There was an old Saturday Night Live running gag where on Weekend Update they would tell a news story and then follow it up with, "prompting George Steinbrenner to Fire Billy Martin." You see, George fired Billy many times. Rehired him and then fired him again. It's like those people who you hear about who get a divorce and then re-marry the same person again.
It's hard to comprehend but then again easy to understand. We all change in life. We view things differently. We discover that the things that bugged us before don't really bug us anymore. We find out the hard way that the greener grass on the other side of the fence has rodents and spikes in it as well and that our green grass is just fine. So in that sense I accept the notion that the spouse or coach you pitched out in a rage can once again gain favor with you and you can ultimately see fit to re-enter that relationship.
My point is this: the following joke will be made by the end of today by someone else and so I will be the first to record it:
George Steinbrenner died today at the age of 80. His first order of business in heaven: Fire Billy Martin. I don't think that joke is necessarily funny but I wanted to be the first one on record to say it. There will be others but they are all comparative posers.
Oh, and I still dislike Derek Jeeter. And Kobe.
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