here are my tries for different threads
 
The refs in the <insert favorite league> are <good, bad, terrible>
 
<team> is a lot better/worse than it looks in the polls/ratings
 
Howcome <team> disn't bring a band to the phinal phour
 
My band is better than your band
 
musical coaches
 
travel to/from alaska is bad because <pick a reason>
 
travel times in different leagues are ....   well, different
 
> Date:         Mon, 4 Aug 1997 21:26:18 -0400
> From: D B Doucette <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Generic Summer Posting
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Let's just summarize things and get them out of the way, to clear the space
> for something DIFFERENT !!
>
> Minnesota should recruit some players from the 49 other states, Canada and
> Europe --- and Pathfinder should be used for looking at Mars also.
>
> Your all-star team overlooked [my favorite player]; though he only had one
> goal last year (on an empty net), and two assists, he is sooooooo
> dedicated.
>
> My team's schedule for next season was put together by an idiot.
>
> Whoever made ____ #1 in so-and-so's poll has got to be kidding.  Corrolary
> - how  could anyone put [them] in a Top Ten poll.
>
> The [insert name of lowly professional minor league] is about to steal away
> [insert name of 4th-line plugger off your team].  He ought to stay and get
> a degree from our world-class institution of higher education.
>
> This just in - prep school whiz ?Skhspiwh* gave a verbal commitment to my
> team, for the 2000-2001 freshman class.
>
> Does anyone have the TV schedule for [insert conference] for next year ?  I
> don't have cable, but my satellite dish can get distant signals like Jodie
> Foster can, so just let me know who carries their games, and I'll tune my
> dish.
>
> I'm convinced my team is going to the Final Four in Boston.  Who's got
> extra tickets ?
>
>
> My congratulations to anyone who can originate a thread different than the
> above.
 
 
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