Thursday, February 7, 2002
Two minutes for stripping
From the Page 2 mailbag
We didn't know what was going on with pro wrestler Chris Jericho and these hockey officials, so we asked for your help to clue us in.
We received nearly 700 responses, and the best caption suggestions are below:
Welcome to Vince McMahon's new concoction ... the XHL!
Brad Davis
New York
In order to improve TV ratings for the Winter Olympics, the IOC has added Team Ice Stripping as a demonstration sport for the 2002 Olympics.
Avi Spira
Great Neck, N.Y.
Bill somehow talked one of the backup refs into helping him retrieve his whistle.
Brian Scipione
San Diego
The Iceman: Dumbeth.
Craig Jacobson
Portland, Ore.
Auditioning for a role in the remake of "Slap Shot," professional wrestler Jericho gets some advice from referee Ron Hogarth on how to take off one's hockey pants while skating at full speed.
Don Paul Martin
Merrimack, N.H.
The XHL gets off to a raucous start after Chris Jericho hooks Alexander Daigle on a breakaway and suffers the league's first "penalty wedgie."
Cyril Tircuit
New Orleans
We should have seen this one coming after Vince McMahon bought the Ice Capades.
Daron Jones
Madison, Wis.
"Dial down the center with 1-800-CALL-ATT"
Joel Snyderman
Ann Arbor, Mich.
"Hey, how many times do I have to tell you, I'm not The Rock and you can't smell what I'm cooking!"
Tim Malcolm
Philadelphia
This one time at hockey camp ...
Brian Desmond
Lansing, Mich.
Not surprisingly, Tonya Harding failed her recent steroid screening.
Ray Eckstein
Plantation, Fla.
After the success of her first "feature" movie, Tonya Harding attempts to incorporate her only other talent into the sequel to her wedding home video.
Joe
Baton Rouge, La.
All I can tell you is that it will never, eeeeeeeeever happen again.
MonkeyMan
Minnesota
For only 19.95 you can own, "When WWF stars go wild."
Drew Weimer
Livermore, Calif.
While searching for the missing puck, the refs discover a new meaning of "in the crease."
PJ Burke
Sunnyvale, Calif.
I see London, I see France ...
Brian
Illinois
Canada's swimsuit edition cover model.
Matt Legin
Somerville, Mass.
I don't care if it was a joke, you don't put a gerbil in a man's hockey girdle!
Joel Foreman
Gainesville, Fla.
In order to attract more women for the audience, the NHL recently announced a partnership with Chippendales.
A. Pryor
San Bernardino, Calif.
Initiating a new rule in the NHL, the refs forgo the customary 2 minutes in the penalty box in exchange for the atomic wedgie.
Tom Killian
Wake Forest, N.C.
"I am a glorious man! A glorious man who will not be taken down ..."
Dan
Williamsburg, Va.
Troglodytes-on-ice
OJ
Washington
Who says it's hard to find a good Joe Cocker impersonator since John Belushi died?
Peter Yates
Seattle
And here is the real caption from The Associated Press: Wrestler Chris Jericho, of the WWF Smack Down, is chased down by referees after fighting with Kelley's Heroes goalkeeper Chad Smith, drummer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, during the NHL All-Star Celebrity Challenge on Jan. 30 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jericho skated for Bruckheimer's Bad Boys team.
