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Blackhawks Fans Snort in Disgust at Toews/Pig Nose Mural
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| 30 March 2010
| Greg Wyshynski
Posted on 03/31/2010 3:40:09 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
The image above (via Assignment Chicago) is a mural visible from the Eisenhower Expressway that depicts Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews(notes) after escaping from the Island of Dr. Moreau with trace amounts of swine DNA fused with his genetic code ...
Oh, the jokes this pig-nosed image immediately launched. That Toews looks like the mutant nurse from "The Twilight Zone." That he resembles the fabled ManBearPig from "South Park." That he's the only player in the NHL who can smell the top of his own face shield.
But while the transformation of Captain Marvel to Porky Pig may have been egregious, that image isn't what has Blackhawks fans enraged about the mural.
Look at the snout, and follow to the left; what do you see? Hint: The Blackhawks haven't seen it since 1961. Stanley Cup superstitions are the stuff of sports legend. For example, it's considered an affront to the hockey gods if a player touches the Cup before he actually wins one.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicagoblackhawks; hockey; nhl; stanleycup
Will this "artist" end up in the same pantheon as Steve Bartman and William "Billy Goat" Sianis? Stay tuned.....
To: airborne
To: The Pack Knight
ouch, thats gotta be worth some beatings on the ice
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posted on
03/31/2010 3:43:08 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: The Pack Knight
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posted on
03/31/2010 3:57:51 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; 6323cd; Betis70; ColoCdn; k2afe; ...
HOCKEY PING!
(let me know if you want on or off the hockey ping list)
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posted on
03/31/2010 6:39:41 AM PDT
by
airborne
("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
To: The Pack Knight
LMAO! I pity the guy who paid for this!
Detroit fans will love it though!!!
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posted on
03/31/2010 6:40:56 AM PDT
by
airborne
("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
To: airborne
Any chance of a Wings-Hawks matchup in the playoffs?
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posted on
03/31/2010 7:20:55 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: The Pack Knight
man that is some bad ju-ju
To: rahbert
Any chance of a Wings-Hawks matchup in the playoffs?I hope so. And so does the NHL. Big money and ratings in that match-up.
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posted on
03/31/2010 7:38:11 AM PDT
by
airborne
("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
To: The Pack Knight
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posted on
03/31/2010 9:28:17 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.)
To: airborne
“Immortal” is the word I’d use for this - we’ll be seeing this picture for years if the Blackhawks don’t go all the way. This could be the Super Bowl Shuffle’s evil twin.
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