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Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170698] Sat, 03 January 2009 21:58 Go to next message
Doug Elrod is currently offline  Doug Elrod
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Not since the Statue of Liberty was translocated to Lake Mendota has
Wisconsin had such a geographical crisis! Who knew that the State
Capitol in Madison was actually located in MINNEAPOLIS? (see
< http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wrong_sk yline_1>,
aka <http://preview.tinyurl.com/9sxa9o>).

-Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) :-)
"Hopefully, we'll work up enough speed to launch us into Minnesota
and start a real life!" -Tom, "Giant Spider Invasion"
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170699 is a reply to message #170698] Sun, 04 January 2009 12:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Rick Thorne

On Jan 3, 6:58 pm, Doug Elrod <d...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Not since the Statue of Liberty was translocated to Lake Mendota has
> Wisconsin had such a geographical crisis!  

Hey - this is a state that voted Democrat in the last 5 Presidential
elections but simultaneously voted for Tommy Thompson for governor 4
consecutive terms. Does this schizophrenia really surprise you?

Rick
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170700 is a reply to message #170699] Sun, 04 January 2009 14:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Jan 4, 11:36 am, Rick Thorne <senselesspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 6:58 pm, Doug Elrod <d...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> Not since the Statue of Liberty was translocated to Lake Mendota has
>> Wisconsin had such a geographical crisis!
>
> Hey - this is a state that voted Democrat in the last 5 Presidential
> elections but simultaneously voted for Tommy Thompson for governor 4
> consecutive terms. Does this schizophrenia really surprise you?

Well, it's a juggling among several consituencies. The rabidly pro-
Packer fans vs. the merely SUPER-fans, the leering gemologists vs. the
philandering Calvin-Coolidge-quoters, etc.

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
A side of cheese curds, or a DOUBLE side of cheese curds, *that* is
the question!
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170701 is a reply to message #170699] Sun, 04 January 2009 14:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Jan 4, 11:36 am, Rick Thorne <senselesspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 6:58 pm, Doug Elrod <d...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>> Not since the Statue of Liberty was translocated to Lake Mendota has
>> Wisconsin had such a geographical crisis!

> Hey - this is a state that voted Democrat in the last 5 Presidential
> elections but simultaneously voted for Tommy Thompson for governor 4
> consecutive terms. Does this schizophrenia really surprise you?

Well, it's a juggling among several constituencies. The rabidly pro-
Packer fans vs. the merely SUPER-fans, the leering gemologists vs. the
philandering Calvin-Coolidge-quoters, etc.

-Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)
A side of cheese curds, or a DOUBLE side of cheese curds, *that* is
the question!
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170702 is a reply to message #170701] Sun, 04 January 2009 15:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Rick Thorne

On Jan 4, 11:49 am, Doug Elrod wrote:
> On Jan 4, 11:36 am, Rick Thorne wrote:
>
>> On Jan 3, 6:58 pm, Doug Elrod wrote:
>>> Not since the Statue of Liberty was translocated to Lake Mendota has
>>> Wisconsin had such a geographical crisis!
>> Hey - this is a state that voted Democrat in the last 5 Presidential
>> elections but simultaneously voted for Tommy Thompson for governor 4
>> consecutive terms.  Does this schizophrenia really surprise you?
>
> Well, it's a juggling among several constituencies.  The rabidly pro-
> Packer fans vs. the merely SUPER-fans,

*chuckle*

Yes, but dispite this vast diversity, there is a crucial commonality:
in both cases, they're willing to brave -30 degree weather in an open
arena to cheer for a 6-10 team (4-4 at home). I have a hard time
rooting for a .500 team from my living room. *This* is solidarity.

> the leering gemologists vs. the philandering Calvin-Coolidge-quoters, etc..

Are both of these extraordinary demographic groups well-represented in
the Packers fanhood? I haven't seen the data.

Rick
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170703 is a reply to message #170702] Mon, 05 January 2009 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Jan 4, 2:42 pm, Rick Thorne <senselesspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 4, 11:49 am, Doug Elrod wrote:
>> Well, it's a juggling among several constituencies. The rabidly pro-
>> Packer fans vs. the merely SUPER-fans,
>
> *chuckle*
>
> Yes, but dispite this vast diversity, there is a crucial commonality:
> in both cases, they're willing to brave -30 degree weather in an open
> arena to cheer for a 6-10 team (4-4 at home). I have a hard time
> rooting for a .500 team from my living room. *This* is solidarity.

Oh, those are just the LUCKY ones! The rest are left to mill around
movie theaters in the hope that an EXOTHERMIC BEASTIE will wander
by, ... but until that happens, GO PACKERS!

>> the leering gemologists vs. the philandering Calvin-Coolidge-quoters, etc.
>
> Are both of these extraordinary demographic groups well-represented in
> the Packers fanhood? I haven't seen the data.

They're *only* the PRIMARY ECONOMIC DRIVERS that will propel the Upper
Midwest out of the current downturn!

-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu) ;-)
(Support your local Buttonless Amish Sheriff!)
Re: Score one for MN in their eternal battle with WI? [message #170814 is a reply to message #170702] Wed, 07 January 2009 15:34 Go to previous message
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Rick Thorne <senselesspeace@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Jan 4, 11:49=A0am, Doug Elrod wrote:
>> Well, it's a juggling among several constituencies. =A0The rabidly pro-
>> Packer fans vs. the merely SUPER-fans,

> *chuckle*

> Yes, but dispite this vast diversity, there is a crucial commonality:
> in both cases, they're willing to brave -30 degree weather in an open
> arena to cheer for a 6-10 team (4-4 at home). I have a hard time
> rooting for a .500 team from my living room. *This* is solidarity.

Well, it's not like you could call on either of them to get
together and root for the Bears, much less the World War II-inspired
merger between the Pittsburgh and Chicago teams, the Stears. And it
would be absurd to root for the Rochester Royals since they haven't
existed since 1957.


>> the leering gemologists vs. the philandering Calvin-Coolidge-quoters, etc=
> .

> Are both of these extraordinary demographic groups well-represented in
> the Packers fanhood? I haven't seen the data.

I had been wondering how many lemming geologists there were,
anyway.

You know, after leaving office Calvin Coolidge was hired as a
newspaper columnist and paid a dollar a word for his writing.

--
Joseph Nebus
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