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Jerk fan strikes again ...
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:51 am
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:51 am
I noticed this letter in the Nov. 6 edition of West Side Journal in Port Allen. I think he's written letters in other papers, but this one is the worst. I hope he's being sarcastic, but I have a feeling he's not.
UPPER CLASS MORE WORTHY OF ATTENTION
I’ve marveled at how the national media continues to depict Louisianians as ill-behaved, inebriated and classless. Of course, one needs only view a national telecast of an LSU football game to properly understand such reasoning.
As an esteemed member of the corporate community, I find it most embarrassing. I watch in utter dismay from the luxury suites as networks exploit such crass behavior.
Cameramen seem gravitated to shots of obnoxious, half-naked and fully drunken fans where the regular people sit. They’re yelling loudly, making goofy-looking faces and screaming bastardizations of the English language. If they’re not doing that, they’re shown cooking such unhealthy concoctions as fried alligator, jambalaya or deep-fried boudin.
It would seem far more befitting for the cameras to focus attention on fans such as myself who enjoy the game from the luxury suites. Scenes such as those would project a far more dignified view of Louisiana and greatly improve the current substandard image.
In addition, it would make Louisiana appear far more attractive to outside investors. Hence, it would allow members of the corporate community such as myself to attract new, more lucrative clients and help us increase our personal profits.
If it were my choice, tickets to LSU football game would be priced out of affordability to those clods that appear on national television most weekends. But until then, I feel it is imperative to focus cameras on the corporate sector at Tiger Stadium for the sake of a better image of Louisiana as a whole.
Roger Barnsworth
Prairieville
UPPER CLASS MORE WORTHY OF ATTENTION
I’ve marveled at how the national media continues to depict Louisianians as ill-behaved, inebriated and classless. Of course, one needs only view a national telecast of an LSU football game to properly understand such reasoning.
As an esteemed member of the corporate community, I find it most embarrassing. I watch in utter dismay from the luxury suites as networks exploit such crass behavior.
Cameramen seem gravitated to shots of obnoxious, half-naked and fully drunken fans where the regular people sit. They’re yelling loudly, making goofy-looking faces and screaming bastardizations of the English language. If they’re not doing that, they’re shown cooking such unhealthy concoctions as fried alligator, jambalaya or deep-fried boudin.
It would seem far more befitting for the cameras to focus attention on fans such as myself who enjoy the game from the luxury suites. Scenes such as those would project a far more dignified view of Louisiana and greatly improve the current substandard image.
In addition, it would make Louisiana appear far more attractive to outside investors. Hence, it would allow members of the corporate community such as myself to attract new, more lucrative clients and help us increase our personal profits.
If it were my choice, tickets to LSU football game would be priced out of affordability to those clods that appear on national television most weekends. But until then, I feel it is imperative to focus cameras on the corporate sector at Tiger Stadium for the sake of a better image of Louisiana as a whole.
Roger Barnsworth
Prairieville
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Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:53 am to Tigerfan68
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:53 am to Tigerfan68
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This post was edited on 11/7/08 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:54 am to Tigerfan68
he sounds like a fun guy to hang out with
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:54 am to Tigerfan68
He should've named himself Philmore Butts. Maybe you would have got it.
It's clearly a joke.
It's clearly a joke.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:55 am to Tigerfan68
allow me to retort.
by the way, writing an article like that and including your full name and city is just BEGGING to have a brick thrown through your window.
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But until then, I feel it is imperative to focus cameras on the corporate sector at Tiger Stadium for the sake of a better image of Louisiana as a whole.
quote:
Roger Barnsworth
Prairieville
by the way, writing an article like that and including your full name and city is just BEGGING to have a brick thrown through your window.
This post was edited on 11/7/08 at 9:56 am
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:55 am to Tigerfan68
An elitist from Prairieville. Classic...
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:57 am to IrishEyes
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he sounds like a fun guy to hang out with
I totally agree
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:58 am to Tigerfan68
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As an esteemed member of the corporate community, I find it most embarrassing. I watch in utter dismay from the luxury suites
frick you buddy
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as networks exploit such crass behavior
a decision your corporate buddies make
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:59 am to Tigerfan68
Sounds like Roger may have a tough go over the next 4 years....
