baarmstrong (11/24/82)
Finally the Toronto Argonauts have made the Grey Cup (Canadian Equivalent
of the Super Bowl). Since they no longer are the perenial cellar dwellars
they have been, The Toronto Star today printed a list of several old jokes
based on the Argos. Some of them are reprinted below:
Q: What has 68 legs and lives in the cellar?
A: The Toronto Argonauts.
Q: What's a big offensive drive for the Argos?
A: Recovering a fumble on the opponent's one-yard line then, two plays later,
kicking a 50 yard single (Note: A single point is awarded when a missed
field goal is not run back).
Q: Why did the Argo Quarterback never bother to have a phone installed in his
home?
A: Because he'd never be able to find the receiver.
Q: How does an opposing coach get his players to behave?
A: If they don't, he won't let them play against the Argos.
A couple of years back, they were thinking of sending the Argo quarterback
to Iran because he was the only one who'd be able to overthrow the Ayatollah.
Q: Did you know there are really three Argo teams?
A: One on the field, one at the arrival level and one at the departure gate.
Q: What do opposing teams use to prepare to play the Argos?
A: Laughing gas.
Last year when the Argos were 2 and 14, it was sugested that the team should
be renamed to avoid the negative thinking of ArgoNOTs. The team couldn't
find anything more appropriate that the Argomaybes.