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NativeofWisconsin

Gopher Meltdown over Wisconsin's Success

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February 7, 2011 11:03 PM

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For those of us who thoroughly enjoy public displays of envy from our friends in East Dakota

http://boards.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?t=27144

Damn it just feels great to be a football fan from the State of Wisconsin!

And to all the out-of-staters who tiredly try to push the issue that the Green Bay Packers don't have any place alongside the University of Wisconsin: Eat your damn heart out. You made the choice to come into OUR proud state and you've got to respect that both are completely and synonymously important to the fantastic Wisconsinites whose university you get/got to attend. There is no separation like that in this state and there never will be.

Born and bred,

NativeofWisconsin

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LumpyWideAss

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February 7, 2011 11:16 PM

The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.

NativeofWisconsin wrote:
both are completely and synonymously important to the fantastic Wisconsinites whose university you get/got to attend. There is no separation like that in this state and there never will be.

bullshit. I AM a Badger. The Packers employ some guys to play their home games in Green Bay. I have no more relationship with Packers, Inc than I do with Kohler, Harley Davidson, or Lienenkugels. Hell and gone difference.

As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.

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blockski

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February 7, 2011 11:17 PM

LumpyWideAss wrote:
NativeofWisconsin wrote:
both are completely and synonymously important to the fantastic Wisconsinites whose university you get/got to attend. There is no separation like that in this state and there never will be.

bullshit. I AM a Badger. The Packers employ some guys to play their home games in Green Bay. I have no more relationship with Packers, Inc than I do with Kohler, Harley Davidson, or Lienenkugels. Hell and gone difference.

Amen.

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Danofiveo

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February 7, 2011 11:49 PM

Gobbz's biggest fan

The are many, MANY Hard-core Badger alumni who bleed Cardinal and White who don't root for the professional team in the state of Wisconsin.

UW needs only 1 WATT to light up Terrell Pryor!

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DeMayonnaise

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February 8, 2011 12:03 AM

FEAR THE VISOR!

I'm with you native.

I AM a Badger, meaning I am a true native of the state of Wisconsin. I still feel pride when I see a Harley store at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, I wipe my ass in Manila from a Kimberly-Clark toilet roll dispenser, or I see Lienies at my hockey rink in Seoul. Sorry if there are some foreigners (FIBS, mud ducks, etc) who are transplants to Wisconsin and don't fit completely into the culture...

I honestly don't care about this. Just bored at work and have a lot of desk warming time....

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UncleEd2007

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February 8, 2011 12:16 AM

From Holy Cross Badger at the Hole:

And what's Minnesota?

A bunch of sober, miserable, passive aggresive, overly nerdly church going pussies who have no (decent) sports team to cheer for* and the worst weather of any US state. Your claim to fame is being the most Canadian of all states and having a bunch of guys like the main character from Fargo in your state. Let's face it, most of your top students would LOVE to go to Madison over Minneapolis, and most do. Your school will never be more than a huge commuter school with no pride from the students or alumni. Congrats.

* your best team is the Twins, and you're giddy with excitement when they get to the playoffs only to lose to the Yankees every year.

Ben Brust - Refuse to lose!!

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NativeofWisconsin

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February 8, 2011 12:46 AM

Ugh...rant... in 3...2...

I mean, OK, if you are serious about spinning it off that way, then how would that be different than blurting out that UofW Inc. also 'employs' coaches to get players to play home games in Madison? Just because you were also 'hired' to attend it as an 'employee'? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?

Look, I commend you on your decision to leave your motherland to partake in the fantastic Wisconsin experience- I wish everyone could do the same. But for crying out loud, don't come here with such a dumb, ignorant attitude. That goes for anything you do in life. Be respectful of the place you are visiting. If you're living or working in another country, learn the language, eat the food, meet the people. If you're invited to a friend's home, take your shoes off, drink the beer they've boughten for you, be polite and thank them when you leave. If you're attending another state's university, take the time to understand and show respect for it's people- many of whom you will attend with. When you do these things, you not only do something respectful for the place you're visiting, but you're also doing a service for yourself. It's ridiculous that these motherly lessons need to be explained to some of you, but I'll try and do what your mommy couldn't.

