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So, I don't watch much hockey beyond Capitals games, and even there, my knowledge is half-baked at best. But I enjoy it, and especially love Alex Ovechkin, who's maybe my favorite athlete in any sport.
So when I saw that some character named Max Talbot called Alex Ovechkin a douche... Well, we sort of have to respond, right?
1. Rockstars Can't Be Douchebags. Would you ever call Don Draper a douche? Lil Wayne? Keith Richards? No. They've all behaved in reprehensible fashion at one point or another, but "douche" just isn't applicable. A**hole, perhaps. But even then—they're rockstars, so what do you expect? Look at that photo of Ovechkin. Is that a douche? No. Douches are people who take themselves too seriously and look down on others. Alex Ovechkin is too busy being awesome to take himself seriously, and he doesn't really care what you think. That makes him a rock star.
2. Max Talbot Is French-Canadian. So he's probably a douche.
3. This, Apparently, Is Max Talbot. Probably Definitely a douche.
(Ovie photo via, Talbot via Pittsburgh Magazine)
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by Jon Woods on Jul 27, 2010 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
by Andrew Sharp on Jul 27, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha,
worthy response.
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by Jon Woods on Jul 27, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha, Andrew…..you need a serious lesson concerning the word “douche.”
That picture of Alex is the absolute epitome of a douche. I kid you not, if I was looking for a picture to describe a douchebag I would jump for joy if I found a prize worthiness to that golden picture.
Max is in a suit poking fun of himself. Thats funny. Now if he had a couple girls kissing him, and his collar popped, well I would have to concede they are both enormous douches.
You said “Alex Ovechkin is too busy being awesome to take himself seriously, and he doesn’t really care what you think.”
That is quite literally what all my douchey friends/acquaintances would say about themselves after being called a douche. And after that they would grab a slutty girl, pop their collar, flex their muscles and act like they’re the greatest thing that has ever happened to the world.
Alex is a great hockey player. No doubt a Hall of Famer with perhaps the best shot in the history of the NHL; but he is an ENORMOUS douche.
by BurtonSB on Jul 27, 2010 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
PS…Douches will never make fun of themselves on purpose.
by BurtonSB on Jul 27, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Dumb-dumb
Ovechkin’s wearing upside-down sunglasses and some crazy thing on his head. Does that strike you as someone who takes himself too seriously?
by Stanicek on Jul 28, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
No, it strikes me as someone who is an enormous douche. If he was making a goofy face you have a point. But he is just looks like typical “way to into himself” Ovechkin. Don’t forget the bling around his neck.
by BurtonSB on Jul 28, 2010 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe im missing something
but you have referred on numerous occasions to popped collars. where have you ever seen ovechkin with a popped collar?
just seems like you use that idea as a sticking point and i have yet to see him ever do it.
personally…you kinda sound like a douche.
by bigatrop on Jul 29, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Popped callers are just a common attribute to douches. Along with pink shirts, bling, arrogance, ect. I never mentioned Ovechkin doing so, no idea why would even mention it? Douches are only douches if they meet all criteria? Yeah, that makes sense…..
Awwwe, I made you mad by calling your celebrity crush a douche =)
Sorry, but that typical Ovechkin arrogance SCREAMS douche. His boyfriends are the only ones that don’t realize it.
by BurtonSB on Jul 29, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
You're Missing The Big Picture
Dressing a certain way does not make one a douche. Being a douche makes you dress a certain way. Lack of fashion sense does not make you a douche, it makes your tacky. Acting like a pretentious loud-mouth makes someone a douche. In this case, Talbot is certainly the douche. Why? Because he went on the radio and said it to a couple of clowns, low-brow, sophomoric clowns, when he should have kept it to himself and settled it on the ice. Ovechkin didn’t do anything to Talbot, it was just an impression he gave. Still, Talbot opted not to shoot across the bow, but rather directly at Ovechkin’s face. Ovechkin is the better player of the two. Therefor, for Talbot to mouth off, he should have been responding to a perceived slight, not just slaggin the guy off to a couple nobodies while broadcasting, giving the other team and its captain/starplayer/rockstar/bonecrushing-hit-machine a whole seasons worth of motivation, lest he end up looking like a douche.
For the record, I like the Quebecois, and this one just happens to be of a lower(jock) intellect. Quebec’s a cool place, and Montreal is in the top 3 cities on the continent (where it not for the cold). Quebecois women are unparalleled.
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by The Jade Donkey on Jul 29, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
Touché good sir. Too be honest, I think Talbot was joking in the interview like he always is. I would put money on it.
by BurtonSB on Jul 29, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha ha ha ha ha
Even by objective, non-DC, French Canadian standards (of which Talbot is subject to), you are in fact a douche. Better luck next time Burton!
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by Scoops on Jul 29, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Another butt hurt Ovechkin lover. How does it feel to now face the realization that someone you love so much, is in fact an enormous douche? Better luck next time? I could’ve continued the pointless argument, calling “The Jade Donkey” names after he made no attempt to insult me, or I could agree and move on…..
It’s always hilarious to me, idiots like yourself responding to non-personal attacks, aha. Good luck in the first round of the playoffs next year……
by BurtonSB on Aug 2, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
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