Well, I've ranted on this before (that's a good start, right?). Still, I find it a little creepy, especially this time of year when football camps in college and the pros are starting to gear up, that sports writers and "journalists" constantly dip into the cliche pool and pull out something as tacky as "now that the new coaching staff has gotten their message across, these guys are really ready to drink the kool-aid."
...ready to drink the kool-aid? seriously?
What's disturbing to me is that I doubt many people younger than me are really going to get the reference, so whatever. The reference, though, is something that you probably ought not to make. You know, mass suicide. Striking any bells? Drinking the cyanide laced kool-aid?
This is of course, really in the spirit of the violence and media class I'm teaching. I might to a unit on socially acceptable violent language. Until then, I'll amuse myself with alternate sports cliches:
"These guys are really ready to close the garage door and leave the motor running."
"These guys are really ready to take a bath with a hair-dryer."
"These guys are really ready to commit Seppuku."
"These guys are really ready to self-immolate."
It bothers me also that Wikipedia has an entire article on methods of suicide (I looked because I forgot how to spell Seppuku.)
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