IIRC there were vendors allowed right outside the arena that sold them.Where do they get them in the first place? I mean, it's not as if Detroit would have a beach littered with dead octopi? Does a fish market stock them specially on game day: "Get yer nice dead octopus here!"?
I'll watch the clips after lunch. Or maybe I won't until somewhat later.
Ooooh good idea. I only want to keep the semi important ones, like my first triathlon one.
I know they are different. But who wouldn't rather a nice clean stuffie than...well, you know what.I was just going to mention this even though figure skating and ice hockey are completely different cultures all together!The playoffs with the Detroit Red Wings have the octopus throw when they score during the playoffs and only during the playoffs. There was also a time when the Florida Panthers fans threw rats when they scored.
There was a time when FS fans threw flowers to the skaters but it got stopped after too many skaters were skating over the floral debris on the ice and it causing issues. They'll occasionally depending on the event, let some florals the arena sells that are sealed off (usually a single rose or whatnot) go but most of the time it's been banned. I used to love watching the flowers rain down but after having baby's breath(tiny flowers) that were in a bouquet get caught on my blade and mess it up and almost cause a re-injury to my ankle, I was over flowers and supported the later ban on them.
I guess Yuzuru Hanyu could open an ebay store to sell his extra pooh bears. Fans would be paying a lot of money for it
He definitely doesn't need the money
and he and his sponsors now sells his own merchandise, which no one is throwing anywhere (our preciousssesssssssss). As for the pooh bears of his competitive years, I think someone mentioned he always had them donated to the hospitals near to the different venues. God knows how many went to Korean kids after PC. Disney made a heap of money out of all that, they did.A Pooh bear once landed on a judge, I have it on video, I did wonder if they kept it?
Sorrreeeeeee.....^^ it was a joke
Didn't Chen once jokingly say that a minor benefit of skating after Yuzuru was that they knew they'd have extra time to mentally prepare?
Re the hard packages question, there was a woman once who accidentally threw her purse in the excitement... yeah, they need to be careful. But it still seems rather a pity to cut off what has been a good-natured tradition that also is a source of some good publicity.
I would like to learn to knit so I can knit mittens but I have no idea how to knit and I am also losing grip strength in my right (dominant) hand.
Who's going to do this?
Okay I'll tell it. I mean the funny part comes at the end. It was after the Stars on Ice show in Baltimore. I had a M&G for it. I had made a hat for Ilia that that had multiple shades of blue on it with stripes and the middle had his name knitted in English and Cyrillic (Plus two squares at the end cause I was lazy and didn't want to tack any floats). So once I came up to Ilia I told him that I made a hat for him that I knitted and had his name in English and Cyrillic. I'm pretty sure he liked it at least cause he was showing it to Isabeau (Who was next to him) and he was pointing at some parts of it. She was impressed too. So I came prepared for the next part. I told that whatever he does, to please NOT wash the hat in the washing machine or dryer because the yarn isn't machine washable (Non-superwash wool) and will shrink and never stretch out again. I had a hat with me of the same type of yarn that unfortunately got washed. So I brought it with me to hone in the point. And he laughed when I pulled it out and said "Or else it'll end up looking like this."
I would obviously have the skaters pick and keep what they want, next choice to sweepers, then give them away. Children's hospitals in the area could be contacted in advance to see if they want them. Petsmart sells stuffies every year with the option to buy and donate to the children's hospital (actually I think it's just the hospital, my town is not big enough to have a separate hospital for children). This is something a volunteer could do from far away, I would even do it, it's a few minutes on the phone.
Where do I sign up? I'm ready.
I'm with @moonvine, let the sweepers (and even invite any children in the audience who want to stay behind afterwards and grab a couple, as souvenirs) get their pick. There simply won't be the huge numbers to deal with, at least in the foreseeable future, though they were wonderful when they happened, and a way to get press attention and photos. Spread the simple joys, folks.
That's an amazing idea! Make young fans with stuffies!
