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Saturday, April 02, 2005

World News Tonight

In world news tonight, Illinois defeats Louisville 72-57.  In a related story, the blogger known as corndog owes me a can of something authentic.  As he said in comments on March 31 at 2:44 pm:

I’ll bet you a can of authentic Kentucky Burgoo against whatever soybean/corn abomination is considered native south-central Illinois cuisine that the innocuous but dangerous UL Cardinals defeat the Fighting Illini.

Y’see, corndog, “I’ll bet you” is one of them what-we-call “performative utterances,” and I’ll tell you what—that means I don’t have to whip you up any of Champaign’s distinctive east central Illinois ethanol casserole.  Au contraire, I stand ready to receive my can of authentic Kentucky Burgoo, whatever it is.

Next victim:  the erudite and cosmopolitan Idelber Avelar, who, for reasons that remain obscure to me, stopped by later on the 31st to say:

How about a 6 CD-R, 120-song homemade compilation of Brazilian music against signed copies of The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies and Life as We Know It (I’ve read and love the latter but don’t own it) that the Heels will slaughter the Illini by a double-digit lead on Monday night?

I’m thinking, that’s so cool!  I’m gonna get me a 6 CD-R compilation!  Now, just how long will it take me to learn all 120 songs?

Go Illini!  You play better without that nasty Chief, too.  After all, you can’t argue with 63 percent shooting in the second half.

Posted by Michael on 04/02 at 08:13 PM
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