Burn Baby Burn!!!

I remember the day...I was sitting at Northwoods Brew Pub enjoying Walters minding my own business. Waiting on my dinner and talking to my roomtates about the movie that we were going to after dinner, and then I saw it. It must have been just after kick off. He gets off the bench ,and pulls down that helmet with those damn purple horns, and starts walking towards the field. Forever that image will now be ingrained in my head and just doesn't seem to go away. Now I know how the Red Sox felt when Johhny Damon left. (don't get me started) Its like having you childhood hero become the biggest villain in the second act of the story. After all of the retirement bullshit was done, we thought that we had seen it all, but never did we expect this. Favre had even later stated something to the effect that he wasn't doing it out of spite and if you are a real fan you would be happy about him continuing to play.

Well I guess I am not a "REAL FAN" according to Brett Favre. I guess a lot of people in Wisconsin are not "Real Fans", but hey we sure as hell do know how to hold a grudge. If their is one group of stubborn ass people you do not want to piss off it is Wisconsinites. A bunch of Norwegians, Germans, and Pollacks that can only agree on one thing. The Green Bay Packers are the greatest football team ever! Period!

A perfect example of this, is the event that was scheduled for tonight at the Eau Claire restaurant the Milwaukee Burger Company. It has gotten so big that the manager (Julie Kolk) of MBC was interviewed by ESPN2 about the event. Originally the plan was simple, to have a group of serious but bitter fans who would like to get rid of some of their old Favre memorabilia and help out a charity at the same time. They are planning on having a bon fire and for each Favre item that is destroyed the Milwaukee Burger Co. will donate $10.00 to The Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety. As much as it seems like a Nazi book burning the mentality seems to be "hey at least its for charity. " That was until the Eau Claire Chief of the Fire Dept (probably a Vikings Fan) put a stop to the event. So now the plan is to burn one item of memorabilia, but still the point is the same. We would just assume see our hero get his ass kicked then play for any other team then us. We are that serious about it.

The subject for me and a lot of other Wisconsinites is a little near and dear to my heart. I still remember the day when he came to Eau Claire for an autograph signing at Scheels All Sports and people camped out all day at the mall and even got out of school for it. You know damn sure that Viking fans weren't about pull their kids from school to get Dante Cullpeppers autograph. The man was like a folk hero to us, just an average jo who was damn good at playing ball. Now he has become a bitter ego maniac with a score to settle and at our expense. The people who supported him, shit even named their kids after him...So tonight when we are all sitting around the bars and our TV's watching the game for the moment when Aaron Kampman breaks through the offensive line and lays his ass out. We will all see a little poetic justice play out on the football field and maybe a few Wisconsinites will sleep easy for the first time this season.

Below are a few local articles from the past week:

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Burn Bret burn. Packers fans are being invited to torch their Brett Favre gear during halftime of next Monday's Green Bay-Minnesota Vikings game. The Milwaukee Burger Co. is hosting the burn party. Manager Julie Kolk says the bar and grill will have a flaming barrel where fans can toss their Favre jerseys, pictures, posters, and other stuff. Kolk says they plan to donate 10 bucks to charity for each item to go up in flames. Favre, of course, was the legendry Packer's QB. He came out of retirement to quarterback the Packers' rival, Minnesota.

Eau Claire (WQOW) - A famous quarterback could help raise a lot of money in Eau Claire next week because he's so unpopular right now.
The Milwaukee Burger Company in Eau Claire is hosting a burning party during halftime of Monday's Packers-Vikings game. For every piece of Brett Favre memorabilia someone brings to burn, $10 will be donated to support a camp for young burn victims. The restaurant says it's an opportunity for fans to show team spirit, while giving to a good cause.
"There's a lot of controversy among our regulars," Milwaukee Burger Co. General Manager Julie Kolk says. "We have some Vikings fans and some Packer fans. We just decided to have some sort of party, and this is the one that came to mind. We thought it could be really fun, and we thought we could help a good cause at the same time."
The restaurant plans to have a burn barrel in the parking lot on Monday night. The Milwaukee Burger Company says you can bring as many Favre items as you like.

Please post your comments on this one, I am curious to see how everyone else feels about the matter.