Yes, of course, by paying tuition you are a Badger, but for humanity's sake, do yourself a favor and figure out that in this State things are different than where you came from. You're traveling. You're in a new place. Wisconsinites are extremely connected to it's unique, singular brands. Most, if not all of them have no other competition or distraction from other brands in the state. Including the Packers. Including the Brewers. Including Leinenkugels. Including Harley Davidson. Including anything that the taxpayers of Wisconsin happen to value. Maybe it's because we're a simple people and we don't have a whole lot else to pour our interests into, but what is for sure is that it's something that the vast majority of the population feels an intense sense of pride about. It's a crazy, vast case of extreme homogeneity and unity that you don't really find in many other places and and a lot of us are very, very proud of it. If you're choosing to be that guy who is going around trying to publicly and pointlessly slam any of these things then at least try not to act surprised when you immediately get a shove back, because there are a whole lot more of us than there are of you and rightfully so because these things are ours and they all BELONG to us. It's OUR home... one giant house...all of it. Take off your shoes before you enter it. Drink our beer that we supply for you. Learn our language. Eat our food. Respect the teams that we like to watch. Lose the "I just don't understand why all these Badgers care about _______" antics and figure it out. It's not going to change and it certainly doesn't have to just to accommodate you, a visitor.

I am obviously very proud of my own causes and familiarities, but I can respectfully set those aside in the name of respect and would never act the way some of you do here. Bottom line if you ARE so direly attached to the life support of your own causes and familiarities that you can't handle the etiquette that comes with being a visitor, why the fuck did you choose to be one? No one is forcing you to. Do EVERYONE a favor and stay put. The world will be a brighter place.

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AKA TAW

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February 8, 2011 6:56 AM

Den Mother

Let's let this argument die. We have been blessed with two wonderful football runs in Wisconsin this year. Be happy over one or both, but don't put down those whose opinion differs. Football success is to be treasured, wherever you find it.

There's only two things in life, but I forget what they are.
- John Hiatt, Buffalo River Home

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badfishgolf

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February 8, 2011 8:22 AM

I was just disappointed to read the "Boarders are now closed" with Kill as coach!

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LumpyWideAss

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February 8, 2011 8:39 AM

The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.

NativeofWisconsin wrote:

I am obviously very proud of my own causes and familiarities, but I can respectfully set those aside in the name of respect and would never act the way some of you do here. Bottom line if you ARE so direly attached to the life support of your own causes and familiarities that you can't handle the etiquette that comes with being a visitor, why the fuck did you choose to be one? No one is forcing you to. Do EVERYONE a favor and stay put. The world will be a brighter place.

I've never read such a moronic rant outside the politics board. Vistor? You talkin' to me? Apparently you're incapable on comprehending that a native doesn't give a shit about professional sports. When I was born at Deaconess hospital on Wisconsin Ave., in Milwaukee in 1962 I became a 5th generation Wisconsinite on Dad's side and 3rd on Mom's.

After strikes, free agency, teams moving, stadium controversies, inflated egos, millionaires vs. billionaires, posses, end-zone dances, Selig ignoring steroids, and players with an illegitimate child in every city, I just don't care. It's fun for everybody around here when the Packers win, but it doesn't effect me at all. I'd rather cheer for the Dow-Jones average. You want to have a love affair with a Wisconsin based business, go ahead. Just don't insist that I MUST have the same attitude to be a legitimate native/resident.

Contrast that with the Wikipedia entry: Alma mater (Latin "nourishing mother")

As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.

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SectionQrow44

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February 8, 2011 9:53 AM

"I am not missing this game for anything because it may be another 9 months before I can do a beer bong, eat food from a wagon and see college girls dressed like HOs."

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Danofiveo wrote:
The are many, MANY Hard-core Badger alumni who bleed Cardinal and White who don't root for the professional team in the state of Wisconsin.

If I lived on Monroe Street or in one of those shit holes above the Pub, and didn't know there was life outside of the 2 miles radius, I would be with you. But since I live in a small town, only a handful of us get up at the crack of dawn on a football saturday and get the convoy to Madison. While on Sunday's the locals gather for a pre game, halftime, post game beer in a location and bitch that there pee wee kids looked like shit on Saturday morning playing Deforest and some of these guys don't have kids. After the Super Bowl I joined the Bondfire at one of the neighbors while admiring the fireworks shot off just north of town , only to leave after 20 min and told them I was still pissed about the Rose Bowl. It's Tough being that guy you mentioned but if you didn't absorb what is around you, you might just miss out on some great things that have happen this year. UWW Football Title, Hoffman's 600 save, etc...

