With friends like these...

Packer fans are experiencing a nightmare season.  And if 3 and 11 wasn't bad enough, I have to live on the same block as garbage pickers and Bear fans!!!  This is my lot, but never fear Packer fans...  I've got skills!  Check out the e-mail that I received today and that was blasted to all of the other neighbors on the block.  With friends like these... :-)

<I was pulling out of our alley going north yesterday
when I discovered that one of the "faithful" has
discarded his cheesehead. Now I am not one who goes
through other peoples garbage regularly, only
occasionally. My dear friends, this is a serious
matter! It may require an intervention. Never have I
seen such blatant disregard for a team held so dearly!
I still remember the faint chants of "Brett Favre!
Brett Favre!" after a touchdown. But now, there is a
cheesehead in the alley.

We need to rally to this person's side and encourage
him! Please respond with a message of wit and
encouragement, especially after last night's game. I
fear that other items, perhaps autographed items may
appear in the alley, too!

Signed,
A concerned neighbor.>

<A cheesehead in the alley, Oh what a glorious day,
Now everyone knows, The Packers suck in a mighty way.
The Lambeau refrain has changed, The North belongs to my Bears,
The standings will be righted, For years and years and years.
Mike Sherman is a dud, Brett's career ends with a THUD (well actually an INT!)
Lovie's gonna win coach of the year, Don't worry, I'll make sure y'all hear.
Playoff parties at MY HOUSE, but James will be quiet as a mouse.

Smilin' big this morning!

Pete>

Dear Geoff, Peter etc. all

Thank you for your concern but no intervention is needed. All is well, here at Pack central.
Last nights loss was a stinging defeat and yes our season is one big stink.  But lost love for the Pack?  Never! Amen.
Interceptions and all, FARVE is the Man!

Peter, Peter, Peter MY FRIEND.  Thank you for reminding me of the wonderful years!  Fourteen seasons of the Pack kicking Bear Butt.  The glorious chant of "The Bears still suck!"
And they do Pete, please don't be fooled, with a coach named "Lovie" the Bears are doomed!
Skipping and prancing through the NFC, A Seahawk will gut you, just wait, you'll see.
And when they do I know how you'll look, like you always do when your mighty Bears choke!

(Peter at Lambeau Field, after the Monsters of the Midway blew a 14 point lead.)

As for the head, all is well... unlike Geoff, I rescued the cheese!  I didn't drive by with faux concern, I jumped into action and saved a friend.  How he got there, I don't know.  But loyalty to the Pack is in my bones.  So thank you my friends for reminding me again, when the mighty fall, the weaklings appear! 

James T., the Cheesehead and the Leader of the Pack.

Brett Farve Forever!!!

Comments

[e wenzler]

A cheese head in the alley sparked this? This is great; the reasons behind anyone’s decision to discard anything should be open to public discussion. I think we should start reviewing everyone's discards! Think about it, we could start an excel spreadsheet and publish it. We could start weekly talk back sessions. Sign me up! Oh maybe I’m already signed up, I printed a draft of this and….threw it away!

Keep smiling Pete, you might be next!

[Geoff Strehlow]

Ah, my friend, it is good to hear that you have come to your senses and “moved your cheese”. Perhaps, it is not you we need to worry about, but that other young Packer fan in the household who is quickly growing up. If it is true that adversity brings about maturity, then perhaps it is his time. For those of us who are old enough to know the darkness of the post Bart Starr era, there is a blessing in this.

[John Schuessler]

What's a Lovie, anyway? I've been searching, all I can find are baby blankies.

[Bill Tatum]

OK, I'm a couple weeks late on this post, but a Packer fan living in the great liberal wasteland known as "Minnesota" can only stay quiet for so long. Regarding the Bears....they don't suck as much as the Vikings, but they in fact do still suck. You can not put much stock in winning what may be the worst division top to bottom in the past 20 years of NFL football.
Playoff prediction..Carolina 20, Chicago 3
To whomever threw their cheesehead in the garbage can, I have 2 things to say.
First, you should have never bought it in the first place, but once you did make the purchase decision you must treat it with the respect due all Packer paraphernalia.
Second....if you have in fact turned on the beloved Pack, you should sell your house and move to Minneapolis, the holy land of all fairweather fans.

Zoom - #1 Packer Fan in the great northern waste land!