Forget Christmas : the start of the Packers season is the most grand prison term of the year . meat packer fans are a loyal and consecrate bunch , both to their team and to each other . While in Wisconsin , you may loosely adopt everyone else is a Packers rooter . But if there ’s any doubt , just see for these telltale sign …
Your church services never overlap with a game
A Reggie White jersey can be considered your Sunday estimable , thanks to your pastor , who makes sure service of process stop at 11:45am .
You jump at the chance to shovel snow
No one like shoveling out their drive , but shovel out Lambeau is another story . The Packers call on local buff to shovel the seats out when there ’s a clayey snowfall before a secret plan . Peopleline up earlyin the sunup just to get a chance , and the Packers even pay off them $ 10 / hour .
You put your newborn baby on the Packers season ticket list
There are over 81,000 citizenry on the waitlist , with an mediocre wait for time of year ticket of about 30 years . So you could look forrad to many , many yearly postcards detailing baby Jordan ’s spot on the list .
Any pregame party is a tailgate
You do n’t need a truck to tailgate . As long as you ’re drinking , feeding , and having a good time with multitude before a game , you ’re tailgating .
You’re getting married at Lambeau Field
Yep , you may do that . They even have aFacebook page .
Your grandma crocheted you a green & gold hat
It gets cold out there at Lambeau , and you need to brood your ears !
You’re not a big fan of bears, generally
Except that one named Cutler , because he sure cast some good pass to our defensive cat .
You’re a regular at the bar on Sunday afternoons
When you ’re not actually at Lambeau , chances are you ’re watching the secret plan with 30 of your closest friends , or the other habitue at your favored nook tavern . Youmayeven have a common tush .
You own the team
Who else can say they partially own their favorite team ? No one . That ’s why the Packers are so awful : they ’re truly a team for the citizenry .
Your junk drawer is filled with hand and foot warmers
Because you always leave to snap up them on your way of life to those 10 - stage games , and then you end up buy more . you may never have too many foot warmer when you ’re stand up on that cold concrete , though .
You dress as Packers for Halloween
It ’s kind of a cop - out , since most people wear Packers New Jersey class - round , but when else are you going to get a chance to sport that helmet without the great unwashed see at you funny ?
Your dog’s name is Curly
Or Lambeau , Fuzzy , Willie , or Reggie .
You know all the words to thePackerena
Brett and a Brooks and an Edgar and a Reggie , Jackson and Chmura and a Holmgren and a Jacke , Jones and a LeRoy and a Newsome and a Dorsey …
You own at least one foam cheese product
Cheeseheads are great and all , but there ’s a encompassing earthly concern of foam high mallow accessories just waiting to be corrupt : bra , top hats , bow association , can koozies …
You know who made the first Lambeau Leap
There ’s a lot of chronicle to the Packers , include LeRoy Butler ’s first Lambeau Leap in 1993 . Though it seems like that ’s a tradition that ’s been around forever …
“Fall colors” means green and gold
We dump our place and bodies in green and amber , the true colors of fall . None of this burnt orange clobber for us ( … unless it ’s in conjunction with green and gold ) .
You cried when Favre played that game after his dad died
Brett ’s father passed away the night before a game , and Favre went out there and passed for 399 chiliad , whole shredding the Raiders . It was a super - emotional metre for him , and every Packers fan feel for him . Even if you were a fry , prospect are , you remember that biz .
… then you hated him when he signed with the other guys
Deciding you in reality want to play again ? Fine . Playing for one of our acrid rivals ? Not coolheaded , gentleman .
… and now you love him again
The lesion are heal , and we have n’t worn our " Brent who ? " T - shirts in years . He merit that Hall of Fame spot .
You know people who talk about the Ice Bowl as if they were there
Whether they really were or not .
You actually do hate your in-laws for being Bears fans
You jest about them being FIBs and express mirth at them when they blab out about how the Bears are in reality a right team , but late down , you really , really , really disdain them when they wear Bears stuff to your Packers parties . Even if they produce up in Chicago settle down for the Bears .
You’ve gotten free hot chocolate at a game
It ’s not cry the Frozen Tundra for nothing . Yes , Wisconsinites are a full-blooded people , but we ’re also just patently gracious , so a lilliputian free hot umber during those sub - zero biz is greatly treasure for defrosting your lips .
Your den is decked out in gear
You do n’t necessitate autograph from Fuzzy Thurston and Paul Hornung , though everyone will admire them greatly if you do . Some wooden signs you bought at a craft funfair , a brilliant neon guanine logotype , and a duet 1996 Super Bowl star afghans will do just fine .
You remember exactly where you were for every Super Bowl the Packers have won
Fun fact : I was on a sail ship during the 2011 Super Bowl , and damn correct , I skipped hanging by the pool for football game .
You draft all Packers on your fantasy team
OK , we get it , you ’re a Packers fan and only in this league because we needed a replacement owner , so you only need to draft player you " know . " Thanks for your money , all-day sucker .
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