Getting all misty eyed, and a little rant for good measure

Today was a productive day for the Phoenix Summertime Video Editing Department (i.e. me) as I finished off the first version of what I call a 'season overview', basically a short look back over the Phoenix's first year, set to music. I'm in a lucky position really, in that being the Video Guy I get access to match highlight footage. Which means I get to see highlights over and over again, and I often get to see some stuff which doesn't make it into the official Phoenix DVDs (which were put together by the good people at Comtec.) As the piece I've worked on this evening has been the 'overview' piece, I was able to look back at footage of players from all through the season, and not just those guys who stuck with us 'til the Finals weekend. It brought back quite a few memories, some good, some not so good. We're all pretty familiar with the Phoenix line-up that made the journey to Nottingham for the Play-Offs, but it's worth noting that Phoenix were helped out along the way by a fair few other faces who didn't stay for the whole season. Players such as Skovira, Richardson, Niemi, Sebastian, Lind, Larsson-Yahata - they all played their part. Looking through the footage this evening reminded me of that.

It also reminded me that Paxton Schulte can't get through a fight without resorting to pulling the other guy's jersey up over their face so they can't see. Some may call that a good tactic, some may say it's the mark of a chicken. I'm not commenting....


My little rant for the day comes from something I saw on my drive into work this morning:

Ahead of me in the traffic queue was an estate car. Nothing unusual there, except this one had a sign in the back window:
"Caution! Obedience Dogs In Transit".
Eh? Wuh? I'm sorry, but am I supposed to be impressed? What the heck is the point of a sign like that? I can understand the logic of a "Baby On Board" sign, as they alert the emergency services to the potential presence of a wee person in the event of an accident. But a sign about 'obedience dogs'?...

I can just imagine the scene: a three car pile up, the fire crews working on freeing the drivers, when one of them spots the sign.
"Guvnor! We'd better get the Jaws Of Life out! There's Obedience Dogs in this one!"
"Righto!"
(five minutes later)
"Well we got the doors open, but the dog won't get out of the car, Guv."
"Well he won't, he's an obedience dog. He'll only respond to the owner."
"So where's the owner?"
"Oh we left him stuck under his own steering column when we saw the 'Obedience Dogs In Transit' sign...."
"Ah."

"Obedience Dogs In Transit". You can shove your pretentious yappy little "Obedience Dogs In Transit". The only way I'd be impressed is if I were able to train your Obedience Dogs to take a huge poop at the sound of a car horn. Let's see you stick that sign in the back of your car now....