December 30, 200817 yr This article is the first in a series of "Dispatches" from Iceland, where, for those of you who don't follow the news, the economy collapsed completely and terribly, leading to heavy "Saturday" protests against the government. I'll excerpt the relevant paragraph to the White Sox: "We have this huge problem, but all the people responsible still have their jobs," Tómas Holton, a local teacher, tells me, narrowing his eyes to paraphrase. He's tall and lanky and has a White Sox cap pulled down as far as it will go; through the rally, he's been hopping up and down athletically, like a boxer keying himself up, trying to keep warm. It's his fourth protest, he says proudly. He thinks the weather weeded out the rubberneckers. As the speaker prattles in an epic baritone, Holton talks about "transparency" and the desire for new blood in government, "people who don't have connections." I murmur that this all sounds familiar. Holton looks away to weigh a thought, and a slight grin plays across his cheeks. "Of course, it's difficult, in Iceland, to make something new," he says dryly. "There are so few people."
December 30, 200817 yr Tell me when you see someone wearing one on Mars. Then I might care. Edited December 30, 200817 yr by BobDylan
December 30, 200817 yr They are talking about an Icelandic band, not our team. http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2007/10/31...-sox-rock-band/ http://www.pr.com/press-release/58465 Edited December 30, 200817 yr by RME JICO
December 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (RME JICO @ Dec 30, 2008 -> 11:25 PM) They are talking about an Icelandic band, not our team. http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2007/10/31...-sox-rock-band/ http://www.pr.com/press-release/58465 Their leader is a 23 year US citizen. I take it the band name is still a reference to us?
December 30, 200817 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 30, 2008 -> 04:33 PM) Their leader is a 23 year US citizen. I take it the band name is still a reference to us? That's my guess, If he's a US citizen he's probably heard of the team and likes the name or something.
December 30, 200817 yr Given that the last time in Iceland, I was able to start a singalong of the Good Times theme song on the street in the middle of the night (True Story) this would not at all surprise me.
December 31, 200817 yr I see people overseas wearing White Sox hats all the time. It's only for the style and not because they actually support the team.
December 31, 200817 yr QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) I see people overseas wearing White Sox hats all the time. It's only for the style and not because they actually support the team. Ya don't say?
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