If typical oral performances just leave you irritated, try adding a little glissando!

Another point (that I posted already, but should have put here as a reply) is that simple, familiar versions encourage everyone to sing along. That's a big part of the unifying, patriotic experience of having the anthem before games - everyone is supposed to sing it together!

I've been spoiled by all the great instrumental renditions at N.O. Pelicans (nee Hornets) and Saints games, and I think they are generally better than most of the sung versions. One of the main reasons is that singing the anthem is traditionally a participatory thing - the whole crowd is supposed to know the words…

Soak them in warm water for a couple minutes... they'll soften right up, but I have to warn you that they won't taste any better.

As someone from the Southeast, I feel that people from the NW represent the exact opposite of me and the place I live. The exact geographic opposite.

I think the Katrina narrative and the (recent) history of success has gotten the Saints a lot of national attention through media coverage and nationally televised games, so those should understandably lead to a bump in "second-favorite team" status all over the country. The Saints also play a very exciting…

Isn't this based on facebook likes though? I might have an atypical rooting interest in any particular game that doesn't feature my home team, but I'm certainly not about to go and like another team's facebook page based on that.

Never! Several of his peers are assumed to have been plagiarizers, so he probably doesn't deserve to be celebrated for his accomplishments!

Don't get discouraged, Tom! These videos are hilarious, and Pierre is a national treasure. I can actually picture a National Treasure sequel with him and Nick Cage as an odd couple on the run who learn to rely on each other and eventually become great friends.

I understand your anger. Instead of watching those two ten-second videos, you could have spent that two minutes shopping for a faster internet connection (or learning to read faster)!

Baby, I swear it's never done this before! If you read Deadspin, you'd know that dickhead behavior is a complex thing. Anyway, while I try to resolve this problem, how about you enjoy this delicious apple.

I submit that a good shit can be very satisfying, and certainly better than any alternative. Thus, DS can't be one...he's more of an "unsatisfying shit." (Here I sit, brokenhearted, etc.)

Some apple orchard probably got between him and something he wanted to look at.

Exactly! In the end, isn't he just like you and me?

He probably just smooshed a really huge cricket. I've got camel crickets in my basement, and when I smoosh one, I feel just like the guy in that picture looks like he feels.

Usually right after cumming. Especially this guy!

Not, "In your face, David Carradine!"

That must have been reassuring for them (though I am a Tulane student, and I think that anyone who watched this live needs to find a hobby). I didn't, and so I would have been saved some anxiety by a clarification in this article that he wasn't critically injured.

Don't you know that scissoring is forbidden, comrade? Please show me your papers.

This article upset me pretty significantly, because it described the grave injury to a player with no reassuring followup, which of course made me expect the worst. Can you please update this article with a mention that the gravely injured player "is expected to be fine."