... ...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?...

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Piper

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February 8, 2011 11:00 AM

I love the Minnesota Gophers.

UncleEd2007 wrote:
From Holy Cross Badger at the Hole:

And what's Minnesota?

A bunch of sober, miserable, passive aggresive, overly nerdly church going pussies who have no (decent) sports team to cheer for* and the worst weather of any US state. Your claim to fame is being the most Canadian of all states and having a bunch of guys like the main character from Fargo in your state. Let's face it, most of your top students would LOVE to go to Madison over Minneapolis, and most do. Your school will never be more than a huge commuter school with no pride from the students or alumni. Congrats.

* your best team is the Twins, and you're giddy with excitement when they get to the playoffs only to lose to the Yankees every year.

What a load of crap. Worst weather of any US state? Not even close, the weather in Minneapolis is hardly different than any other Big Ten city. And someone who lives in Wisconsin making fun of Minnesota's weather? What a moron. Some could argue that Chicago and Boston have more brutal winters than Minneapolis, heck, we weren't even touched by that huge storm last week that affected almost the entire country.

Commuter school? Minnesota hasn't been a commuter school for a VERY long time, roughly since the 70's. 80% of Minnesota's students live on/near campus which is no different than any other Big Ten school. Once you get on campus, which is easily one of the best campuses in the Big Ten, you don't even feel like you're in a big city. Dinkytown and Stadium Village have a small town college feel to them. And I'm sorry, but Madison simply doesn't even compare to Minneapolis. Not to mention the sports facilities... I'll put TCF Bank Stadium, The Barn, and Mariucci Arena up against any facilities in the conference, and our hockey team doesn't play in a basketball arena. I'd be embarrassed to be a Badger hockey fan and play our home games in the Kohl Center. It's even a stale environment for basketball games.

Wisconsin fans should be very proud about the football seasons they just had, Rose Bowl and Super Bowl in the same season probably will never happen again. But spare me the typical and very uneducated statements regarding the weather, U of M, etc., because you're simply wrong.

Football National Titles...

Minnesota 7 (1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960)
Wisconsin 0 (not applicable)

"Badger Bob" was a GOPHER!

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Timster96

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February 8, 2011 11:08 AM

Loudmouth Bastard

"Cold pizza is for assholes. If the delivery guy brought it cold, you'd kick him in the fucking nuts."

Hey look! A thread even dumber than the thread this thread is mocking. Well done!

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Badger inohiovalley

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February 8, 2011 11:19 AM

Piper wrote:

Not even close, the weather in Minneapolis is hardly different than any other Big Ten city.

Columbus, Ohio, says that the weather isn't.....even......close.

[hide]Climate data for Columbus, Ohio (KCMH)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	74 (23.3)	75 (23.9)	84 (28.9)	90 (32.2)	96 (35.6)	102 (38.9)	106 (41.1)	103 (39.4)	100 (37.8)	91 (32.8)	80 (26.7)	76 (24.4)	106 (41.1)
Average high °F (°C)	36.2 (2.33)	40.5 (4.72)	51.7 (10.94)	62.9 (17.17)	73.3 (22.94)	81.6 (27.56)	85.3 (29.61)	83.8 (28.78)	77.1 (25.06)	65.4 (18.56)	52.4 (11.33)	41.0 (5)	62.6 (17)
Average low °F (°C)	20.3 (-6.5)	23.5 (-4.72)	32.2 (0.11)	41.2 (5.11)	51.8 (11)	60.7 (15.94)	64.9 (18.28)	63.2 (17.33)	55.9 (13.28)	44.0 (6.67)	34.9 (1.61)	25.9 (-3.39)	43.2 (6.22)
Record low °F (°C)	−22 (-30)	−17 (-27.2)	−6 (-21.1)	14 (-10)	25 (-3.9)	35 (1.7)	43 (6.1)	39 (3.9)	31 (-0.6)	17 (-8.3)	−5 (-20.6)	−17 (-27.2)	−22 (-30)
Precipitation inches (mm)	2.53 (64.3)	2.20 (55.9)	2.89 (73.4)	3.25 (82.6)	3.88 (98.6)	4.08 (103.6)	4.62 (117.3)	3.72 (94.5)	2.92 (74.2)	2.31 (58.7)	3.19 (81)	2.93 (74.4)	38.52 (978.4)
Snowfall inches (cm)	10.1 (25.7)	6.2 (15.7)	4.1 (10.4)	1.2 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	.2 (0.5)	1.6 (4.1)	5.0 (12.7)	28.4 (72.1)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	13.8	11.4	13.1	13.2	12.6	10.9	10.7	10.5	8.5	9.4	11.6	13.2	138.9
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	8.9	6.1	4.8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	.1	2.3	6.2	29.5
Sunshine hours	111.6	127.1	161.2	201.0	244.9	258.0	260.4	235.6	213.0	182.9	105.0	83.7	2,184.4
Source #1: NOAA ^[60], NWS (records) ^[61]
Source #2: HKO ^[62]

