Do you remember when two players for the Washington Nationals took the field wearing jerseys with their team named spelled “NATINALS.” Why the misspelling? As Vanna White said, “There is a logical reason for this wardrobe malfunction. Given the state of the economy, the team owner tried to spell the team name without buying a last vowel.” Self-appointed team spokesman, Natty Yunnels, said of the many spelling jokes being made about the Nationals, “This is much ad abut nthing. What’s yur prblem?”
This O-versight reminds me of another wardrobe malfunction. Two seminaries, the Southern Baptists and the Roman Catholics, were playing each other in an intramural baseball game. Both teams took the field without knowing that the jerseys of one team said, “BATISTS,” while those of the other said, “CATOLICS.”
Assuming that the baseball uniforms had been sewn in another country, one where English wasn’t the primary language, one can see the logic. Many countries, no matter what the people speak, listen to old-timey Rock & Roll. People know the song about the famous baseball player, “Bat, bat Leroy Brown, the batist man in the whole downtown…” They also know the word “cat,” and thus it makes sense that “Catolics” are people whose team mascot is Garfield.
By the way, the game between the BATISTS and CATOLICS was called after three innings, the score 0-0, due to a downpour. The local newspaper said that the rainstorm was “an act oPH God.” – D.J.
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