They walk among us......

If you are reading this, you have either received or figured out the correct link to Bob's Blog despite being sent the wrong link originally.   When I said I wasn't that technologically savvy, I meant it!!!   Anyway, on to today's observation:  dumb asses who live in the same world as us (I'm assuming if you are reading this blog you are one of the sharper peeps and therefore included in "us").

Christopher told me that he recently was in junior high choir class, and they were discussing which songs to sing at the spring concert.  One girl suggested a John Lennon song, and another boy asked "who is John Lennon?"  No big deal, except the boy was wearing a Beatles T-shirt!!  I'm wondering what kind of music he thought was worth learning about....scary!   I was in Walmart last week and saw a guy walking towards me wearing a Yankees baseball cap on the first night of the Yankees-Red Sox series, and asked him if he knew what the score was that night.  He looked at me blankly and said he just wore the hat, but didn't follow baseball.   I thought "what a maroon!!--the biggest rivalry in sports history and he's wearing the hat for decoration!"

The worst instance of irresponsible apparel wearing happened when we traveled to Reno last year to see the Boise State-Reno game for the conference title, and a chance for BSU to go to a BCS bowl.  As many of you know, Boise State lost in a very flukey manner (missed field goals, mystery official's calls, sucky weather, Sports Illustrated curse, etc.).  The next morning Debbie, Christopher, and I put on all our orange and blue and went to breakfast.   The hotel in Reno (and the entire town) had been filled with Bronco fans and colors the day before, but now we stood out like a spotlight.   The manager of the hotel told us that we were the only Bronco fans he had seen in colors all morning, and wanted to commend us (but still didn't buy us breakfast--cheap blanking Reno fans!!).  I can't stand the "bandwagoners" that cheer for a team as long as they win, and then disappear when they start losing.  Think of the Cub fans, Detroit Lions fans, and those poor losers (like me) that still cheer for the Phoenix Suns to win their first NBA title...they take their teams, their history, and their apparel seriously. 

The next time you witness some dope having no clue to what he is wearing, or what he is representing---BUST HIM!  Tell him to take the time to learn about the history, traditions, rivalries, and meaning before he joins the "latest, greatest thing", and to do the homework and pay the dues.   If you want see a good example of this, go rent or buy "Fever Pitch" and see how fans acted and cheered "old school", and were finally rewarded.   It doesn't get any better than that...til next time....Bob