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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:23 PM
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Poll question: If the Cubs lose, what should "the fan" do?
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:25 PM
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1. Get the frick out of Chi town
DDQM
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:25 PM
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2. I'd move if I were him
The problem now is if the Cubs players will focus on what might have been, instead of just knuckling down and realizing they've outplayed the Marlins, and just need to keep doing that and they'll win.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:27 PM
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3. I say move to Miami
That would be his best bet. It's possible he'll get strung up in Chicago. Then again, some zealous fans might follow him down there. Maybe Sweden is the best idea. He's probably less likely to get lynched as a woman.
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:32 PM
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8. Unless...
He's in line to become Prime Ministress...
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:28 PM
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4. Nothing
The whole team choked. He didn't give up all those runs.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:30 PM
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5. Photo shoppers!
In reference to my "Rita" suggestion, please do your best.


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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:35 PM
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11. I'd like to see
The face of Bush over "the fan" and perhaps the outfielder representing the economy...
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:32 PM
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6. Stay in Chicago
and continue to coach Youth Baseball.
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:32 PM
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7. He should ask the Cubs why they lost 4 games when he only went to one.
Sheesshh, if the Cubs blow a 3-1 series lead, they have no one to blame but themselves.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:36 PM
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12. EXACTLY!
It's called 'choking', something of an art form, as practiced by the Cubs. :P:thumbsup:
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fizzana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:33 PM
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9. There's one more cruel twist of fate waiting them tonight.
Fate is nowhere near done with them. Last night was just a prelude.

Disclaimer - I'm neither a Cubs nor a Marlins fan and I will be rooting for the Cubs tonight.

This reminds me of the great scene in Lawrence of Arabia when Lawrence goes back into the desert to rescue the guy who fell off his camel. Anthony Quinn tells him not to bother as the guy's death has already been written. Lawrence goes back and saves him only to execute him the following day for murdering someone.

Anthony Quinn then comes up to Lawrence and tells him, "I told you it was written." - the same applies to the Cubs.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:33 PM
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10. He has been "outed"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cubfan1.html
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:46 PM
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14. Too bad, it's only a game, and probably his life is in danger now!
Really, it wasn't his fault. The Cubs should have won regardless.
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jdsmith Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:47 PM
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15. "Outed"
Old news.

New news: DU-ers are mean-spirited and take great pleasure in another's problems, even to the extent of willfully NOT GETTING IT (i.e., it's not the poor guy's fault).

Discuss.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 04:07 PM
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17. Most of us aren't
Most us understand it is not the guy's fault and I feel for him but if I was him I would move on, his life is not over with.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 04:19 PM
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20. DUers may be showing too little faith in the tolerance of Cubs fans and
Chicagolanders, but you are jumping to conclusions if you infer that we as a group are either mean-spirited or wish this man ill. I'm seeing many more say just what you did (that it's not the guy's fault) and worrying about his welfare.
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critical_thinker2 Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 03:42 PM
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13. Write a book..
"How I cause the Cubs to lose 3 straight!"
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TopesJunkie Donating Member (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 04:04 PM
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16. What should he do?
He should live his life, and those who don't have lives and believe that they must harass him in order to feel superior should either get lives or leave town themselves.

The guy made a mistake. It could happen anywhere, and it could happen to many of the people who are all fired up about this. For my money, what he did was nothing compared to what's transpired since then.

Go Cubs!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 04:13 PM
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18. don`t care
i`m a white sox fan. it`s nice to see the cubs going for it but i won`t lose any sleep over it...
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 04:19 PM
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19. I couldn't vote because you didn't have the right answer:
"wait 55 years more."
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