[hide]Climate data for Minneapolis (Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	59 (15)	64 (17.8)	83 (28.3)	95 (35)	106 (41.1)	104 (40)	108 (42.2)	103 (39.4)	104 (40)	90 (32.2)	77 (25)	68 (20)	108 (42.2)
Average high °F (°C)	21.9 (-5.61)	28.4 (-2)	40.6 (4.78)	57.0 (13.89)	70.1 (21.17)	79.0 (26.11)	83.3 (28.5)	80.4 (26.89)	71.1 (21.72)	58.4 (14.67)	40.1 (4.5)	26.4 (-3.11)	54.7 (12.61)
Average low °F (°C)	4.3 (-15.39)	11.8 (-11.22)	23.5 (-4.72)	36.2 (2.33)	48.5 (9.17)	57.8 (14.33)	63.0 (17.22)	60.8 (16)	50.8 (10.44)	38.9 (3.83)	24.8 (-4)	10.9 (-11.72)	35.9 (2.17)
Record low °F (°C)	−41 (-40.6)	−40 (-40)	−32 (-35.6)	2 (-16.7)	18 (-7.8)	34 (1.1)	43 (6.1)	39 (3.9)	26 (-3.3)	10 (-12.2)	−25 (-31.7)	−39 (-39.4)	−41 (-40.6)
Precipitation inches (mm)	1.04 (26.4)	0.79 (20.1)	1.86 (47.2)	2.31 (58.7)	3.24 (82.3)	4.34 (110.2)	4.04 (102.6)	4.05 (102.9)	2.69 (68.3)	2.11 (53.6)	1.94 (49.3)	1.00 (25.4)	29.41 (747)
Snowfall inches (cm)	12.4 (31.5)	8.0 (20.3)	10.4 (26.4)	3.1 (7.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.6 (1.5)	9.8 (24.9)	9.3 (23.6)	53.6 (136.1)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.9	7.5	10.2	11.3	10.9	11.1	10.4	10.4	9.8	8.4	9.1	9.7	118.7
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	9.7	7.1	6.3	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	5.8	8.4	40.1
Sunshine hours	158.1	180.8	217.0	243.0	294.5	321.0	350.3	306.9	234.0	179.8	114.0	114.7	2,714.1
Source #1: NCDC ^[32], The Weather Channel (Extremes) ^[33]
Source #2: HKO ^[34]

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RedWagon

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February 8, 2011 11:19 AM

I don't know the answer, I'm just asking that's all.

Timster96 wrote:
Hey look! A thread even dumber than the thread this thread is mocking. Well done!

Agreed. Time to move this thread to the irony board.

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GVBadger

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February 8, 2011 12:14 PM

Sorry, have to weigh in. The Badgers have NOTHING to do with the Packers. Period. Stupidest argument I have ever heard.

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OmniOne

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February 8, 2011 12:44 PM

Hophead

NativeofWisconsin wrote:
Ugh...rant... in 3...2...

I mean, OK, if you are serious about spinning it off that way, then how would that be different than blurting out that UofW Inc. also 'employs' coaches to get players to play home games in Madison? Just because you were also 'hired' to attend it as an 'employee'? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?

Look, I commend you on your decision to leave your motherland to partake in the fantastic Wisconsin experience- I wish everyone could do the same. But for crying out loud, don't come here with such a dumb, ignorant attitude. That goes for anything you do in life. Be respectful of the place you are visiting. If you're living or working in another country, learn the language, eat the food, meet the people. If you're invited to a friend's home, take your shoes off, drink the beer they've boughten for you, be polite and thank them when you leave. If you're attending another state's university, take the time to understand and show respect for it's people- many of whom you will attend with. When you do these things, you not only do something respectful for the place you're visiting, but you're also doing a service for yourself. It's ridiculous that these motherly lessons need to be explained to some of you, but I'll try and do what your mommy couldn't.

