Golden State Worriers

Last night as I was putting my four year old to bed, she asked if I was going to watch television after she fell asleep. I told her I was planning on watching the Blue Jays play baseball against the Mariners. I then had to explain what a mariner is (easy enough) and why baseball players wanted to be called that (less easy.)

She then wanted to know what other teams were called. Lying on her floor in the dark, I rattled off all the professional sports franchises I could remember, while she passed judgment on whether or not their names were any good.

Some of it was interesting (she immediately noted the preponderance of bird and animal names), some of it was tricky (“Daddy, what’s a Redskin?”) and some of it was downright hilarious (she nearly wet the bed laughing at “Mighty Ducks”.)

Here, for your amusement, are a few of her actual observations:

Dad: Golden State Warriors.
Daughter: What’s a warrior?
Dad: Someone who is brave and fights a lot.
Daughter: Warriors aren’t brave. They worry all the time. Like Wemberly.
Dad: Warriors, not “worriers”.
Daughter: Oh.

Dad: Pittsburgh Steelers.
Daughter: Do they take stuff?
Dad: Huh?
Daughter: Like Swiper on Dora. Steal things.
Dad: Different kind of steel, with an “e”. It means someone who works with metal.
Daughter: Do they work with metal?
Dad: No.

Dad: Denver Nuggets.
Daughter: What’s a nugget?
Dad: A small bit of rock, or gold.
Daughter: Or chicken!
Dad: True! But I don’t think they’d want to be called the Denver McNuggets.
Daughter: Me neither.

Dad: New England Patriots.
Daughter: I’m not interested in that.

Dad: L.A. Clippers.
Daughter: That makes me think of hair clips.
Dad: A clipper is also a sailboat.
Daughter: Or toenail clippers.

Dad: Cleveland Browns.
Daughter: Brown isn’t pretty. Red is pretty.
Dad: Well, there are the Cincinnati Reds…
Daughter: Are they pretty?
Dad: Not really.

Dad: Chicago Bears.
Daughter: You already said Grizzlies and Cubs. There are Bears too?
Dad: Yep.
Daughter: They could be a family.
Dad: Yep.
Daughter: But they don’t really look like bears, just like grown-ups. Right?
Dad: Yep.

Dad: Buffalo Bills.
Daughter: Buffalo don’t have bills. Ducks have bills! That’s silly!

Dad: Atlanta Hawks.
Daughter: Zzzzzzzz.
Dad: I agree entirely.

Tags: sports, team names, kids, golden state warriors, denver nuggets, buffalo bills, clippers, gorbould

Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 09-13-2006 | 11:09 AM
Posted in: Kids | Sports