Sunday, January 28, 2007

Bears fan complaining Super Bowl disrupting vacation.

Bears fan Tucker Barkley is thrilled that the Bears made it to the Super Bowl. What he isn’t thrilled about is his new vacation plans.
“I’m going to Miami now to support the Bears,” said a fuming Tucker, 42. “I usually go ice fishing with my buddies. Instead of 20 below and a wind chill, I have to put up with 80 above and a heat index.”
“He’s really put out,” said his wife Roslyn, 41. “He had his heart set on that isolated outhouse with a hole in the ground.”
This new development has not only hurt his family emotionally, but also financially, as Tucker had already purchased all his fishing equipment for the trip.
“I bought new bait, a new tackle box, and a completely new parka/snow pants ensemble,” he said. “I would have been the belle of Tip-Up Town.”
“The Bears usually suck,” said his friend Brian Burnett. “That’s why we schedule the ice fishing trip now. The last time they were in the Super Bowl, I was rocking out to Poison and Ratt. They’re not bands anymore.”
Since the Bears beat the Saints, Tucker has torn up his house looking for his bathing suit, towel, flip-flops, sun block, pail, and anything else he could use on the beach. While finding a majority of the items, he found even more ridicule from his son.
“I never seen or heard of him going to the beach,” said his son Dan, 16. “He’s as white as a polar bear. He found his trunks and they were from the 80s. I would know. I’ve seen ‘I Love the 80s’ on VH1.”
Dan has no intentions of accompanying his father on his trip, saying that he was going to have a “bitchin’ kegger” instead.
“He’s a real trooper,” said neighbor Eddie Bell. “Sacrificing his ice trip for Miami? I know I couldn’t do that.”
Tucker knows it will be hard, but he’ll put up a good front.
“I’ll try to have fun. I know the entire time I’ll be thinking about the icy breeze rubbing up against my cheek. It’ll be really hard to go swimming, let me tell you.”

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