Comments on: The “Mexican” Fast Food Intervention http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/the-mexican-fast-food-intervention/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: danicalifornia http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/the-mexican-fast-food-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-31200 danicalifornia Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:08:45 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=4483#comment-31200 This is hilarious, people who weren't there even having an opinion. I was at that game, and once it became clear that the Hornets were intentionally trying to keep us from our Tacos, the more we wanted the coupons for the gross inedible crap Jack tries to pass off as Tacos. It really wasn't about the tacos, it was about keeping the Hornets under 100. In my section anyway, we were mock cheering and making fun of ourselves and the promotion. Heck, we were one of the last to leave the Staples Center and the ushers were handing out handfuls of the coupons because so many people didn't really want them. What I won't fault you for commenting on is how LA fans arrive late and leave early. The Staples Center was half empty by the time Tacos even became an issue. I was on of the first there an last to leave. So lame. This is hilarious, people who weren’t there even having an opinion. I was at that game, and once it became clear that the Hornets were intentionally trying to keep us from our Tacos, the more we wanted the coupons for the gross inedible crap Jack tries to pass off as Tacos. It really wasn’t about the tacos, it was about keeping the Hornets under 100. In my section anyway, we were mock cheering and making fun of ourselves and the promotion. Heck, we were one of the last to leave the Staples Center and the ushers were handing out handfuls of the coupons because so many people didn’t really want them.

What I won’t fault you for commenting on is how LA fans arrive late and leave early. The Staples Center was half empty by the time Tacos even became an issue. I was on of the first there an last to leave. So lame.

]]> By: ticktock6 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/the-mexican-fast-food-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-31093 ticktock6 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:01:42 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=4483#comment-31093 If that Thornton (I think) three had stayed down it would have been a 6 pt game with timeouts left. The players and coaching staff shouldn't be preparing their rookies and young guys for that game situation? Sure they shouldn't. It's so unprofessional. If that Thornton (I think) three had stayed down it would have been a 6 pt game with timeouts left. The players and coaching staff shouldn’t be preparing their rookies and young guys for that game situation? Sure they shouldn’t. It’s so unprofessional.

]]> By: WildYams http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/the-mexican-fast-food-intervention/comment-page-1/#comment-31091 WildYams Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:46:56 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=4483#comment-31091 The best point you made here is the last one. I lived in Colorado for a few years a long time ago and I swore to myself that if I ever moved back to LA (which I did) that I would never eat Taco Bell or any of that other crappy fast food Mexican food again, and I haven't. If I want tacos, I'm going to the sketchy taco stand in the bad neighborhood where the good Mexican food really is! I do agree that the Laker fans cheering for the free tacos are totally ridiculous. It's a dollar's worth of crappy food, for god's sake! A friend of mine has season tickets and he told me that he gives all his taco coupons to homeless guys when they ask him for change, and that seems to me like a good way to use them. That said, it really was silly for the Hornets to be intentionally fouling over and over at the end of the game just so they could try to get the ball back and score more than 100 points. The fans may be acting like idiots, but they're fans, that's what they do. The players and coaching staff of the teams actually playing, however, should have more respect for the game. Committing intentional fouls when they're down double digits in a regular season game with less than 10 seconds to play is just absurd. You would think they'd just want to get the hell out of there. They wouldn't have wanted the Lakers to run up the score if there was some promotion like if the team scored 120 points then the fans would get free tacos, so why engage in that sort of thing themselves? The best point you made here is the last one. I lived in Colorado for a few years a long time ago and I swore to myself that if I ever moved back to LA (which I did) that I would never eat Taco Bell or any of that other crappy fast food Mexican food again, and I haven’t. If I want tacos, I’m going to the sketchy taco stand in the bad neighborhood where the good Mexican food really is!

I do agree that the Laker fans cheering for the free tacos are totally ridiculous. It’s a dollar’s worth of crappy food, for god’s sake! A friend of mine has season tickets and he told me that he gives all his taco coupons to homeless guys when they ask him for change, and that seems to me like a good way to use them.

That said, it really was silly for the Hornets to be intentionally fouling over and over at the end of the game just so they could try to get the ball back and score more than 100 points. The fans may be acting like idiots, but they’re fans, that’s what they do. The players and coaching staff of the teams actually playing, however, should have more respect for the game. Committing intentional fouls when they’re down double digits in a regular season game with less than 10 seconds to play is just absurd. You would think they’d just want to get the hell out of there. They wouldn’t have wanted the Lakers to run up the score if there was some promotion like if the team scored 120 points then the fans would get free tacos, so why engage in that sort of thing themselves?

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