tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post1447768010747397611..comments2024-01-02T12:25:23.102+09:00Comments on Kyklops: Ten Things that Offend KyklopsRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-40983425199046491302008-04-07T14:47:00.000+09:002008-04-07T14:47:00.000+09:00Brendan,In Asian countries "hockey" generally refe...Brendan,<BR/>In Asian countries "hockey" generally refers to field hockey. I was startled one time to see a headline that read something like "Pakistan's Hockey Legend Retires." After an initial WTF!? moment I clued in...<BR/><BR/>I like both types of pizza crusts. I think the only way to determine which is truly pizza would be to ask the Italians (and then, I think, the thin crust would have it).Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-77776018499908642302008-04-06T21:02:00.000+09:002008-04-06T21:02:00.000+09:00Oh, and on the pizza thing? I don't think you're b...Oh, and on the pizza thing? I don't think you're being stodgy. I think you're being a purist, and there's nothing wrong with that. As I said, I tend to use the modified version -- "gourmet pizza" -- once the toppings move beyond, say, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and sausage. It's just more convenient than saying "stuff piled on flat bread with tomato sauce added."<BR/><BR/>The real split point between stodginess and not, though, is this: are thin-crust pizza and thick-crust pizza both pizza? There are people from New York and Chicago whom I know who would argue that only one or the other is worthy of the appellation.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-48053712021517248052008-04-06T21:00:00.000+09:002008-04-06T21:00:00.000+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-44806161312462912302008-04-06T20:55:00.000+09:002008-04-06T20:55:00.000+09:00I have heard "ice hockey" said a lot. My mother a...I have heard "ice hockey" said a lot. My mother always used to say it, probably because she was a field hockey player in high school. Lots of my friends would say it, too, back when we were kids, because most of us played street hockey, due to a lack of skating facilities.<BR/><BR/>Now that I live in upstate New York, and/or given that most of my friends have now traded participating in sports for watching them, it is more rare for me to hear "ice" prepended.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-74099112292662532112008-04-04T22:09:00.000+09:002008-04-04T22:09:00.000+09:00Brendan,Those pizzas may look tasty (and a few of ...Brendan,<BR/>Those pizzas may <I>look</I> tasty (and a few of them are!), but I'm sorry: mayo, curry, potatoes, salad, etc., these things have no place on a pizza. I don't think I'm being "stodgy" about this. Yuck!<BR/><BR/>Does anyone in North America say "ice" hockey? Where was hockey invented? I rest my case. I've no problem with "field" or "roller" hockey.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-51284919897986696952008-04-04T21:48:00.000+09:002008-04-04T21:48:00.000+09:00Re: #3: I am not offended by shit happening. I a...Re: #3: I am not offended by shit happening. I am offended by others' refusal to accept this reality, and their thirst to assign blame.<BR/><BR/>A good list, otherwise.<BR/><BR/>No, wait. I also have to say most of those Japanese pizzas looked pretty tasty. I used to be a traditionalist in this regard, too, but a decade of living in Los Angeles made me broaden my acceptance. I now think of "pizza" as distinct from "gourmet pizza," and love them both.<BR/><BR/>On your gripe about "ice hockey," I can only say that I've always been a fan of Safire, and Safire would be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronym" REL="nofollow">proud</A>.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.com