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IDIOT BASHES TAILGATERS

Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:49 pm
Posted by 83Gator
Ascension
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Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:49 pm
For those who haven't read it yet; the following article was published in the opinion page "Your Views" of the the Gonzales Weekly-Citizen this week.

"Tailgating fee a good idea"

"LSU may boast the No. 1-ranked football team in the nation, but the criteria - or lack thereof - by which the school permits tailgating is deplorable and, in many respects, bush league.
The encouraging news, however, is that the university may finally implement policies to instill much-needed dignity to this practice.
For the last several years, the LSU Athletic Department has been considering a fee for tailgaters along the LSU campus on game day. I feel it's a brilliant idea.
Aside from generating added revenue for the university, it would ensure a far more upscale enviornment for movers and shakers such as myself on Game Day.
As an esteemed member of the corporate community, I cannot fully express the disdain that the elite crowd, including myself, feels when we stroll on to campus. On a given Saturday, the streets built through academic excellence become a typical blue-collar nightmare, with as much beer-drinking and other indignities in these so-called hick-town honky-tonk bars.
And the food! It pains and embarrasses me when others from more esteemed and upscale backgrounds are greeted to the aroma of fat-filled pork sausage, burgers and other rubbish typically consumed by the common man.
I eagerly anticipate the day when so-called tailgaters will instead form the setting for myself, along with other members of the upscale community to fraternize with other movers and shakers. We can enjoy fine wine and exquisite edibles, while discussing far more success in the corporate world - and we can do so without disturbance from the working class.

Roger Barnsworth, Prairieville"

Obviously this is some kind of attempt at wit, but IMO, just poor taste.
Posted by LSshoe
Burrowing through a pile o MikePoop
Member since Jan 2008
4000 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:52 pm to
wtf?

seriously if lsu ever became like that guy wants i will disown it.
Posted by LSUalum2000
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
3642 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:54 pm to
He should just move to Oxford and hang out in the grove.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25506 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:55 pm to
Roger needs to have his arse kicked by someone of the blue collar nature. Upscale? Esteemed? This guy was probably jumped in school more than he could care to remember. He probably would feel more at home watching Vandy or something with the more 'esteemed' people. Screw this guy. LSU is what it is because of EVERYONE from all levels of society cheering on the Tigers. What this guy wants is more money in the pocket. Heaven forbid us eat burgers and drink beer. Seriously...what a joke.
Posted by ATL TGR
Houston
Member since Apr 2008
2878 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:55 pm to
quote:

We can enjoy fine wine and exquisite edibles, while discussing far more success in the corporate world - and we can do so without disturbance from the working class.


Then don't go to a football game
Posted by bctiger6
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
1355 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:56 pm to
wow that article really pissed me off. If LSU becomes like that I will cry
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25506 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:56 pm to
Those statements are pretty uh...discriminatory towards the working class.
Posted by PnG Exsanguination
About 5 miles from Tiger Stadium
Member since Jul 2008
2768 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:56 pm to
I smell satire... and so does peanut-butter jelly with a baseball bat.
Posted by Shooter
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
6316 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:56 pm to
What a freaking pussy.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25506 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:58 pm to
I really am offended by that. Anybody who is in the working class, overweight, beer drinking, or burger eating should feel slighted by that a-hole.
Posted by Brown Mountain
Covington, La
Member since Feb 2006
8014 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:58 pm to
Roger is probably 41 years old and makes 59K a year with maxed out credit and a multiple mortgages on his house and he thinks he's above the tailgating crowd.
This post was edited on 7/24/08 at 3:59 pm
Posted by King Joey
Just south of the DC/US border
Member since Mar 2004
12493 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:58 pm to
Do y'all really think this was not sarcasm? I got the thorough impression this guy was mocking the tailgate-fee supporters and their ilk.

If that's not the case, then this guy is a nutjob, asswipe and retard all rolled into one bundle of poor communication skills.

Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
12461 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:59 pm to
quote:

Roger needs to have his arse kicked by someone of the blue collar nature. Upscale? Esteemed? This guy was probably jumped in school more than he could care to remember. He probably would feel more at home watching Vandy or something with the more 'esteemed' people. Screw this guy. LSU is what it is because of EVERYONE from all levels of society cheering on the Tigers. What this guy wants is more money in the pocket. Heaven forbid us eat burgers and drink beer. Seriously...what a joke.


Do you really believe this isn't a joke? This is obviously a satire of some sort.
Posted by PanhandleTigah
Florida Freedom Zone
Member since May 2008
9405 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 3:59 pm to
I wonder if he's related to the guy who wanted people to invite him to their tailgate, but wanted to dictate they not drink while he's partaking of their food.
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
Member since Jun 2007
21103 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:00 pm to
this is a joke right?
Posted by Brown Mountain
Covington, La
Member since Feb 2006
8014 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

This is obviously a satire of some sort.


Obviously. No one is this full of themselves. Hopefully.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
27678 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:01 pm to
What a jackass. Definately not a true representative of Prairieville or AP.
Posted by saderade
America's City
Member since Jul 2005
25726 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:01 pm to
This has to be a joke.
Posted by Ray Ray Rodman
Florida
Member since Mar 2005
17654 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:04 pm to
If ticket prices keep going up, he will get his wish.
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 7/24/08 at 4:05 pm to
Speaking of idiots...

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This post was edited on 7/24/08 at 4:06 pm
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