Yes, of course, by paying tuition you are a Badger, but for humanity's sake, do yourself a favor and figure out that in this State things are different than where you came from. You're traveling. You're in a new place. Wisconsinites are extremely connected to it's unique, singular brands. Most, if not all of them have no other competition or distraction from other brands in the state. Including the Packers. Including the Brewers. Including Leinenkugels. Including Harley Davidson. Including anything that the taxpayers of Wisconsin happen to value. Maybe it's because we're a simple people and we don't have a whole lot else to pour our interests into, but what is for sure is that it's something that the vast majority of the population feels an intense sense of pride about. It's a crazy, vast case of extreme homogeneity and unity that you don't really find in many other places and and a lot of us are very, very proud of it. If you're choosing to be that guy who is going around trying to publicly and pointlessly slam any of these things then at least try not to act surprised when you immediately get a shove back, because there are a whole lot more of us than there are of you and rightfully so because these things are ours and they all BELONG to us. It's OUR home... one giant house...all of it. Take off your shoes before you enter it. Drink our beer that we supply for you. Learn our language. Eat our food. Respect the teams that we like to watch. Lose the "I just don't understand why all these Badgers care about _______" antics and figure it out. It's not going to change and it certainly doesn't have to just to accommodate you, a visitor.

I am obviously very proud of my own causes and familiarities, but I can respectfully set those aside in the name of respect and would never act the way some of you do here. Bottom line if you ARE so direly attached to the life support of your own causes and familiarities that you can't handle the etiquette that comes with being a visitor, why the fuck did you choose to be one? No one is forcing you to. Do EVERYONE a favor and stay put. The world will be a brighter place.

Congratulations, you're a Grade A Douche. Go fuck yourself.

Love,

Omni

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NativeofWisconsin

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February 8, 2011 1:51 PM

Wow neat! We have a whole pow-wow of Badger fans who act JUST LIKE Minnesota Golden Goofer fans when confronted with an inferiority complex that they can't argue against! I'll agree to the irony!

Here's a new quote for the board to coin:

"Therefore the Green Bay Packers have nothing to do with the University of Wisconsin"

Look- I'm not saying that you have to drop all of your interests and become just like a typical Cheesehead to be a legitimate student/badger/ native/whatever- but at least be smart and accept that the majority of people here DO enjoy all of these things together... A LOT. If you don't care about it that's obviously fine- no need to tattle and act like we are taking away your right to vote or free speech or to bare arms or whatever it is you are whining about. Just don't care about it to yourself and leave it at that. And maybe that is what most of you do. More power to you.

But don't say that you "don't care" and then, for the pure sake of being an idiot, stoke the fire at the same time with your unfounded rants and campaigns to keep these things out of Madison like it is some sort of exception. They DO belong here just as much as anywhere else, and the more they are connected and supported with each other AND the University of Wisconsin, the better it is for the State of Wisconsin. No one is going to force a Super Bowl MVP #12 jersey over your head or a delicious Leinenkugel 1888 Bach down your throat or hold open your eyes as you gaze at the beautiful Wisconsin Capitol lit up in Green and Gold in the middle of a gentle midnight snow. In fact all that will happen is that you will continue to exist as the bitter, miserable "that guy" who is incapable of letting go of his own interests, let loose and have a good time with everyone else when these Wisconsin things confront themselves to him on campus in the future like they have this weekend.

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LumpyWideAss

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February 8, 2011 2:06 PM

The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.

NativeofWisconsin wrote:
delicious Leinenkugel 1888 Bach

It will make a harmonious sound as I gulp it in a 3/2 beat.

As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.

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SaguaroBadger

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February 8, 2011 2:10 PM

Sully

"Football Saturdays in Madison are holy days."

NativeofWisconsin wrote:
but at least be smart and accept that the majority of people here DO enjoy all of these things together... A LOT.

Majority? Not based on this thread. Maybe if you went down to your local Wal-Mart you'd find more support.

Why are you even posting about this subject? It would be like starting a thread calling people out because they don't pay enough respect to the number 3 or arguing obnoxiously that ketchup really is the best condiment. You're creating an argument that doesn't exist. You are not being a good ambassador for the state of Wisconsin.

Just because you like the Badgers doesn't make you cool. In fact, you might completely suck.
--Southfew, 21 August 2008

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SaundersBucky

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