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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:29 PM Original message |
Poll question: It's Summer1994 - Most Americans are focused on World Cup Soccer or arrest of OJ Simpson for murder |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. OJ (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was 24 Hour OJ. |
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missheidi (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. OJ! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. the 'glove doesn't fit' act was much later...June/July 1994 was the beginning of the saga, |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Uh, well... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. actually, that evening was the OPENING CEREMONIES of World Cup ...planned for years. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Who could forget Kato Kaelin? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Personally, I was mesmerized by that comet smashing into Jupiter. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Hell yeah! |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Hale Bop |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Not to be confused with |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ron Goldman's dad lived near me. TV trucks were a common sight in |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. I blame OJ for the death of American soccer. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I was watching soccer. My wife was watching the OJ fiasco. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. That was around the time I stopped watching TV news. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. We in Pontiac, Mich., had WORLD CUP games at the Silverdome |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. now THAT'S A STORY... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Hard-nosed and everything. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. I was born and raised in Pontiac. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. ok so what the hell was I watching in summer of 93? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. OJ was arrested on June 17, 1994. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. just changed my post |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The memory is a weird ol' thing. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Waco standoff lasted well over a month before the final confrontation. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. My memory is pretty precise for Waco |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. tough year.... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. I remember Waco. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Preliminary trial was rushed thru end of June, ended July7 or 8, iirc. There were court hearings |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ridiculous 'false choice' question; No real Americans have EVER been focused on "World Cup Soccer" |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Still not sure why anti-soccer humor is still considerd funny or clever. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's not HUMOR. No one in the USA gives a rat's ass about SOCCER. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Um, out here in Latinoland, there's a lot of giving a rat's ass about soccer. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I stand corrected. I used to know that. I guess my social isolation is taking a toll. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm sorry, Richard! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You wanna know how far from civilization I am? You'll think I'm kidding. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That reminds me of an old commercial. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I'm starting to think we might live in the same place. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Silly, Latinos are not REAL Americans, is what Richard Steele really meant |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. I give a rats ass about soccer. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I know quite a few Americans who are. What makes then "not real"? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. fo |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Was there a world cup in 1994? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. I used to see OJ at my bank. |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. Most Americans and World Cup don't really compute, nt |
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