I just did a little banking at my newly-owned neighborhood bank. Their colors used to be blue and white. Now they're red and white. Supposedly that's the only difference. Anyway, I misplaced my bank card a few weeks ago, cancelled it, then found it. The problem is, I never received the new one. My nice banking representative and I sat down to discuss the situation. He noticed my Red Sox hat, and leaned in to ask quietly (after looking around the room first):
Are you a Red Sox fan?
Yes I am.
Ok, good. I can't really talk about it too much here, but I was so excited to see the Yankees lose.
Are you a Met fan?
Yes.
Well, congratulations are in order!
Thanks! Yeah, I'm happy. But everyone here is a Yankee fan, they're so arrogant.
Hell yeah, they are. But they're quiet now, aren't they?
Yeah. I've heard Fenway is a pretty cool place. I've always wanted to see a game there.
Fenway is awesome alright. 1986 was a rough day at the park, but I'm rooting for the Mets tomorrow.
Oh, yeah, '86! Well, that's when I got hooked on the Mets. I was five, and ever since then...
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Five?
Oh, me too. I was five too. It was fun to be five in 1986.
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It's more fun to be 38 in 2006.
oh youngsters. i can't believe people were really born in the 80s.
i hate the mets. not as much as the yankees but hate them anyway.
breeders are pumping them out in '06 as well!
you're allowed to hate the mets. i know you always say that the rest of the country doesn't care about the baseball rilvaries of the northeast. i find it hard to believe but i know it's true.
So.... was he hot?
for a five year old, sure. ken foley's type.
I have a baseball card signed by Bill Buckner.
Sorry to bring back the bad memories.
liz- i thought you were a mets fan?
i was a mets fan in 86--my first year of digging baseball. then they won the world series. i was all, shit, this is easy. so i became a cubs fan. NOT easy but it's stuck.
no, we midwesterners (even though living on the east coast) are bitter about FOX/MLB's love for New York and Boston teams. we really do not care. give us a cubs/cardinals rivalry for a good time.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. I wasn't even 5 in 1986. LOOOL that's fucking hysterical!
I was 10. :D
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