Fox Sports has a column called FunHouse. And this week's column is about Sports Heroes and Villains.
You know, I'm all for having fun and mocking. The first Villain is NASCAR related. And given what it is, yep, I'm in total agreement. The column writer, though, couldn't let it be and had to go just a little too far (thereby pissing me off and probably pissing every NASCAR fan off because cliches that are stupid are just SOOOOOOO funny).
1. Pamela Britton: Is there really a market for NASCAR romance novels? Are there really redneckettes out there eager to fantasize about Tony Stewart deftly untying a corset while rose petals fall gently upon his fire suit? Does anyone realize that every NASCAR driver is an inveterate goober? So many questions ...
Up until that last line I was laughing (and I'm pretty sure Tony Stewart would be laughing, too, because rose petals on his firesuit? Funny. As is the mental image of him trying to figure out how to work a corset). Because really, that is a great question to be posed. Then I got ticked. Granted, if they'd said "inveterate good ole boy" I'd have been fine. Because yes, they are. "Goober" is just one of those words, though, that is meant to be derogatory. Especially when used by teenage boys to mock another.
(Of course I think the author of the books missed the memo too that drivers are good ole boys, even when they're from California, because her drivers tend to be too polished and non-whoring.)
You know, I'm all for having fun and mocking. The first Villain is NASCAR related. And given what it is, yep, I'm in total agreement. The column writer, though, couldn't let it be and had to go just a little too far (thereby pissing me off and probably pissing every NASCAR fan off because cliches that are stupid are just SOOOOOOO funny).
1. Pamela Britton: Is there really a market for NASCAR romance novels? Are there really redneckettes out there eager to fantasize about Tony Stewart deftly untying a corset while rose petals fall gently upon his fire suit? Does anyone realize that every NASCAR driver is an inveterate goober? So many questions ...
Up until that last line I was laughing (and I'm pretty sure Tony Stewart would be laughing, too, because rose petals on his firesuit? Funny. As is the mental image of him trying to figure out how to work a corset). Because really, that is a great question to be posed. Then I got ticked. Granted, if they'd said "inveterate good ole boy" I'd have been fine. Because yes, they are. "Goober" is just one of those words, though, that is meant to be derogatory. Especially when used by teenage boys to mock another.
(Of course I think the author of the books missed the memo too that drivers are good ole boys, even when they're from California, because her drivers tend to be too polished and non-whoring.)
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