché in writing or speech is generally considered a mark of inexperience or unoriginality.

 

[ssckelley]

Wow sioux, I have not seen you this cranky on the boards since Alford was here. You are rolling in 2 threads now.

 

[sioux34]

I'm looking for a third, but haven't found it yet. Maybe I will go back to kicking olddude in the why is gold valuable thread.

 

[ssckelley]

lmao, give the standing thread a whirl.

 

[1st]

Aaron White is... well before we go there let me say Carver Hawkeye Arena was locked down tighter than a virgin bride at a traditional Irish Catholic wedding. That said we can talk about Aaron White. Aaron White is a stone, cold, killer, he's the ice man. He arrived in Iowa City in August as FNG and in seven short months he's become lethal. In the words of your generation he was straight up dropping bombs, in the words of mine he was arc light, anyone got in his way and it was AMF.

Then there's Carver... I mean Carver! It was a bit warm inside before the first of 13,100 victory starved souls shuffled inside, and twenty minutes before tip it was steamier than a $2 Saigon hookers panties. Ten minutes before tip it started feeding, feeding on itself, and let me tell you tonight that was one hungry *****. Then it was game time, and the fat blind guy in stripes threw the tip... the tip was... well, it was the Mentos in the Diet Coke, and Carver straight up erupted.

Give Dayton a lot of credit, they knew they weren't in for no diddy bop. They had a helluva chin, and that's exactly where those Hawkeyes hit them. They hit them hard, and they hit them often, and they kept getting up. That #1 was the best guard Iowa's seen all year and for the first 30 minutes every time the chips went in the middle Dayton held the Ace of Hearts. Too bad for them those Hawks came to play all forty.

There were plenty of hero's tonight. Cartwright dropped more dimes than your freshman dealer from Mayflower, McCabe spent more time at the rack than Freemasons in the Spanish Inquisition, and the Real Mel Shady... yeah he stood up. Now I haven't mentioned that Gatens fella, but that man is the glue, and you just know that if 5 asked anyone on that team swallow a pineapple they'd do it in a heartbeat (especially that Ginger fella), hell who are we kidding, he wouldn't even ask, he'd do it himself. He didn't light up the scoring column but when the painting was ready for that final brush stroke he was there, and his brush stroke came from the land of three.

Then it was over, and the 13,100 in attendance experienced something more magical than any of Matt Bullard's midnight moments on center court, Fran experienced that first of many post-season victories, and Matt experienced a Carver Hawkeye sendoff better than any this guy can remember.

So are you "Shooter" from the movie Hoosiers?

 

[ATLHawkeye]

I enjoyed the OP a great deal. To see a post that's trying to be funny and clever and actually be... funny and clever, is very refreshing.

 

[RosemaryChknHwk]

I thought duff is trying to hard.

 

[blkngldFRO]

Really guys? It's just a bunch of odd cliches strung together.

this is true but it is an entertaining read, and i think that is all they are going for. There is no real insight or amazing writing, but it dose paint a picture in a humorous way. Isn't painting a picture in your mind what makes good writing? Then again I am the last that should be the judge of a good writer.

I enjoyed the post it made me chuckle.

Take is for what it is sioux just entertainment.

 

[ThunderHawk]

The Ginger Assassin looks so...nonathletic and unassuming.

I wonder what dudes are thinking in that moment where he blows past them and stuffs it down their throats.

 

[storminspank]

Why do you not write more WhelanWes? Awesome post

He does, under a different screen name.

 

[golferguy]

Not a bad post but it got kind of annoying to read. Could have said the same thing in one less paragraph

 

[big10fan]

when did HN become a literary site? how many english teachers are on here?

man you guys are high-strung. chill out and enjoy!