Monday, April 14, 2008

Stop the Madness!

In Matty's earlier post, he mentioned the "Red Out" in Washington, and every day in Dallas, we are reminded to wear our black jerseys for a "Black Out" for tomorrow's game 3. When I first told Billiemuthafuckinsmalls about the Stars' plans, he responded, "That'll be perfect for their funeral when they come back to Dallas down 0-2." He woulda been spot on, if not for a pair of who'd a thunk it road wins for the Stars.

And don't teams that tell their fans to all wear white to games know that white is the color of surrender?

This whole "___ Out" phenomenon has to stop! It's getting to be like today's version of The Wave. But since it is still going strong, it's time to give the fans who started it all a little love. My Bud-soaked brain cells remembered that it was the Winnipeg Jets fans who started it with their version of a White Out in the mid-80's, and the Calgary Flames fans who took it to a whole new level, and who have faithfully kept the "C of Red" alive for more than 20 years.


According to Wikipedia, I had it backwards. The Flames fans are the original, and still the best at mass conformity.

I think the Ducks should have a Brown Out to symbolize their shitty play.

1 comments:

mattymatty said...

I've seen white-outs before, but never red-outs, or really for that matter, any other color 'outs.'

In any case, its pretty cool to see the entire fan base dress in unison, if you are a part of that fan base.

Also, and from a potentially more sinister viewpoint, I suspect that red-outs don't hurt the bottom line either considering the amount of red merchandise that was on display at the Phone Booth on Saturday.