Row 15, You are ON NOTICE!

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Another game for the Silvertips - and a loss to a crappy team - and no one made the joke 'hey do you have Prince Albert in a can?'. But if you want true Tips reports - go to Tom and Leo's Blog - if you want to hear my rant - stay here....because I think God is punishing me.

Let me back up: first of all, to understand why I'm pissed, you need to know a couple of things about me...

1) I'm a preacher's kid - and I was raised to find the good in everyone - even if I have to look really really hard.
2) I'm a negotiator for a living - I negotiate contracts, grievances and disputes between employees and management, co-worker disputes and negotiate with large employers. I'm good, damn good at what I do.
3) I'm a bit of a Pollyanna - I truly treat everyone like I want to be treated. I forgive and forget easily. I don't hold grudges and I'm the Queen of giving everyone a second chance.

Now back to my rant...

Randy and I dutifully lined up at 5:00pm to get our Peter Mueller Bobblehead to complete the collection. Yeah, we're rookies and didn't know you could order the complete set. I get there to hold our place in line and who walks up right behind me? Yep - Mr. and Mrs. Foghorn Leghorn. Not so bad right? Except they lined up right after us for Mr. Potato Head Night too! Two times? God is definitely trying to get my attention. After enduring an hour of cold rain and their less than intelligent comments, we get into the building and into our seats.

It's like a reunion - Hockey Tom and Leo are back from Canada (although they didn't say much - guess what happens in Canada stays in Canada) and they are holding court. Lots of laughs with us in Section 119 - the reason I love going to the game. So the refs come out and our section naturally boo's them - we do it every game. Mrs. Foghorn proceeds to tell the 3rd graders in our audience to grow up...

Then comes the Canadian and National Anthem. The kids from Jackson Elementary Choir were adorable - is there anything better than those little voices? I know what's worse - Mr. Foghorn belting out his rendition of both anthems - drowning out the people who auditioned to do the job. But that's ok - here's where it gets ugly.

The refs missed a couple of blatant calls in the 2nd period - so blatant that Albie (along with most of our section) stood up and yelled 'Come On' to the refs. Mrs. Foghorn then bellows "Sit down and shut up" - like who the hell is she?

Mrs. Foghorn also took the opportunity to yell - yes yell - to another section 119er about not signing any divorce papers - really....is this something the whole section needs to know about?

But the straw that broke the camel's back - the icing on the cake - is when Mr. Foghorn got angry (I'm unclear if it was at the refs or a fan) and starting YELLING the F-Word. Thus solidifying in my mind the statement "Better to close your mouth and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it's true". My husband (the absolute nicest man in the world - no joke) turned around and said to them "hey - language". He's one of the calmest people I know so for him to do this means it was obnoxious (and he knows obnoxious -we've been married 12 years)!

Let me digress: I'm a Teamster and I can cuss with the best of 'em. I rarely, if ever, get offended. I've been told that I can make a sailor blush with my language - but part of my "Occasional Tourettes Syndrome" means knowing when and where to pull that trick out of the bag.

At the close of the game, my husband then turns around to say "hey, I didn't mean any offense, but that language is unacceptable with children present" - guess what Mr. Foghorn did? He turned his nose up and his face away. Unbelievable. What a class A jerk.

So, guess what row 15 - YOU ARE ON NOTICE. I am bringing 20 people to Laurakah who are new to the game. If you so much as look at them crossways, it's go time. You will not have my guests removed like you did before. You will not treat them with disrespect. YOU ARE ON NOTICE.

(Did you hear that? It's me stepping off my soapbox. Now let's beat the Kewlona Rockets tonight!)