The other night I came out of my friend's house and found my motorcycle battery dead. Luckily my bike is carbeurated and I could bump start it (push forward, get rolling, pop the clutch). The ignition has 3 settings off, run and park. In the park setting the tail light stays on so that you can park in a parking spot and it's easier for people to see and not try and park on top of your bike. Supposedly one should be able to leave the bike like that for 24 hours max. Not so.
Then on the way home I ran into some thick fog on the highway. Thank God no one else was on the road. My glasses became fogged completely opaque before I could blink my eyes. I had to stop in the middle of the road and put the safety glasses in my pocket and pull my regular glasses down my nose a bit to see. A harrowing experience to say the least.
If you wonder what it was like; put a pair of glasses in the freezer for about 5 minutes and put them on. Works best on a humid summer day.
Those who read my blog (a small # but some none the less) might notice a section on my link list entitled Pure Entertainment. My first entry is a link to the Weekly World News... a fine publication (hee hee).
I mean, where else can you find such journalism as:
SADDAM, OSAMA AND KIM FORM KILLER BOY BAND...
OSAMA'S EMBARRASSING SECRET... BIN LADEN IS A BED WETTER!
PEEPING TOM SENTENCED TO STARE AT UGLY NAKED PEOPLE
And of course:
The whole Rush debacle got me thinking about the fact that the majority of Philly Phans really don't care what color their QB is. We only care that you go out and play a1 150% and win. If you don't do both of those things we'll boo you off the field and insult you yell at you and demean you to the utmost... and then be back the next week to cheer/(jeer?) our boys on.
I'm talking about the city that booed Santa Clause off the field back in the day:
For starters, yes, Eagle fans did boo Santa Clause and pelt him with snowballs. That it happened is an undeniable fact. But let me give you some insight to the circumstances that drove the situation to escalate to the point of bombardment by snowball. To begin, the Eagles fans had suffered through an incredibly painful 2-12 regular season. They were in the midst of yet another drubbing at half time, when a thin, wiry, un-bearded, very poorly costumed excuse for a Santa Clause came loafing out onto the field and started to hear boos from the crowd. Can't say that I would have done any different. The whole snowball thing, well that's kind of difficult to rationalize. Can't say I agree with that. Come on though, it was thirty five years ago....from
But let's not stop there... There's so much more...
Phllly Phans are loyal through years of hideous teams.
As far as we're concerned Kobe is a filthy traitor and should never set foot in Philly again especially wearing a Sixers Jersey. All-Star Game in Philly... we booed Kobe relentlessly. And rightly so... philthy trator!
We cheered when Michael Irvin was seriously hurt in a '99 game against Dallas. Having anything to do with Dallas is a Mortal Sin in Philly Football.
This Article contains a good list of Philly sports history highlights.
We have Phan sites like One Crazy Fan and Nest of Death That's right we have a phan site called the nest of death. The eagles nest would sound pretty weak comparatively. Also BroadSrreetBully.com, the Flyers have been known for years as the Broad Street Bullies.
We boo those who played for us but are now with other teams. Especially those who played poorly for us. Actually that's not true, just anyone who used to be in Philly. <- This article and the next also talk about fan tours who won't bring fans to Philly because it's too dangerous to be in our house with some other team's colors. These articles specifically deal with TB fan tours and I say good Stay out more seats for us.
Some reporters like to rant about this. Like this guy
This guy says he jsut doesn't get it. Of course you don't get it Dan, you're not a Philly Phan! To all these I say "If you don't like it then stay the @#&% out!" (Yeah I know... is ought fallacy, but just don't let my fallacy hit you in the ass on the way out!)
I'm pretty sure that we were the first city to have a judge on duty at games and a jail; both in the stadium. I couldn't find evidence for being the first but I did find these:
The rowdy fan behavior became so violent -- the 700 level of the Vet makes Raider Nation look like a tea party -- that the city was forced to permanently assign a Common Pleas Court judge to the Vet on game day. Judge Seamus McCaffery handed out fines and jail time -- while the game was going on! -- in a make-shift courtroom in the basement of the Vet, the only stadium in league history with a judge on the premises to process the criminal element in the stands.from
The place was considered so rough that the city opened up a jail — complete with a court and a judge — inside the stadium after a particularly nasty bout of drunkenness and fighting at a Monday night game between the Eagles and 49ers in 1997.from
In closing...
...frankly, I am hard-pressed to think of anything more perfectly Philadelphian than a long, sustained, and seriously venomous boo.
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Amen Brother
In my research I did find one evil incident that absolutely sickens me.
Phish just announced a few new shows for November (one of which is Philly!) and The New Years Run in Miami.
I've decided that I'm going to the Philly show even if it kills me. If I have to go alone, then so be it. If I have to sell all of my worldly goods, such is life. It's been about 2.5 years since I last saw them and it's high time.
If there's anyone out there that'll be in the Philly area on 11/29 and wants to see Phish let me know before Oct 18 (sale date) and we'll work something out.
I've been tooling around on a Honda Rebel 250 (this pic is a brand new one and the one I'm riding is an '87. Slightly different. Mine looks a bit more like a classic cruiser style.) Don't get me wrong, I'm having a ball but the bike is just way too small. I kind of look like a gorilla riding a bicycle on this thing. The other thing I really don't like is that the engine is so small. If you've never ridden a bike before it's kind of like driving in a tiny econo car. When you're a big guy you start to get muscle cramps because you're a little scrunched and when you're going about 60 and you need a bit more juice you can crank the throttle all you want but it just doesn't have anything more. It's actually kind of dangerous with all those asshole drivers out there. Sometimes you need a little more juice right now to get out of a tight situation but if you lay on it on my bike it slowly winds up to speed instead of jumping.
Oh well hopefully someday soon I'll be able ot afford a real bike (List is in ascending order from pretty damn cool to i would sell my right testicle for one of these (and lastly ok but much more affordable)):
Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
Indian Motorcycles
Vengeance Motorcycles
West Coast Choppers
Orange County Choppers
Money wise, though, my next purchase will hopefully be a Honda VTX 1800
