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(Insider)   Meet the 94-year-old "Sod God" whose job it is to make sure the on-field grass at the Super Bowl is perfect. PERFECT like real grass should be for the BIG game you astro turf idiots   (insider.com) divider line
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471 clicks; posted to Sports » on 09 Feb 2023 at 4:36 AM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 2:06:36 AM  
Green side up, fellas! Green side up!
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-09 2:11:17 AM  
Feeling alone
The army's up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung, my friend
Don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod
You see, it's only FOOBAW!
 
DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 3:22:38 AM  

yahyahyah: Green side up, fellas! Green side up!


Look, sir. I got the work order right here. You wants we should go back and redo all of that? Naw. We ain't doin' that.
 
Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-09 4:48:38 AM  
Him's can't be Sod God -- Sod God's 50 feet toll

/áccent gráve
 
knbwhite
2023-02-09 4:49:08 AM  
Now Fark is interested in sod. I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened. I guess it was the anti Qatar sentiment.
 
RaceDTruck [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-09 6:07:22 AM  
1997 - Commercial - Snickers (Who are the Chefs)
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Neondistraction
2023-02-09 6:07:55 AM  

knbwhite: Now Fark is interested in sod. I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened. I guess it was the anti Qatar sentiment.


Could also be that soccer just doesn't have a big following on fark.  The premiere league thread further down the page has like 1/3rd of the comments as the wrestling thread, and that's not even a real sport.
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 6:16:42 AM  

knbwhite: Now Fark is interested in sod. I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened. I guess it was the anti Qatar sentiment.


Dude, I eat dirt fifty times a day. Man up and quit whining. One has to dig for the interesting.
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-02-09 6:37:52 AM  
Honestly had no idea he was still around.   I lived in the KCMO area in the '80s and he was a legend even then.   The Royals and Chiefs never took him for granted, and the game announcers interviewed him in the pregames a few times every season.
 
lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-09 7:02:09 AM  

knbwhite: Now Fark is interested in sod. I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened. I guess it was the anti Qatar sentiment.


Aw, do you need a cookie?
Here, have a cookie.  🍪
 
Groupon boob job
2023-02-09 7:31:02 AM  

knbwhite: I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened.


Well, I can imagine. Spending all that time in the cold cargo hold of a plane it probably turned brown pretty quickly.
 
Groupon boob job
2023-02-09 7:32:29 AM  
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knbwhite
2023-02-09 7:55:38 AM  

lindalouwho: knbwhite: Now Fark is interested in sod. I submitted articles about the grass for the world cup being flown in from the US, and they didn't get greened. I guess it was the anti Qatar sentiment.

Aw, do you need a cookie?
Here, have a cookie.  🍪


Nah, but I truly thought people would be a bit interested in all the stadiums in Qatar getting sod from Georgia. I think practice fields too.
 
ReverendLoki
2023-02-09 10:42:37 AM  

Stud Gerbil: Honestly had no idea he was still around.   I lived in the KCMO area in the '80s and he was a legend even then.   The Royals and Chiefs never took him for granted, and the game announcers interviewed him in the pregames a few times every season.


Royals even inducted him into their HoF.

Still, I'm sure someone will find a way to use this to complain that this gives the Chiefs an unfair "Home Field" advantage...  *badum-tss*

/And he retired from full time in 1999, so....
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-02-09 12:35:28 PM  
anal, nyuk nyuk!
 
MizzouGuy
2023-02-09 1:40:07 PM  

ReverendLoki: Stud Gerbil: Honestly had no idea he was still around.   I lived in the KCMO area in the '80s and he was a legend even then.   The Royals and Chiefs never took him for granted, and the game announcers interviewed him in the pregames a few times every season.

Royals even inducted him into their HoF.

Still, I'm sure someone will find a way to use this to complain that this gives the Chiefs an unfair "Home Field" advantage...  *badum-tss*

/And he retired from full time in 1999, so....


George Toma is a legend in Kansas City but it is funny that for years the Royals and Chiefs had artificial surfaces while he worked there. The Super Bowl was his showcase.
 
Richelieu
2023-02-09 3:22:20 PM  
If they send him to prepare a field in London, he'll probably need a different nickname.
 
ReverendLoki
2023-02-09 4:01:49 PM  

Richelieu: If they send him to prepare a field in London, he'll probably need a different nickname.


Or just lean into it.  Get him a wallet that has "BAMS" punched into it - "Bad Ass Mother Sodder".
 
madgonad [OhFark]
2023-02-09 4:50:32 PM  

MizzouGuy: George Toma is a legend in Kansas City but it is funny that for years the Royals and Chiefs had artificial surfaces while he worked there. The Super Bowl was his showcase.


Arrowhead got grass in 1994 and Kauffman followed the next year.
 
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