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Sun Aug 21 01:18pm EDT
Fake Brett Favre has descended upon Green Bay
By Chris Chase
A man impersonating Brett Favre has fooled some of Green Bay's more gullible football fans in recent days.
The unidentified gentleman, who bears a slight resemblance to the Packers legend, has been seen in the stands at team practices posing for pictures with fans. (See picture at above.) One restaurant owner told The Green Bay Press-Gazette that the same man came in recently and signed autographs in Favre's name.
Favre's travel coordinator says the Packers legend hasn't been in Green Bay since the Minnesota Vikings played there last season.
Besides the obvious "Favre has a travel coordinator?" question, the most pressing issue is this: How can Green Bay be considered the greatest football town in America if its fans are fooled by a guy who kinda, sorta looks like Brett Favre? The guy in the picture above doesn't even have any stubble! And there's no perpetual world-weary "woe is me" look on his face. Was that guy even having any fun or acting like a little kid out there?
Like Favre would show up at a random bar or sit in the stands at training camp wearing his own jersey. Was he in Crocs? Taking random cell phone pictures? Was ESPN's Rachel Nichols shadowing him? For that matter, don't the fans know that Favre usually doesn't show up until the fourth week of training camp anyway?
Sun Aug 21 01:18pm EDT
Fake Brett Favre has descended upon Green Bay
By Chris Chase
The unidentified gentleman, who bears a slight resemblance to the Packers legend, has been seen in the stands at team practices posing for pictures with fans. (See picture at above.) One restaurant owner told The Green Bay Press-Gazette that the same man came in recently and signed autographs in Favre's name.
Favre's travel coordinator says the Packers legend hasn't been in Green Bay since the Minnesota Vikings played there last season.
Besides the obvious "Favre has a travel coordinator?" question, the most pressing issue is this: How can Green Bay be considered the greatest football town in America if its fans are fooled by a guy who kinda, sorta looks like Brett Favre? The guy in the picture above doesn't even have any stubble! And there's no perpetual world-weary "woe is me" look on his face. Was that guy even having any fun or acting like a little kid out there?
Like Favre would show up at a random bar or sit in the stands at training camp wearing his own jersey. Was he in Crocs? Taking random cell phone pictures? Was ESPN's Rachel Nichols shadowing him? For that matter, don't the fans know that Favre usually doesn't show up until the fourth week of training camp anyway?
August 21, 2011
Gaddafi’s Refusal to Quit is “Desperate,” Says Brett Favre
Former NFL Great Calls on Libyan to Retire
TRIPOLI (The Borowitz Report)– The call for Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to step down grew louder today, as former NFL great Brett Favre called Mr. Gaddafi’s refusal to quit “desperate.”
“I think there’s a time to throw in the towel, and this clearly is the time,” Mr. Favre said of the Libyan dictator. “What’s weird to me is that it seems painfully obvious to everyone but him.”
Mr. Favre said that Mr. Gaddafi’s desire to hold on at all costs “could wind up damaging people’s memory of all the good years he had.”
“The spectacle of an old man hanging in there when he’s clearly lost it, well, there’s only one word for that: embarrassing,” he said. “It’s painful to watch.”
Mr. Favre said that he feels so strongly about this issue that he has reached out to Mr. Gaddafi, urging him to retire.
“He hasn’t responded to my texts,” Mr. Favre said, “but I’m used to that.”
Gaddafi’s Refusal to Quit is “Desperate,” Says Brett Favre
Former NFL Great Calls on Libyan to Retire
TRIPOLI (The Borowitz Report)– The call for Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to step down grew louder today, as former NFL great Brett Favre called Mr. Gaddafi’s refusal to quit “desperate.”
“I think there’s a time to throw in the towel, and this clearly is the time,” Mr. Favre said of the Libyan dictator. “What’s weird to me is that it seems painfully obvious to everyone but him.”
Mr. Favre said that Mr. Gaddafi’s desire to hold on at all costs “could wind up damaging people’s memory of all the good years he had.”
“The spectacle of an old man hanging in there when he’s clearly lost it, well, there’s only one word for that: embarrassing,” he said. “It’s painful to watch.”
Mr. Favre said that he feels so strongly about this issue that he has reached out to Mr. Gaddafi, urging him to retire.
“He hasn’t responded to my texts,” Mr. Favre said, “but I’m used to that.”
