Guest LivingtheDream Report post Posted June 7, 2008 It's kind of weird, not really that funny, but why not post it? I guess the intent is that Mario wears a disguise and steals the Cup? http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print...ngs_owner_wario "Evil Red Wings Owner Wario Lemieux Steals Stanley Cup" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsudzy 2 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Is that their (late) entry for the photoshop war? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rikadyn 16 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Giant Squid Thrown On Ice To Celebrate Red Wings Hat Trick funnier, but wrong sea creature Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nort 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 It's kind of weird, not really that funny, but why not post it? I guess the intent is that Mario wears a disguise and steals the Cup? You have to know video games to get it. They're implying that the Red Wings owner is Wario, the "Evil Mario" of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tweekvp 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) In video games Warrio is the evil alternate to Mario. So thats the (lame) joke. Since the joke basically says the bad guys won, i doubt it would be popular here. Edited June 7, 2008 by tweekvp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hallelujahlogic 1 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 HAHAHA OH MY GOD! i have what is probably a borderline irrational love for wario. (and waluigi.) thank you so much for posting this. i like..died laughing. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HenrikRules40 14 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 GENIUS! Uh DaKineMaui...you have to add the 16 now. I'm pretty sure we won 16. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaKineMaui 8 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Uh DaKineMaui...you have to add the 16 now. I'm pretty sure we won 16. I just did the math too, and you are correct! BUT: Gonna go ahead and wipe off the 15 instead. Gonna need to win 16 more inna few months. Yes, Wings fans are indeed a miserable lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KronwallCRUNCH 5 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 I just did the math too, and you are correct! BUT: Gonna go ahead and wipe off the 15 instead. Gonna need to win 16 more inna few months. Yes, Wings fans are indeed a miserable lot. Were you in Detroit for the finals? I saw a guy on the news from Hawaii, was it you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaKineMaui 8 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Were you in Detroit for the finals? I saw a guy on the news from Hawaii, was it you? Oh geez, sadly - NO. Even if I was, they wouldn't have put me on the news. I'd have looked like David Lee Roth in the beginning of the Panama music video when he's getting tossed outta the hotel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KronwallCRUNCH 5 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Oh geez, sadly - NO. Even if I was, they wouldn't have put me on the news. I'd have looked like David Lee Roth in the beginning of the Panama music video when he's getting tossed outta the hotel. Well, I can't say that I feel THAT bad for you. The Wings winning The Cup may be the one single time that I'd rather be in Michigan instead of Hawaii. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaKineMaui 8 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 And in more Onion news:C'mon! You GOTTA laugh! _______________________________________ May 15, 2008 Stackley Cup Playoffs Underway NEW YORK—The 2008 Stackley Cup Playoffs, a set of odd-number-of-games series that will determine the champion of the National Huckie League, are well underway, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Monday. At press time, the four hackley teams in contention for the Stickleby Cup were the Detroit Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Pittsburgh Flyers, and a team from Dallas, TX. The Red Wings, one of the NHL's Original Four Teams, and the Penguins, who feature one of hinky's rising young stars in Sidney Crossberry, are leading their respective series and are expected to advance to the championship round, or Storkaley Cup Finallys. Hucklebee, which is played on ice by stick-wielding six-man teams who attempt to strike the hokey puck or "ball" into the opposing goal, is naturally a cold-weather sport. For this reason, hooky is believed to have originated in Canada. This will be the first year since 2003 that no Canadian team will make it to the Shaklee Cup Finals, and no Canadian team has won the Cup since 2003. "This is the best time of year to watch the great sport of [huncky]," Commissioner Bettman said in a statement released by the NHL public relations department. "We still believe that our game is the fastest, toughest, most exciting game in the world, and we look forward to demonstrating that to a national audience as we determine the 2008 NHL Champion." However, despite a fiercely loyal core fanbase, achieving mass popularity has been difficult for the National Honky League, which currently ranks behind the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, MLB, college football, NCAA basketball, tournament poker, and figure skating in television viewers. The sport, while definitely colorful, is somewhat difficult to watch on television; many say the fast action is actually too hard to follow, as they are unsure where the hanky puck is at any given time. The sheer number of games is also somewhat intimidating; the NHL season is believed to have actually began sometime last year. The sport was also dealt a rather ugly setback with many viewers during last year's Stanbly Cup playoffs when two players dropped their ice bats and gloves and became involved in a shamefully brutal fistfight. However, the passion of the teams involved in the Stagolee Cup Playups is impossible to deny or ignore. "Way back when I was a kid playing on frozen ponds, I dreamed of winning the Cup," Detroit's Brian Rafalski told reporters Tuesday. "It's every player's dream to hoist the Cup above their heads and have their name engraved on the side." One of the grand traditions of the sport is that each hicky player from the Cup-winning team is allowed to take the trophy with them for a day to show their families, friends, and presumably even coworkers at their actual jobs. "Winning the Cup would be the ultimate dream come true for me, the reward for a very long, hard struggle," said foreign-born Penguins player Alexander Ovechkin, who, like most hochuli players, has based his life around the sport and has no real-world skills. "But really, just to play this game, to be part of something that brings so many people joy, that has been a great gift as well." Horklee is presumably extremely popular in Ovetchkin's home country. "Our dream is that, when the Stanley [sic] Cup Finals end in June, everyone in America has seen those games and realized how much fun it is to watch the NHL," Commissioner Bettman said. "These are, without a doubt, some of the world's finest athletes playing in some of the world's most competitive games. I know I'm prejudiced, but I honestly think that anyone who watches will agree that hockey [sic] is the greatest sport in the world." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cern 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Stanley [sic] Cup Finals lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 One of the grand traditions of the sport is that each hicky player from the Cup-winning team is allowed to take the trophy with them for a day to show their families, friends, and presumably even coworkers at their actual jobs. :rotflmao: Classic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Z and D for the C 712 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 The onion is hilarious. Good stuff. "Sidney Crosby, right? He should probably do something" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Sidney Crossberry "Defense wins championships, but ignore the fact that Detroit's defense is much better." Classic! Edited June 10, 2008 by Hockeytown0001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
