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Well at least we're not round on our ends!
Yesterday I walked to the library as part of my HIGHEST STEPCOUNT DAY EVER. On the way there, another pedestrian passing in the other direction said, "Great shirt." I looked down and saw that I was wearing a Michigan sweatshirt. Ah, a fellow Wolverines fan!
When I got to the library to pick up the books I had on reserve, the clerk said, "I don't know if I should give these to you."
I thought, 'What have I done? Do I have enormous fines I don't know about? Did I reserve porn??'
She continued, "... wearing that shirt."
Aha! A teasing fan of... something. Ohio State football or The University I Work At's hockey team or the state of Ohio in general or something. Unfortunately my excellent Big Ten¹ education was not enough to provide me with a good comeback, so I just stood there dumbly with my mouth hanging open.
As I walked away, I came up with all kinds of great responses, like "Oh yeah? Well we lost to both OSU in football and TUIWA in hockey last year, so whichever one you support, I'm covered."
She won't be laughing so hard when I show up at the library next time in this t-shirt! Neither will the people beating me to a pulp!
srah - Thursday, 14 September 2006 - 12:28 PM
Tags: michigan, ohio, sports, walking
Comments (7)
srah - September 14, 2006 - 2:24 PM - ℓ
I don't know what you're talking about. My extensive research tells me that Hate Week is in April.
Aunt Pam - September 14, 2006 - 3:16 PM - ℓ
Kudos to you Srah for your walking efforts! I've a client who wears a pedometer and provided me with what I think is the most clever ploy to add more steps to their day . . . They go to the restroom that is second closest (gender appropiate of course)to them. This particular restroom was 500 steps further away so they gained an additional 1000 steps for each trip. (Of course this doesn't help if you REALLY need to go, but it's still clever)
I thoroughly understand living in a state that is totally not where you want to be and is the home of your rival. (Go Buckeyes!) I'm cursed to live in Michigan until I can find a feasible way to escape with your uncle in tow.
At least at home the number of Democrats match the uber conservative Republicans and at family dinners with Beth & Trish we got 'em beat!
jday - September 14, 2006 - 7:30 PM - ℓ
April, September, it's all the same. This story has the part of Big Brother played by the Pope!
Allison - September 14, 2006 - 11:52 PM - ℓ
Hey, I think I've got that shirt - that I washed tonight.
Cheryl - September 15, 2006 - 3:31 PM - ℓ
I always feel like people in Michigan gear or cars are kindred spirits. Especially when I was living in OH.
Maybe she was an ND fan! This is hate week, you know.