Jagoff Joe and NASCAR Jeff
My brother Jeff came to vist last week, en route to the NASCAR race a Bristol. NASCAR was a sport we never thought about growing up. Not sure where he got this addiction, but it definitely has hit him. He had a buddy with him, a shaggy guy named Joe, complete with a Jeff Gordon T-shirt. Joe's favorite epithet is "jagoff," one of the pillars of Pittsburghese, a language all its own. Joe's use of jagoff is so persistent that when he calls the house, my niece announces: "Jagoff Joe's on the phone!" Listening to the two of them jabber in Pittsburghese and swill Coors Light brought back a lot of Burgh memories. If only we could have had Iron City instead of Coors ...
Posted by Bob Benz at August 29, 2003 1:11 PM
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Well, as a rabid hockey fan (I know, that's redundant) I don't know that I'm in a position to throw stones at NASCAR fans. I watch toothless Canadians beat the hell out of each other with sticks. They watch toothless rednecks drive around in circles (and sometimes punch each other). Tough for me to go holier than thou on this one ...
Posted by: Benz at September 4, 2003 12:56 PMAt least hockey requires some physicality. You gotta be in good shape to hit a skull with a hockey stick effectively. Little athleticism is involved in sitting behind the wheel of a car festooned with Winston stickers and driving in circles.
Posted by: Leanne at September 5, 2003 1:21 PMMuahahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: David Bolewski at January 4, 2006 4:31 AM
NASCAR? Your brother is into NASCAR? I'm sorry, Bob. You can tell people you're adopted. That's what I do whenever the subject of my brother comes up, remind them that he and I share no genetic material. I point out that we even hail from opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line and were made siblings by a court decree.
Posted by: Leanne at September 2, 2003 5:54 PM