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Look at 'em over there: Packers fans Right here in Illinois --annoying, like those Wisconsin mosquitoes
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Chicago Sun-Times
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November 7, 2001
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Copyright informationCopyright 2001 Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
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They'll start showing up for work this week in those green and
yellow getups. They think they're wearing green-and-gold, but then
again, they still think the moon is made of string cheese.
You know who I'm talking about.
They still think Nitschke was better than Butkus. They'd give
Hornung the start over Payton.
They don't even know it's an insult when you call them a
Cheesehead.
They are geography-challenged Illinois Packers fans. They are
lost.
Some of you will find this hypocritical, coming from a St. Louis
Cardinals' baseball fan residing on Page 2 of a major Chicago daily
newspaper, but I don't care. My Bears credentials are solid.
And I've never been able to understand the phenomenon ...
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