"Tebow time"

[Joel S. Berson]

One could play with "manning up" in "Manning time".

But you can all discern that I'm a Giants fan, not a Jets fan.

Joel

At 10/9/2012 01:19 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>Perhaps a kind of play on the phrase "tee time"?
>
>I remember when I first heard that  term:  My father-in-law, a
>skilled and avid golfer, was on the phone arranging a get-together
>with some of his buddies, and I overheard him discussing a "tee
>time."  I envisioned him gathering with his friends for a manly cup
>of tea . . . .
>
>--Charlie
>
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>On Oct 9, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > At 10/9/2012 11:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >> Maybe it *is* time for them to pray.
> >>
> >> JL
> >
> > I wondered also.  But the article quotes SNL's Seth Meyers as saying
> > "Is there anything more exciting than Joe Biden thinking it's up to
> > him to get the lead back? It's Tebow time!"  I don't get especially
> > excited by prayer.
> >
> > But why isn't it "(Eli) Manning time", considering his 4th-quarter
> > successes in 2011, and a better ultimate outcome?
>
>For one thing, no alliteration.
>
>LH
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Laurence Horn
> <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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> >> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > A headline on this morning's Yahoo News trumpets, "It's Tebow time for
> >> > Biden and Ryan: How the VP debate could change the end game."
> >> > >
> >> > > I wonder what percentage of viewers/readers of that headline are
> >> > expected to grasp the meaning of "Tebow time"?  (The article doesn't
> >> > explain it.)
> >> > >
> >> > Probably a lot of viewers/readers interpret it to mean "time to pray"
> >> > rather than "time to come up with the big play".
> >> >
> >> > LH
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