Sweet Tea, Barbecue, and Bodychecks
The Chief, as those who read his blog well know, rarely spares his snarktasticity (and unlike some of his regular Wings-fan commenters (like the borderline-racist fuckhead “dougie”), he actually does a good job of bringing the funny)–and this post (wherein he skewers my fellow Caniac WufPirate) is no exception.
And really, I kinda gotta agree with him. Hey, I got the message–declaring that one is a True Anything because of a hatred of one particular team is kinda foolish. I’ve hated the Red Wings since I was 10, does that mean I was a True Whalerfan<tm> before I was a True Caniac<tm>?
Of course not.
It takes neither courage nor intelligence to cheer for a team only when that team wins. The true test of a fan’s mettle is the same as it is for a player: Were you there when you were needed?
–Ian Wilson (proprietor of Boston Bruins Legends, a great site that sadly is no longer extant)
For the pithy-quote-impaired, let me translate: Are you a fan of your team? Did you stick with your team when they blew more chunks than a drunken fratboy after eating a Huge Cheddar-Style (with double extra onion) from Cook-Out and drew low quadruple digits on a Tuesday night against Calgary? Yes? Then you’re a true fan. Get your ass on the bus.
Unless you’re a sports bigamist. Then you need to damn pick a lane and drive in it. Or you need to die in a fire. One of the two.
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I”ll take the skewering. Even if the “True Caniac” wasn’t to defend my preferences.
Cookout is in their prime at 3:00 AM. Any other establishment where you can get a Big Double Burger with fries AND a corn dog w/ a huge tea for 4 smackers out there?
True fans maintain their loyalty when they have every reason to move on. As in when they physically move on…like to the desert. I’ve tried to embrace the Coyotes, but just can’t get jazzed at all.
When I think of 3 am munchies, I think
Skyline Chili. It’s a Cincinnati thing.
Scott, you’ve really got to make a visit out here just to eat at a CookOut.
Is that the place on hillsborough st. right before glenwood?
Nah, that’s Char-Grill (which is also damn fine eats). CookOut has three locations in Raleigh (so far)–Capital Boulevard, Falls of Neuse Road, and Western Boulevard (right across from the crown station, before you get to the Beltline when coming from the direction of NCSU).
I started blogging last July with a friend. He is a Canuck Head and I was a Leafs junky. But after watching every Canucks game this season I’d have to say that I am falling off the Leafs Boat. I can’t help it. It is a tough thing because I have been a Leafs fan since ’76.
At least, for now, anyway.
So I am not a true Leafs fan anymore. In fact, I am glad to be getting my head out of my ass and exploring new turf. I think I should be able to do that without potentially getting smeared.
I guess that makes me more of a ‘sports bigamist’ then.