@RedditCFB I made this observation about exactly this: it’s going to be weird that we have European Observers around to when our Second Civil War kicks off when West Texas attacks Oklahoma because Texas Tech wants a degenerate gambler who made questionable decisions as QB1.
Okay Houston, it’s been awesome seeing us welcome @FreddyLA7 . But now we need to find the Portuguese, “Orange Army” Dutch, and Saudi “Freddy”.
Freddy, as someone who has enjoyed following your travels across The South, good luck on the rest of your journey around the USA.
This is all so insane. We found this when we got back to our room. And then someone even sent cupcakes to our room. I genuinely don’t understand how it got to this point. We’re just normal World Cup tourists.😭😭
@EverythinKnicks@AmericanAir Why would you not fly day before? I have a customer meeting and I’m flying early in morning the day before, just to make sure I’m there.
Seems like poor planning.
I lived as an Expat in the Middle East for 2 years. An Arab colleague made the distinction between America and Americans.
You may not like America or what its Gov’t does.
But Americans are fucking incredible. And you’ll never know it unless you get away from the cities.
Not gonna lie...seeing Euros say, "America isn't anything like we were told," has me gettin' a little misty.
To my fellow Americans, especially y'all down here in the South, thanks for proving that our greatest export has never been what's on TV.
It's always been our people.
Let me explain why I think Freddy resonates.
Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone.
So while they see our cultural and natural icons, they are mostly in blue cities and they therefore also see the decline, the homeless, the drugs, the dirt and the rude, rude Americans.
But Freddy is not doing that. Freddy is driving, and he’s doing it through the heartland, where people are kind and polite, the skies are wide open, and the bounty of Buc-ees and Bass Pro Shops are overwhelming.
Freddy is not seeing fentanyl and decline.
He is seeing the real, hopeful, patriotic, kind America that European tourists rarely traverse.
And he loves it.
That’s why Freddy is a phenomenon.
Two years and one day after suffering a broken ankle during a Super Regional game while playing with Texas A&M, Braden Montgomery hit a walk-off home run in his MLB debut 🔥
@KelRobin_5 How about this: I would be equally disgusted by any program that was willing to do what Tech has done. That he bet, I don’t even care. That he bet ON HIS OWN GAMES, where he had the ability to influence the outcome, I do care.
Houston's (lack of) World Cup preparation is so hilariously endearing. They like... painted the concrete dividers on Hardy Toll Road for a few miles and then gave up. Fuck it. You want art? Every other Union Pacific car is tagged "Kill Cops." There; art. Welcome to Houston. -OS
You just can’t understand the feral nature of growing up in late ‘70s and the ‘80s unless you lived it. I was 14, had a driver’s license, and crossing the Canadian border to go watch Regina Pats hockey.
No parents.
Just me and some friends.
And if we were lucky, some beers.
The NASCAR garage watches in silence, and drivers, crew members are overcome with tears as the No. 33 is unloaded…
No name is displayed on the car.
#NASCAR