I’m a Duke basketball fan; there, I admitted it. I didn’t always like them, though. I have loved Kentucky since I was a little kid; in large part because of Rick Pitino and because they were just plain good and because I grew up in Ohio when there weren’t any good teams.
In that time, Duke beat Kentucky on many occasions causing me much angst. But as I got older I began to respect Duke if only for Coach K. He’s such a damn good coach. He can take any rag-tag team of somebody’s and turn them into an even better team.
My mistake was telling a few UNC fans (and I do mean Duke’s neighbor) at work that I was a Duke fan. All hell broke loose.
“Duke sucks” was the consistent mantra of the group. And lonely me; sitting there … having to take it … because I’m just oh so humble and non-confrontational.
They went so far as to tell me in code how they felt about it:
# This test is guaranteed to pass!
def test_justin_is_a_nancy
justin = HoopsFan.find(:nancy => true)
assert_equal “Fairweather Nancy”, justin.real_name
end
So, of course it is my Pride’s duty to respond. Here is the proof that all UNC fans are also losers:
def test_only_losers_are_unc_fans
losers = HoopNuts.find(:all, :conditions => ['kast = ?', 'loser'])
unc_fans = HoopNuts.find(:all, :conditions => ['team = ?', 'UNC'])
assert_same losers, unc_fans
assert losers.length > 0
end
If you don’t know already, it’s Ruby with ActiveRecord sprinklings.
