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Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 | 2 a.m.
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Sometimes, as Bruce Springsteen is fond of saying, you’ve just got to stand back and let it all be.
The Boss was talking about the poets in “Jungleland.”
I’m talking about the flame war I innocently started Monday by mentioning UNLV would not be playing Minnesota in football this week because of a conflict with the Minnesota State Fair.
That touched a nerve with a few Minnesota fans and a lot more Rebels ones who sort of came to my rescue (although, for once, it should be noted that I wasn’t making a wisecrack about the homeland of Bob Dylan and Prince, just stating a fact).
“Land of 10,000 Lakes?” More like “Message Board of 10,000 Putdowns.”
As the Human Torch used to say to the rest of the Fantastic Four, “Flame On!”
“Come on out when your manufactured lake dries up. We’ve got over 11,000 of them.”
— mnishiishi
“Talk to me in two months when it is 75 degrees and your highs are in the 30s. Then talk to me in five months when your highs are in the single digits and I can wear a light sweater. You only have two more pro team championships than we do ... and we don’t have a pro team.”
— Reagan 21
“At the end of the day a gopher, even a golden one, is still a rodent.”
— Reagan 21
“When was the last time Minnesota was relevant? Purple Rain? Or was it ‘Coach,’ maybe? Minnesota is a tick above Fargo for destination desirability.”
— Grayback4Life
“What relevance does Nevada have since Hoover Dam was built? ‘Reno 911’? You’re one notch above Winnemucca, so there.”
— mnishiishi
“Call me in January (when) you’ll be shoveling snow with Kirby Puckett. The Rebels will lace them up with any team in the great state of 10,000,000 mosquitoes — I mean lakes."
— unlrunrebs
“We don’t shovel snow, we use snowblowers. And Prince is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
— mnishiishi
“I think someone needs a hug.”
— Jeff
“It’s the tougher soul who sticks out the brutal cold out and a more poetic one that can appreciate all four seasons.”
— Green Dragon Regular
“About relevance ... how about Jakob Dylan (and his little-known dad) and a guy named Herb Brooks?”
— mnishiishi
“If you drive eight hours through a vast Nevada wasteland, you can see Pa, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.”
— Gmag39
“When you come down here to watch the game be sure to bring a lot of singles so the wife doesn’t see the ATM receipt from Spearmint Rhino.”
— sportsguy702
“I choose not to live in a place like Minnesota, where I would stab myself in the eye because of boredom.”
— Grayback4Life
“UNLV fans: I’m very sorry that one or two of the dozen or so hard-core ‘Goofer’ fans have decided to show up and take exception to this article. Please understand they haven’t won a Big Ten title since 1967. So they’re a little touchy to begin with, because they keep thinking they matter somehow. And they do in a sense, because teams like North Dakota State know they can beat them. And when this article mentions Floyd of Rosedale, they instantly have flashbacks to the 55-0 whipping Iowa laid on them last year to keep the pig where it belongs. It still pains them. Just say 55-0 and they glaze right over.”
— Iowahawk127
Uh-oh. Man the battle stations! Hide the women and children! The Hawkeye Nation has been alerted that Minnesota fans are talking smack in Las Vegas.
Somebody call Don Rickles before it’s too late.
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this is funny stuff.... now cook up an article about reno and provo. bring those fans to the firing squad. now we just need to back up our smack talk between the numbers. go rebels
Isn't MN the state that elected Jessie the Body AND Al Franken?
... 'Nuff said ...
Then again, NV is the state that elected Jim Gibbons, Harry Reid, Dario Herrera and Erin Kenny.
... never mind ...
@NYR-
And don't forget such luminaries as Chic Hecht, Judge Claiborne and Floyd Lamb.
I'll never forget during a visit to D.C. the Honorable Alan Simpson, upon hearing I'd moved to Las Vegas, remarked, "Oh, have you met the Nevada Congressional brain trust?" He then proceeded to introduce me to Richard Bryan, Harry Reid, and two really bad ties.
By the way, anyone who knows Senator Simpson knows the sarcasm was thick as Shelly Berkely's hairspray.
That's funny, first it was Rob who was set upon by the KY mob back in March, now Ron's pissed off the Minnesotans. Who cares, why are people taking sport so serious? Ah, who am I kidding. GO REBELS!!
Ron, thanks for the dash of online fame. Definitely got a kick out of that when I saw it. Does this put us in the same company as the great New York Rebel? Lol
Grayback: NYR is still the man but you are inching closer to being the second man.
Thanks for the posts one and all. Y'all come back now, ya' here?