When it comes to showing the world where your sports allegiances lie, how far is too far? The question is, of course, ridiculous. One can never go too far, unless it impairs the ability to procure the company of attractive sex partners.
I, personally, would probably be willing to get a Maryland tattoo. I'm averse to car flags, mostly because they look too soccer-mommy. I'm somewhat averse to writing things on the car for the same reason, though Jeremy will recall that I did paint "F--- Duke" on the hood of my stunningly craptacular (and depressingly blue) Oldsmobile Achieva back in 1999 or so.
The gentleman above, though, wins the award for best display of team spirit. He is Philip Labonte, and he lost his left eye in Iraq. As you can see above, he got a prosthetic glass eye. Why didn't he match the color of his functional eye? If you look closely, you'll see that Mr. Labonte has a Detroit Lions logo where his iris and pupil should be. That is a kickass American grade-A display of allegiance. It makes me (still) want to punch a pink hat Red Sox fan in the ovaries.
Plus, if the Lions season goes south he only has to close one eye, or cut one eye hole out of the paper bag.
Special thanks to Paul Lukas at UniWatch for bringing this to my attention.
October 31, 2007
Team Spirit
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J-Red, what's the over/under on how long before Mr. Anonymous leaves a comment?
Losing his eye in combat and putting in a glass eye with a Lions logo is nice. But if he had intentionally ripped out his eye so as to put in the glass eye with the logo, now that would be a fan.
I personally can see how rooting for the Lions over the past decade (actually since circa 1992) would cause a Lions fan to actually gouge out their own eyes.
And J-Red, what was funniest about painting your car with the Used Car Lot "removable" paint was not that we did it, but how fucking impossible it was to get that stuff off.
I think the ice storm locked it in.
And I am very sorry that I missed the obvious joke about the Lions fan. Good looking out Ben.
Very funny guys...yes I am back...what a proud moment this is. See, I knew it would take a while but I knew there was another die hard lions fan out there. and since I am already tooting our horn...another win to add to the books. GOOOO LIONS! so hit me with your best shot!
wait...and while i am at it..have a friend who is stationed in korea and he is a HUGE fan of the lions he pays hundreds of dollars a month a for special statelit hook-up just so he can watch each and every lions game...so, the next time your sitting in front of the set drooling over your ravens team somewhere in the back of your mind you know that a lions fan is watching and leering at you.
I've been leered at by Lions' fans before.
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