Concussions

[Beeeej]

The rest of the injuries were stick-related because youth hockey leagues do not allow fighting, the report did not say. (I don't even know if Canadian youth hockey bans fighting; it sounds un-Canadian.)

It's a joke, repeating an oft stated opinion about the need for fighting.

I was actually referring to the English, or lack thereof.:-}

Reread it. It scans perfectly for its intended purpose.

Well, did you mean the report did not say if fighting was allowed, or did not say if they were stick related, or both, as was the case. There, how's that for a sentence. ::nut::

I meant to say that it said nothing about fighting or stickwork or the correlation between the two. As KeithK said, it was a joke about the alleged correlation and the people who make it.

Well, that wasn't fun.

Reminds me of the old adage that having to explain a joke is like dissecting a frog - sure, you can get inside to see how it works, but it sort of ruins the frog.

I don't understand that metaphor. Could you explain it?

It's a simile, not a metaphor.

[Jim Hyla]

The rest of the injuries were stick-related because youth hockey leagues do not allow fighting, the report did not say. (I don't even know if Canadian youth hockey bans fighting; it sounds un-Canadian.)

It's a joke, repeating an oft stated opinion about the need for fighting.

I was actually referring to the English, or lack thereof.:-}

Reread it. It scans perfectly for its intended purpose.

Well, did you mean the report did not say if fighting was allowed, or did not say if they were stick related, or both, as was the case. There, how's that for a sentence. ::nut::

I meant to say that it said nothing about fighting or stickwork or the correlation between the two. As KeithK said, it was a joke about the alleged correlation and the people who make it.

Well, that wasn't fun.

Reminds me of the old adage that having to explain a joke is like dissecting a frog - sure, you can get inside to see how it works, but it sort of ruins the frog.

I don't understand that metaphor. Could you explain it?

It's a simile, not a metaphor.

Now look what you've started.

[ftyuv]

The rest of the injuries were stick-related because youth hockey leagues do not allow fighting, the report did not say. (I don't even know if Canadian youth hockey bans fighting; it sounds un-Canadian.)

It's a joke, repeating an oft stated opinion about the need for fighting.

I was actually referring to the English, or lack thereof.:-}

Reread it. It scans perfectly for its intended purpose.

Well, did you mean the report did not say if fighting was allowed, or did not say if they were stick related, or both, as was the case. There, how's that for a sentence. ::nut::

I meant to say that it said nothing about fighting or stickwork or the correlation between the two. As KeithK said, it was a joke about the alleged correlation and the people who make it.

Well, that wasn't fun.

Reminds me of the old adage that having to explain a joke is like dissecting a frog - sure, you can get inside to see how it works, but it sort of ruins the frog.

I don't understand that metaphor. Could you explain it?

It's a simile, not a metaphor.

In the same way that "hockey" is a noun, not a word.