Daily Dose of Awesome: Bill Plaschke Admits to Flipping Off His Kids

I used to be a fan of ESPN's "Around the Horn", a show that features four sportswriters who debate issues and earn points to win a 30 second "face time" rant.  Odd as it may sound, I think that I took more of my journalistic cues (though I prefer to think of myself as a columnist, but whatever) more from host Tony Reali than someone like Wolf Blitzer.

Back in October of 2011, one of the "Showdown" segments featured sports writers Tim Cowlishaw and Bill Plaschke facing off after the other two writers were booted for not having enough points.  One of their topics of discussion was Jay Hawk flipping the bird during a then recent Packers game.  Plaschke came out in Hawk's defense saying that it was just a joke and not that big a deal.

The argument itself was fine, but he closed it by casually mentioning that, while he loves his kids, he occasionally gives them the finger.  Reali was stunned, flat out admitting that he had no idea how to follow up that statement.  Plaschke argued that all parents do it, but I have never seen or heard of an instance where this was the case.  In any...case, the moment was a crowning moment of funny for me.  Heck, just the image of the guy giving his kids the finger is worth a pretty good laugh in its own right.

Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the assertion that it's OK to flip off your kids, but the fact that he said it cracked me up and I thought it warranted mention here.