Friday, July 01, 2005
Follow-up:
Russkies 1, Patriots 0
Yes, in a score all too familiar to Cold War-era hockey fans (forget Lake Placid, OK?), it seems that the US has again been skunked by The Red Menace. According to The Boston Herald, "[Robert] Kraft . . . will write off the rock as a gesture of goodwill to avoid any kind of diplomatic Russian roulette."
I mean, really, how was he going to get the damn thing back anyway without making Putin look like a fool, which he definitely didn't want to do. So instead Bob offered up a cheesy color-commentary analogy about appreciating "how Putin has Quarterbacked the Russian nation" and moved forward, knowing most likely that the business his ventures would rake in for playing it cool was worth far more than the ring, valued at over $100,000.
And anyway, as the Herald reported, "Sources confirmed the Pats poohbah would get a new Super Bowl ring to replace the one Putin pocketed." So I guess all ends well among the worlds wealthy, powerful, and kleptomaniacal.
Russkies 1, Patriots 0
Yes, in a score all too familiar to Cold War-era hockey fans (forget Lake Placid, OK?), it seems that the US has again been skunked by The Red Menace. According to The Boston Herald, "[Robert] Kraft . . . will write off the rock as a gesture of goodwill to avoid any kind of diplomatic Russian roulette."
I mean, really, how was he going to get the damn thing back anyway without making Putin look like a fool, which he definitely didn't want to do. So instead Bob offered up a cheesy color-commentary analogy about appreciating "how Putin has Quarterbacked the Russian nation" and moved forward, knowing most likely that the business his ventures would rake in for playing it cool was worth far more than the ring, valued at over $100,000.
And anyway, as the Herald reported, "Sources confirmed the Pats poohbah would get a new Super Bowl ring to replace the one Putin pocketed." So I guess all ends well among the worlds wealthy, powerful, and kleptomaniacal.
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