24 February 2008

Obscene Display of Manflesh

Ladies, it's not uncommon, as you know, for women to be displayed like so many pastries on the dessert cart. If you aren't the jealous type and get upset that some other pastries are considered more appetizing than yourself, and if you accept that men are rather simple creatures and find women nice to look at, this is not terribly surprising nor alarming. What IS alarming is that there are so few equivalent displays of men. That said, please allow me to direct your attention to the NFL Scouting Combine.

The Combine features college football players on the verge of being drafted into the NFL. It's a sort of competition that showcases athleticism. In short, the Combine asks big, strong, muscular, 22-year-old men to do tricks on command. Run fast! (Yay!) Lift this weight! (Wow!) Jump high and catch this pass! (OMG!) Hit me in the slot! (Yes!)

Ehem.

Where was I? Oh yes, the Combine. The fellas get pretty sweaty at times. Even been known to take off their shirts. Not that that they need to. Only an Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirt could fit quite so form-fittingly across a man's chest as the shirts they wear at the Combine. You should really check it out on NFL Network. It will be running through the 27th and highlights no doubt for some time after that.

"...we got running backs jumping when we come back..."

How delightful.

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