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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
Break it and burn it in a drunken rage!
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That reminds me of what I like to call "The Legend of my Grandfather vs. The TV."
There is a tale that my dad and his
12 siblings like to tell regarding my late grandfather and his passion for the Redskins. One Sunday he was watching his beloved team on the huge family's only TV while eating cheese and crackers. He was sitting in his armchair cutting slices of cheddar with a steak knife when the Skin's QB, probably Billy Kilmer or Sunny, threw an interception. Apparently my grandfather was so disgusted and consumed with a cheese-fueled rage that he hurled the cutlery at the television with such force that it stuck into the top corner of the screen like a dart.
Since the family was so huge and the TV still worked (albeit it a hole in corner surrounded by spider-web like cracks) they stuck with the set for a few more years.
Now, my family is of Irish decent (hence the 13 kids) and therefore there is usually a ton of embellishment whenever any of them tells a story, but they have been remarkably faithful when telling this particular tale. I guess I hope that it's true because it makes my mid-game outbursts seem like nothing.
Anyways, BSB, you and your friends should rent a TV for the year.