2008’s “God Save the Fan” asks what Tiger Woods did to piss Jesus off

eddie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:07:23 +0000

I just finished Will Leitch’s excellent book God Save the Fan. (If you’re a sports fan, I highly recommend that you check it out.) The book was published in 2008, before Tiger Woods’ exotic sex life became late-night talk show fodder.

I thought this passage was worth posting, given that we now have the benefit of hindsight:

As to what Tiger did to “piss Jesus off,” I think we now have our answer. Heh.

In case you’re interested, the chapter goes on to make what I think is an excellent point: When athletes give thanks to God, they’re not grandstanding, nor are they trying to shove their religion down your throat. Instead, what they’re really saying is, “I’m not that great, and I don’t deserve these accolades.” In other words, they’re trying to stay humble.

Ridiculous Gas Coupons – Save 0.28% at Holiday Gas Station, courtesy of Cub Foods

eddie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:04:39 +0000

Who wants to save 12 cents on a $42.50 gas purchase? Apparently Holiday Stationstores and Cub Foods thinks you’ll be chomping at the bit for this little “deal.” (And I *do* mean “little.”)

After completing my purchase at the Cub Foods grocery store, the clerk made sure that I took this print-at-the-register coupon with me. ”Wait!”, she called out, you forgot your gas coupon!”

Hmm, lets see here – I’ll save one penny per gallon, up to 12 gallons. That means that on my typical 17-gallon fill up, I’ll save a whopping 12 cents. At $2.50 per gallon, that’s a savings of 0.28% on my $42.50 purchase. And to think, I nearly left this coupon sitting on the checkout counter! How could I be so careless?

“But you can use up to three coupons,” she told me. ”So you’ll save up to three cents per gallon.” Wow, 0.85%. Staggering.

These worthless coupons aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, yet they’re printed each and every time I make a purchase at Cub Foods. They actually expect people to save these little slips of paper, to carry them around, to purposely seek out a Holiday Gas Station, to forgo the convenience of completing the transaction at the pump – all for a measly 12 cents savings? Seriously?

Am I the only one who finds this incredibly insulting?

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