Message-ID: <32802221.1075862169346.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 05:42:16 -0800 (PST) From: shane.dobbs@fctg.com Subject: FW: WAR DAMN EAGLE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Dobbs_Shane @ENRON X-To: 'jmjaked@mindspring.com', Love, Phillip M. X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \PLOVE (Non-Privileged)\Love, Phillip M.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Love-P X-FileName: PLOVE (Non-Privileged).pst > >Well put... > > > > > > > > > > Driving back from Auburn to Birmingham tonight, obviously disappointed > > with the Tiger's performance, I noticed a sheet with a spray > > painted message on it hanging in the yard of a trailer park in > > Childersburg on US > > 280. Maybe some of you saw it as well. The message: "Auburn sucks". My > > first thought was "That is really typical of most Bama fans; a > > bunch of > > inbred, trailer trash, redneck losers-in-life with a foul mouths." > >About > > five miles up the road, in Harpersville, a group of similar looking > >people > > were gathered at the towns only stop light on 280, and were > >screaming > > obscenities and holding up "Auburn sucks" and "Roll Tide" signs. Then > >I > > started thinking about what it means to be an Auburn fan, and to love > > Auburn. I realized how truly blessed we are to be Auburn people. While > > we stereotype Bama fans as above (and are sometimes correct in our > > assumptions), we must remember that most of them haven't had or seized > >the > > same opportunities as we have. Most of us are privileged to have had > >the > > opportunity to attend Auburn, attend Auburn events, and/or experience the > > Auburn atmosphere. 99% of Alabama fans will never set foot on a college > > campus and have no idea where Tuscaloosa is even located. As Auburn > > people, we don't place our own self worth on whether our team wins or > > loses. We love Auburn no matter what. Lets count our blessings and > > remember that It's Great to be an Auburn Tiger!