Zeus Brown Passes at 40 - Sports Message Board

Of course it is. His team mates all sound bereft. They also seem speechless (as opposed to inarticulate) and I'm not surprised.

One thing that surprised me was that he was temporarily blinded by a penalty flag thrown by an official. What on earth are people doing *throwing* flags at players?

Reply #1. Sep 23 11, 3:06 PM

boxjaw

Your sarcasm, however 'discreet' (must be a british thing). Never ceases to amaze me l.

Reply #2. Sep 27 11, 11:16 AM

callie_ross

What's wrong with a little sarcasm now & then, Boxjaw? "Sarcasm is the spice of life"! :)

Reply #3. Sep 27 11, 1:21 PM

daymare

It all depends upon the situation...if you are the giver of the sarcasm or the recipient.

Considering the topic is about a person, albiet a famous one, who has passed away why would sarcasm be appropriate. Not only passed away but passed away at a young age and how his friends, etc. are remembering him.

I'm not saying anyone was being sarcastic. If boxjaw felt they were, it is up to him.

Irony is one thing, sarcasm is another.

Reply #4. Sep 27 11, 1:45 PM

spidersghost43

One thing that surprised me was that he was temporarily blinded by a penalty flag thrown by an official. What on earth are people doing *throwing* flags at players?

The referee did not throw it at him on purpose. He threw the flag not knowing Brown was there.

Reply #5. Sep 27 11, 2:19 PM

martin_cube

I think that Lesley had the wrong idea about the flag throwing. To us Brits, a flag would be used to mark the corners of the pitch of a football (soccer) pitch and is a piece of cloth on top of a 4 or 5 foot pole. I'd too would be concerned if an official threw one of those at a player!

Lesley. A 'flag' in American Football is a brightly coloUred cloth, thrown down by an official to mark the place where an offence has been deemed to have occured.

Reply #6. Sep 27 11, 3:29 PM

Anton

Years later, I'm still surprised the Pansy Brigade hasn't tried to get throwing flags outlawed because of this one incident.

Reply #7. Sep 27 11, 4:21 PM

boxjaw

As opposed to being inarticule. Ol' Lesley probly knows dat a flag in da old FA, ain't da same ting in da NFL. She know how to do reserch. What? Don't lambast me please for being so American in my articulations. When one gets hit in the eye by accident with a penalty flag, there is know high drama like the drama we see in FA with all the grasping of the shin in *pain*, by gads.

Reply #8. Sep 28 11, 7:55 AM

boxjaw

Is that a Hunter on your avatar Martin? Love the lines on that pretty thing.

Reply #9. Sep 28 11, 7:58 AM

BxBarracuda

Referee flags in the NFL also have a small bean bag pouch attached to weight them down, so they don't fly all over the field.

I do remember at least one instance in the NFL of a referee's flag getting lodged inside a players face mask and hitting him in the eye.

Reply #10. Sep 28 11, 9:10 AM

martin_cube

@Boxjaw. Yes it is a Hunter. I'm having a competition with a team mate. I put up different aircraft for my avatar to see if they can identify it correctly. They usually can. :)

Reply #11. Sep 28 11, 10:03 AM

REDVIKING57

Martin,I miss the Gnat.

:))

Reply #12. Sep 28 11, 10:11 AM

martin_cube

I had that as my avatar last month. That was followed by the Hawk when the Red Arrow crash happened. :( (We'd had the pleasure of seeing them perform just one week before.)

Reply #13. Sep 28 11, 12:53 PM

trojan11

Had the pleasure of seeing the Red Arrows many years ago, fantastic display.
Also saw the American display team, The Thunderbirds' here, about three years ago. They do their display choreographed to music. Massive speakers everywhere. Awesome. How they do that, I do not know, but if you haven't seen them and get the chance, don't miss it.

Absolutely agree with callie_ross. Nothing wrong with a little sarcasm. Both Lesley and Boxjaw made, what I thought, were witty and amusing posts.

Reply #14. Sep 28 11, 7:39 PM

boxjaw

Oh ya, before I forget. Love the capital U in post#6 Martin. :^)

Reply #15. Sep 29 11, 12:47 AM

martin_cube

I'm glad you picked up on it Boxjaw. It's something I started doing a while ago, trying to preserve the English way of spelling words. Just my sense of humoUr I guess. :)

Reply #16. Sep 29 11, 2:48 AM

lesley153

Oh dear - I almost didn't bother looking at this thread - I made a perfectly simple, straightforward post, agreeing that 40 is much too young, and then attempting to write something constructive, even though I have never heard of this man. I was also horrified at the thought of a flag, which I interpreted as cloth with stick attached, being thrown around by supposedly responsible adults.

Where was the sarcasm? In the eye of the beholder, of course.

Thank you to good people for support, and also to clever people who described "flag" in this context. Ouch.

I'll be in my room.

Reply #17. Sep 29 11, 6:22 AM

boxjaw

And stay there until you mind your manners. :^)

Reply #18. Sep 29 11, 9:43 AM

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