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I actually like New York Football Giants. It ties the teams heritage to a time when the sports landscape was much different.

I wonder why no one ever said "St. Louis Football Cardinals" though...

Well, sometimes Chris Berman even refers to the Jets as "the New York Football Jets", as if they were ever in any danger of being confused with the erstwhile WHA/NHL outfit in Winnipeg.

Yeah...and he calls the NFC North the NFC Norris-which also got old years ago.

... and was never accurate because, there was (and still) no NFL team based in Toronto ^_^

Well.. when Berman first started saying it, both the Packers and Leafs hadn't won a title since 1967...

Yea, it's a reach, but interesting nonetheless...

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THey are and always will be the Football Giants. While i understand your point, the tradition of the name and the fact that it just might still be the official name of the franchise allows the name to still be said as such and not sound foolish. Not telling you you MUST refer to them as the Football Giants, but don't tell others that they can't call them the New York Football Giants...

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Time and time and time again, I have heard "the New York FOOTBALL Giants". I understand that they had to be called that prior to 1958, before the New York BASEBALL Giants hightailed it to Frisco, but it's been FIFTY BLESSED YEARS!!!!!!!! There is ONLY a New York Giants FOOTBALL team now, and technically, they're not even from NEW YORK anymore! I wish they'd stop it. It's very old, it's over, just call them the Giants for corn sake!

(Rant mode off)...

So is saying "Frisco." Also, some of your commas are incorrectly placed.

Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

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Time and time and time again, I have heard "the New York FOOTBALL Giants". I understand that they had to be called that prior to 1958, before the New York BASEBALL Giants hightailed it to Frisco, but it's been FIFTY BLESSED YEARS!!!!!!!! There is ONLY a New York Giants FOOTBALL team now, and technically, they're not even from NEW YORK anymore! I wish they'd stop it. It's very old, it's over, just call them the Giants for corn sake!

(Rant mode off)...

So is saying "Frisco." Also, some of your commas are incorrectly placed.

Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

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Judging by the content of it, it may also be the last thing you ever eat.

Oh, and by the way...

FRISCO FRISCO FRISCO!

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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

fiscomeltdinner.jpg

Judging by the content of it, it may also be the last thing you ever eat.

Oh, and by the way...

FRISCO FRISCO FRISCO!

Nah...Steak N'Shake's usually pretty good and fairly healthy.

What's ICS' position on San Fran?

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

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That looks so good! Are there Steak N Shake's in Canada? I've never seen one here.

Nope...it's mainly a midwestern and southern chain.

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
Today, we are all otaku.

"The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert

POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010

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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

fiscomeltdinner.jpg

Judging by the content of it, it may also be the last thing you ever eat.

Oh, and by the way...

FRISCO FRISCO FRISCO!

Nah...Steak N'Shake's usually pretty good and fairly healthy.

What's ICS' position on San Fran?

San Fransisco should be referred to as SF, Fransisco, San Fran, or just San Fransisco. Not to be confused with Frisco, TX or the extremely tasty Frisco Burger.

 

 

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That looks so good! Are there Steak N Shake's in Canada? I've never seen one here.

To be honest, you aren't missing all that much - the burgers are about a half-step down from Wendy's, at about one and a half times the price. The salads are actually good though, and their 'specialty' sandwiches are a hit n' miss proposition - they're either really good, or downright ****.

Haven't tried their FRISCO stuff though.

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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

fiscomeltdinner.jpg

Judging by the content of it, it may also be the last thing you ever eat.

Oh, and by the way...

FRISCO FRISCO FRISCO!

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Wow, this thread got off topic really quick :P

As for the name of the Giants....calling them the football Giants makes about as much sense as saying the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals. The football Cardinals only left 20 years ago and we managed to drop the specific sport reference in the name.

However, tradition is tradition and I don't see it changing anytime soon.

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I actually like New York Football Giants. It ties the teams heritage to a time when the sports landscape was much different.

I wonder why no one ever said "St. Louis Football Cardinals" though...

Now, I wasn't around to here what they were referred to then, but I've heard them referred to that way quite a few times. Even now I hear "Football Cardinals" plenty.

Wouldn't be surprised if that's mostly from Berman though.

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Try the Frisco Melt at Steak N Shake. It's the best thing you'll ever eat.

fiscomeltdinner.jpg

Judging by the content of it, it may also be the last thing you ever eat.

Oh, and by the way...

FRISCO FRISCO FRISCO!

Nah...Steak N'Shake's usually pretty good and fairly healthy.

What's ICS' position on San Fran?

San Fransisco should be referred to as SF, Fransisco, San Fran, or just San Fransisco. Not to be confused with Frisco, TX or the extremely tasty Frisco Burger.

umm...its "Francisco.

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I actually like New York Football Giants. It ties the teams heritage to a time when the sports landscape was much different.

I wonder why no one ever said "St. Louis Football Cardinals" though...

Now, I wasn't around to here what they were referred to then, but I've heard them referred to that way quite a few times. Even now I hear "Football Cardinals" plenty.

Wouldn't be surprised if that's mostly from Berman though.

I suppose some people want to emphasize that there is a team called the Cardinals that is playing something that resembles football....

I saw, I came, I left.

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I actually like New York Football Giants. It ties the teams heritage to a time when the sports landscape was much different.

I wonder why no one ever said "St. Louis Football Cardinals" though...

Now, I wasn't around to here what they were referred to then, but I've heard them referred to that way quite a few times. Even now I hear "Football Cardinals" plenty.

Wouldn't be surprised if that's mostly from Berman though.

1) From what I've been led to understand, people forgot they existed half the time.

2) They were referred to as either the "Big Red" or the "Big Dead" (depending on how well they were doing.)

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
Today, we are all otaku.

"The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert

POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010

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Do they use Crisco in FRISCO?

From my understanding, in certain communities, it is slathered liberally.

Now, let's all go to Hardee's, and settle our differences over a nice Frisco Breakfast Sandwich. It's served on sourdough, which as we all know, is the bread universally associated with the Frisco area. Sounds Frisco-licious.

On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said:

For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA.

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