Toronto Maple Leafs Use ‘The Simpsons’ Reference to Joke with New York TV Station

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As most people are aware, the 2014-2015 NHL season recently ended when the Chicago Blackhawks bested the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win the Stanley Cup.

Apparently nobody told WCBS-TV in New York, who reported that not only are the Toronto Maple Leafs still playing, but they defeated the New York Mets baseball team on Thursday by a score of 7-1.

Seeing this unfold, the Maple Leafs wasted no time jumping on Twitter and responding with a gem-of-a-line straight out of The Simpsons season 7 episode, “Much Apu About Nothing”: “The ‘Ny’ Mets are not our favourite squadron.”

Which proves two points: First, the Leafs have a fantastically geeky sense of humor that should be commended. And second, the Mets apparently can’t beat anyone – even a hockey team.

[via The Washington Post]

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@Gonzo_Green is a chronic sufferer of Pre-life Crisis Syndrome. He drinks frequently, and wears hats sometimes, with these events occasionally occurring concurrently. Gonzo also likes watching baseball, and putting ketchup on foods that ketchup has no business being on. He enjoys rock’n’roll from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, when rock was rock, and meaningless repetitive phrases were frowned upon. But it is what it is.