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A week ago I got to experience something I rarely have the opportunity to indulge in…. I watched MY favorite team win a championship. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the first-ever (non-BCS) College Championship, in the most unlikely of ways. They were a 4th seed. They lost their star starting quarterback before the season even started. THEN they lost their backup. The THIRD STRING quarterback, a sophomore, out of my hometown Cleveland, lead the team to victory against the heavily favored Oregon. It was amazing, beyond any words that I can muster.
Dozens of fires & tear gas filled streets followed, I knew I had to write a comic devoted to the asinine way sports fans react to winning. Me? I texted with my mom and gushed on social media and hugged my dog more than she wanted.
It always seems insane to me too. At least British soccer fans destroy the opposing team’s town, not their own!
I assume the “whom” was deliberate?
Hi Richard! See, that’s America for ya. Biting off other’s traditions but doing it wrong anyway! LOL
Yknow… I never really knew the rules on when to use “who” vs “whom”, I just went with what sounded right to my ear. I had to look it up. I think if referring to a plural group, “who” is in fact correct. At least going by this: http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp
So, I’ll have to amend this comic! Thanks!
It’s the difference between the subject (the doer) of a sentence, and the object (the victim, if you like). So “who hit you?” and “whom did you hit?” or “You gave the knife to whom?”
Anyway – “whom” is so nearly dead that it can be left as “who” except when trying to sound especially pedantic (which I would expect of Zorphie, just not in that sentence!) 🙂
Anyway, we always know what we mean.
To whom it may concern,
Those whippeh-snappeh kids with their flipped cars and tire fires in the road, all because their team won something, are the reason people shouldn’t be allowed to breed without a license to begin with! Yes parents, these are your kids! BRAVO! [smirk]
breathe, Jyknsie, breathe!