mhensley said:
Whaaa?? You're not a Packers fan?!?
I was born in Chicago, a FIB, and grew up about four blocks from Wrigley Field where the Bears played in the 1940s. Thus, even though my maternal family has lived in Wisconsin since c. 1836, and I summered here from the time I was an infant ot a month old, until we removed to Lake Geneva just before my eighth burthy, I have remained loyal to Da Bears.
Over the years I have sofened my anti-Packer feelings, however. I no longer regard them as hated rivals of the Bears but rather as the team I root for if the Bears are not playing them.
Here is a good story about the subject of fandom:
Two young lads were playing catch with a football in Lincoln Park when a pit bull came running up and attacked one of the boys. Thinking quickly, the other one grabed a fallen tree limb and struck the dog so hard as to kill it.
A passing man hurried over, introduced himself to the two lads as a sports writer for the Chicago
Tribune. To the boy that had clobber the pit bull he said: "What a brave deed! I'll write this up in the paper. How does this sound? 'Brave Bears fan rescues friend from deadly pit bull attack'"
"I am not a Bears fan," the kid said in response.
"Oh, sure. then how about this headline? 'Proud Packer fan pummels attack dog to save his pal's life."
"No, I am not a Packer fan either."
"What team do you like?
"The Vikings."
"Okay, then here's the header for the column: 'Vicious little Vikings fan kills family pet in Lincoln Park."
Gary