The problem is, now they have a Packers mailbox
Posted on January 9th, 2008 – 10:56 AMBy Michael Rand
This is why it’s always worthwhile to read the crime section of your local paper. From the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago, via Lion in Oil:
Thieves stole a Green Bay Packers mailbox between 10 p.m. Dec. 31 and 10 a.m. Jan. 1 at a home on the 25200 block of Highland Avenue, police said. According to reports, this is the second time the mailbox has been stolen: a Chicago Bears mailbox at the home has not been touched. Value was estimated at $200.
Police did not add that the sentimental value of getting your mail from a box decorated in the colors and logo of your favorite NFL team cannot be replaced. They also did not link this act to a game of mailbox baseball perpetrated in suburban Milwaukee in 2004. They have, however, listed Jama as a chief suspect.
But seriously: What is the best — and hopefully less destructive — form of rivalry shenanigans you have ever participated in?
22 Responses to "The problem is, now they have a Packers mailbox"
Im not sure where a Wisconsinite would get an extra 200$? I didnt think welfare paid that well.
Shenanigans- All I’ll say is that it involved urine, a super-soaker, toilet paper, spray paint, and fireworks. (I don’t want to incriminate myself)
Wisconsinite with $200 internal debate
Packers mailbox or leg lamp?
Packers MAILbox or leg lamp?
I mean, the Packers mailbox shows how insanely I love the Packers and I could even paint a #4 on it…
But the leg lamp is a leg lamp.
Man, I could use a glass of Thompson’s right now…
I forgot to mention, it also involved a Green Bay Packers mailbox. Rand you sly little devil, who told you?
What is the best…form of rivalry shenanigans you have ever participated in?
My record in the Big Ten Conference speaks for itself.
and fireworks.
Someone hasn’t seen “The Butterfly Effect”…
jpf, it’s not where they would get the $. What’s the bigger question is I’ve seen these around (but never Viking colors for some reason …maybe those colors are just too sexually suspect for the neighbors)..but where in the hell did this guy find a $200 !! mailbox ? Something’s not right there…get real
I wasn’t involved, but apparently after my high school’s football team beat a certain rival this year, someone arrived at the field the next morning to find a tree planted at the 50 yard line. Talk about sore losers.
I had a Wisconsin football once that we brought up when we beat up on the gophers (and why did they give the mascot the name of such a runty animal?) and I remember a near fight when a group of 5 bullies wouldn’t give the ball back. Cooler heads prevailed. We called the cops. I wasn’t proud…besides a gopher fighting a Badger would be nothing more than eating a doughnut hole. I wonder if that’s why Mn is so bad…it needs a new name like “The Terminators” ..something meaningful, tough
I once stole Don Majkowski’s car.
I once stole Vince Lombardi’s wife..
Hopefully this is the last time I say this on here, grave robbing is not an okay prank, P3…
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E1DC1139F93BA25757C0A964948260
SCENE: the Lambeau Field parking lot. Men and women are gathered around a BBQ grill, clad in green and gold, with a canister of their favorite beverage in hand.
VOICEOVER: We’ve secretly replaced these Packer fans’ Winsor Newton Turpentine with new Rustins Pure Triple Distilled Turpentine. Watch what happens next.
SCENE: The Lambeau faithful chug their tizzurp. As they lower their canisters, they exchange looks of surprise.
GUY IN MOSSY CADE JERSEY: Hey, this ain’t that (redacted) bad. You spike this with some (redacted) varnish or somethin’?
GAL IN FAVRE JERSEY: (redacted) no!
GUY IN CHESTOR MARCOL JERSEY: (redacted) (redacted), mother (redacted), that guy over there’s wearing street clothes to the game! Let’s get him!
SCENE: the fans rush over to pummel the miscreant.
VOICEOVER: Rustins Pure Triple Distilled Turpentine: the buzz you demand, the aggression you crave, the taste you deserve. May cause death.
She did look a little stiff. I just thought it was her age or what she was drinking. No one told me it was embalming fluid. But it had a real kicka.s punch to it. I’m sorry about all this. I am just loaded with shame…
I once stole Don Majkowski’s car.
And he was almost done paying off that Camry.
Speaking of cars, I froze my sister’s prom date’s keys (glass of water in the freezer) because I thought he was a [redacted].
You forgot the shot of the revelers in the hot tubs in the Mark Chmura jerseys.
And the shot of the fans wearing Najeh Davenport jerseys while squating in the closet.
You forgot the shot of the revelers in the hot tubs in the Mark Chmura jerseys.
Nice.
Mossy Cade !!! I am impressed, Stu. I am VERY impressed. You are truly a student of the arcane and weird of sport ….esp. since that makes up the very best of this blog….The sordid History !!! of the game …I gotta love it…no sarcasm indended
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