Damn, I want to believe Flyers fans are this committed. Here's the last letter from Bill Simmons's mailbag today:
A couple of weeks ago at a frat party, I began to get with a pretty cute girl. As the night wore on, and the drinks started flowing, she took me back to her apartment. When I entered her room, the first thing I saw was a giant Sidney Crosby poster. Without saying another word to her, I left. My buddies have never stopped making fun of me since, but I still insist that it was the proudest moment of my life as a die-hard Flyers fan. Can you please give me some consolidation, or should I have just swallowed my pride? In my defense, I would not qualify her as "hot."
--Dave Z., Philly
Love it, regardless if it's true or not.
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I call bullfeathers on this story. Any sports geek lucky enough to cross the threshold of a girl's place would more likely faint than turn around and leave.
Anonymous
4:47 p.m.
"Bullfeathers"? Is this one of those 613 colloquialisms that I have yet to come across?
The Universal Cynic
5:53 p.m.
We also would have accepted "Bullroar", "Horsepuckies" and "Darren Dreger".
Senators Lost Cojones
8:18 p.m.
Consolidation? What, is he asking to be part of a merger or something? Oh Philly fans. Never change.
Anonymous
3:53 p.m.
The last time I checked, my name was not Dave Z. (sigh)
The Universal Cynic
11:50 a.m.