Posted on 11/7/08 at 9:59 am to TigerStripes06
I agree that some of our fans are a bit obnoxious. But, who the hell cares what the rest of the country thinks of us. This @$$hole should be beat up by all the obnoxious LSU fans! :beatdeadhorse:
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:00 am to Tigerfan68
i love how this thread gets started monthly and every time it never fails 90% of the people who respond have no clue it's an obvious joke. makes me die a little inside actually.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:00 am to IrishEyes
I'm pretty sure the same guy wrote something very similar to this last year. There's no way this is serious. I bet the guy reads the rant and gets the biggest kick out of people getting their panties in a wad. Pretty funny.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:01 am to Tigerfan68
maybe we all 92,000 should wear khaki pants and blazers to games, and have the concession stands brew fresh coffee and sweet tea...
can we just golf clap and wave pom poms??
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screaming bastardizations of the English language
can we just golf clap and wave pom poms??
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:01 am to Skooter
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Pretty funny
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:02 am to Tigerfan68
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Tigerfan68
Member since Nov 2008
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Rogerrrr????
This post was edited on 11/7/08 at 10:04 am
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:05 am to TheDoc
It makes me laugh when people want to kick this dudes arse! It is satire!
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:05 am to bbap
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i love how this thread gets started monthly and every time it never fails 90% of the people who respond have no clue it's an obvious joke. makes me die a little inside actually.
I start off laughing at the original letter then get a little sadder with every couple of inches I scroll down the page.
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:13 am to Tigerfan68
Older satire by Mr. Barnsworth:
Higher Ticket Prices Imperative
It greatly distresses me to hear that Louis Lambert, a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors, assured the media he would not support the increase in ticket prices for the LSU football games at Tiger Stadium.
He says that the increased ticket prices would make it more difficult for the so-called "average family" to attend an LSU football game.
For starters, I would implore to those people that if they can't afford the higher prices, they should grab themselves by the bootstraps and work harder if they so badly wish to attend the games. If they're groaning about higher prices and not being able to afford them, then I would simply say that it's sour grapes.
As for keeping the "average fans" out of the stadium, I don't think it's a bad idea in the first place. As an esteemed member of the white-collar corporate community, I generally enjoy my well-earned, well-deserved privilege of enjoying the games from the comfort of the luxury skyboxes.
As for the times I opt to sit in the "regular" seating area, I'm forced to endure the crass behavior that makes me proud to differentiate myself from those individuals. As I conduct myself in a manner becoming of the upper class, I'm forced to endure loud obnoxious behavior that is not limited to screaming, inebriation, belching and even flatulence.
I find it disturbing that I'm forced to be seated among these clods.
Therefore, I implore that Mr. Lambert reconsider his short-sighted comments and support the hike in ticket prices. It's time that the rest of our nation sees us with a little more dignity, and the only way to do that is to ensure that affordability for tickets to Tiger Stadium are within reach exclusively to the upscale members of the community.
Roger Barnsworth
Prairievillle
Higher Ticket Prices Imperative
It greatly distresses me to hear that Louis Lambert, a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors, assured the media he would not support the increase in ticket prices for the LSU football games at Tiger Stadium.
He says that the increased ticket prices would make it more difficult for the so-called "average family" to attend an LSU football game.
For starters, I would implore to those people that if they can't afford the higher prices, they should grab themselves by the bootstraps and work harder if they so badly wish to attend the games. If they're groaning about higher prices and not being able to afford them, then I would simply say that it's sour grapes.
As for keeping the "average fans" out of the stadium, I don't think it's a bad idea in the first place. As an esteemed member of the white-collar corporate community, I generally enjoy my well-earned, well-deserved privilege of enjoying the games from the comfort of the luxury skyboxes.
As for the times I opt to sit in the "regular" seating area, I'm forced to endure the crass behavior that makes me proud to differentiate myself from those individuals. As I conduct myself in a manner becoming of the upper class, I'm forced to endure loud obnoxious behavior that is not limited to screaming, inebriation, belching and even flatulence.
I find it disturbing that I'm forced to be seated among these clods.
Therefore, I implore that Mr. Lambert reconsider his short-sighted comments and support the hike in ticket prices. It's time that the rest of our nation sees us with a little more dignity, and the only way to do that is to ensure that affordability for tickets to Tiger Stadium are within reach exclusively to the upscale members of the community.
Roger Barnsworth
Prairievillle
Posted on 11/7/08 at 10:14 am to Ric Flair
Another older one (my personal favorite):
LSU may boast the No. 1-ranked football team in the nation, but the criteria – or lack thereof – by which the schools 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 environment 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 tailgating 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
LSU may boast the No. 1-ranked football team in the nation, but the criteria – or lack thereof – by which the schools 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 environment 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 tailgating 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
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