Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

In an effort to try to get myself back into writing I thought I would share a story about my lovely town. I was reminded of it while I was watching the sorry excuse for a football game that was the Rams victory over the Eagles last night. Actually, is it a victory if one of the teams doesn’t try to win?

Anyway, last New Years Eve or maybe the one before, I was at the annual Philadelphia/Camden New Years fireworks display on the Delaware River, which is something I’ve been doing for years (yes my New Years traditions are lame). When the fireworks display ended and the crowd began to walk away from the river a peculiar thing happened. It began quietly enough, with a few murmurs, but within a few minutes the entire mass of people was chanting “Fuck St. Louis!” in unison. It carried on for quite some twenty minutes or so and even the elderly and small children got involved.

Now do Philadelphians typically display this level of animosity towards St. Louis? Not usually. At the time, you see, everybody in Philadelphia was convinced that the Eagles would be playing the Rams in the NFC Championship game. The playoffs hadn’t even begun but Philadelphians, being Philadelphians, were thinking ahead. That particular game, sadly, didn’t happen, but it’s the thought that counts.

I wonder if the denizens of St. Louis had a similar chant for Philadelphia that New Years? And what about this year? My guess is that I’ll be hearing “Fuck Atlanta” on Friday night. A sentiment I wholeheartedly endorse.

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