Temporary turn to the Dark Side
This weekend will be a terribly difficult one for this long-time Chicago Bears fan who still has a copy of the Super Bowl Shuffle video, personally signed by William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
The Bears will play the lowly San Francisco 49ers so they may pull out a W. And it's the ESPN Sunday night game so I can actually watch it. But my anguish won't stem from anything Da Bears do or don't do. It's because this weekend, I'll be rooting for the hated Green Bay Packers. (Just writing that made me feel dirty.)
The reason is simple: the Packers play the Washington Redskins in D.C. this Sunday. Ever since the Redskins have been in existence, their performance in their final home game before a presidential election has foretold who wins the election. When Washington has won that game, the party that held the presidency retained it in the election; if the Skins lost, the ruling party was dumped quicker than Washington's own Generals.
It's true... the Redskins' streak dates back to 1936 without fail.
Go Pack Go. Now excuse me, I have a sudden overpowering urge to take a long hot shower.
Posted by Brian at 7:43 PM
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Posted by: Vicki on October 28, 2004 10:25 PM
Maybe with the planets realigned after the Red Sox miraculous World Series win all bets are off ... the hated Packers will lose and Kerry will win and Brian will, for once, smell good.
Posted by: Morgan on October 29, 2004 11:13 AM
May the day never come that a Repubilcan is in the White House, and the Raiders play the Redskins that week. I'd sooner cut off my own ass than root for the Raiders - for ANY reason.
Posted by: SharonZ on October 29, 2004 11:20 AM
Perhaps with a Boston underdog win, a Bostonian "underdog" will also win.
But Vicki, I don't think that any amount of superstition, hope or planetary realignment will make Brain Dearth smell good. Not in my lifetime.
Posted by: Brian on October 29, 2004 11:27 PM
Seems like cutting off one's ass would be kind of tricky. Wouldn't it be easier just to cut off an appendage of some sort? Like maybe your nose, so you wouldn't have to smell my godawful stench every day.
Posted by: Vicki on October 30, 2004 01:14 PM
Your point is well-taken Simmermna ... Brian will never be clean or smell good. He's a dirty, dirty boy...