Brett Favre

If you don't live in Wisconsin you probably won't understand....

Let's just say he's the most popular guy in the state. He's been threatening retirement for 3 or 4 years now. Every year,
we all hold our breath, we say things to each other like:
"He'll never do it, he loves the game too much."
or
"He can't leave after a season like the one we just had."
and then some pessimistic person always says:
"He's getting old you know."

At the end of the last season, we all thought it was over. We watched the last few minutes of the last game and knew it would be his last. Lukey cried.

But! He came back!! Yahoo!!

I delivered Packers balloons to high school boys that missed the announcement because they were in class.

Then the team had a good year. They almost made it to the super bowl. But, they didn't. When they lost that last game, Lukey cried again.

Then, the big day came. Favre made his decision. He decided he really was getting old. He retired.

So, Dad took Lukey on his lap, and said gently: "Luke, Brett Favre decided that he's done playing football, he's going to retire. He won't be back next year."

Luke's response? "Who's going to replace him?"

Dad: "Well, Favre is done. This is it." (trying to drive home the point)

Luke: "That's ok. I reacted too much last time."

You know you're from Wisconsin when...

I've lived in Wisconsin for 5 years now... Here's some things I've noticed. And, yes, some of these apply to me... :-)

• You can leave your ice cream in the car while you run other errands
• You know the difference between "Velveeta" and CHEESE!
• You buy all of your clothes at Farm and Fleet
• You know how to pronounce Mukwanago, Eau Claire, Oconomowoc and Mazomanie
• The four seasons are: Planting season, Camping Season, Hunting Season and Football season.
• When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "We"
• When the temperature gets down to 0 degrees you break out your winter coat
• Your family owns a "winter car" (The good one sits in the garage Nov-April)
• You consider Madison another world
• You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat
• You plan activities around choring time