Saturday, April 13, 2013
Column HR89
Songkran – and redefining the term “arch rival”
Songkran is celebrated in Thailand usually from April 13th to the 16th.
One might axe, “So your point is?”
The point is that Toeing the Oche has a plethora of fans in the Land of Smiles who will be celebrating without …
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Column HR88
Perception isn’t always reality
Let’s say that you’re enjoying a tall cool beverage at your favorite watering hole in Pattaya Beach. Let’s call the place Tim Bar Beer where you’ve been ushered to a duce outside table by Billy the greeter. The scene could even be at either the …
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Column HR87
Whining, excuses and ‘splainin’
There’s a fine line between whining, making excuses and explaining. The ODC doesn’t whine or make excuses – he explains. Back in the day he would explain…
Albuquerque? The lighting is so bad that miner’s helmets with lights should be included with your entry fee.…
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Column HR86
A subtle bit of this and a not so subtle bit of that
It’s dangerous to use subtle humor. A pie in the face, slipping on a banana peel or a hammer on thumb always guarantee a robust laugh. Subtle humor? Yawns. The ODC’s appointment with a “sports medicine” …
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Column HR85
Hey critics – lay off Butler and Young!
A critic is someone who can’t do something but doesn’t know it – or accept it – and bitches about those who can – someone “who tends to make harsh or carping judgments; a faultfinder.” This is especially so when it …
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Howie Reed's ColumnTuesday, January 22, 2013
Column HR84
Pulling a “Taylor”…
“He’s undoubtedly the best player ever, but Taylor is also undoubtedly one of the best wankers ever!”
That was the way that one English darter reacted to the latest Phil Taylor temper tantrum. Nothing from “The Power” who probably thought “sticks and stones will break my …
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Column HR83
Phil Taylor shows his stuff – good and bad
The New Year has arrived and the Old Dart Coach is “Bat Stuff” happy.
How happy?
As happy as when he watched and listened as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland and Champ Kind crooned “Afternoon Delight” (after Burgundy announced …
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Column HR82
Helen Scheerbaum and Paul Lim – Darting Treasures
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Column HR81
Happy Juice Musings
‘Tiz the holiday season so it’s a given that the Old Dart Coach is into the happy juice. He started when the first Christmas wrappings appeared at the 99-cent store in July. This year, rum and orange juice have been added to his holiday menu of …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Column HR80
The Little Man
In 1899, the poet Hughes Mearns wrote “Antigonish” better known as “The little Man that Wasn’t There.” He wrote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away…
Golfer Sir Nick Faldo …
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