Good-Bye, Bad-Bye
by Ted Glover on Nov 10, 2009 4:36 PM CST
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PrintI want to use this space to write about the Vikings and how they performed coming out of the bye week. This is the 20th anniversary of the bye week in the NFL schedule, and it came at the perfect time for the Minnesota Vikings. That said, it never comes at a good time for us, the fans. Quite frankly, the bye week sucks.
I’ve been married for twenty years, or longer than the bye week has been around, and every year the bye week sucks, and every year the overall suckitude of the bye week gets worse. Well, this year was okay, because both Green Bay and Chicago lost in separate, yet equally embarrassing fashion, but did I get to see any of it? No, I did not. Why? Please refer to the ‘I’ve been married for 20 years’ comment. I have a great wife, and how she’s managed to put up with me for 20 years I’ll never know. I just gratefully accept that there’s someone on this earth who doesn’t think I’m a complete dick, and move on to ponder other things. Like where I left my damn car keys…getting old sucks.
Anyways, I play this cat and mouse game with my wife of ‘Hide the Bye Week’ every year since I got the Sunday Ticket, because it is the one weekend that my wife automatically assumes is hers from early September to early February. About Wednesday, she’ll ask who the Vikings are playing. And every year, I’m a dope, because for 16 weeks, I spit out the opponent, home or away, time the game comes on, and what station it is on. And when I say ‘spit out’ I mean it’s out within two seconds, like it’s something I’ve known since childhood. On the bye week, I say something lame, like ‘I’m not sure’, or ‘I haven’t looked it up yet’, and she has me. I’m gooned, and the plans she has been scheming for three to eleven weeks are hatched upon me, much like D-Day was launched on the continent of Europe. You know it’s coming, but you’re not sure where and with how much force.
This season? Pretty bad. I got carted off to antique shops (oooooh, what a nice armoire), the grocery store (baby, go over two aisles and get me some pomegranates), a local garden store (don’t these marigolds look pretty, honey?), and then I spent the rest of the day doing shit around the house. Shit I normally wouldn’t have to do, mind you, but for the damn bye week. The driveway has been weather sealed, the garage got cleaned, we finalized plans for finishing off the basement.
Oh, the Vikes are an all-time 16-4 coming out of the bye (there were two bye weeks in 1993, an especially painful year), and they should kick the hell out of Detroit. Sorry, I gotta go clean the gutters. See you Sunday.
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Life of a Viking Fan = Reality Good Show?
My sympathies lie with you both….you for having to go through what I am and her for having to put up with the likes of us sorry Viking fans hehe….
Here is the same….although away from wifey at the moment (she is in Germany), I find myself doing crap around the place here just to stay busy….
Not sure where you are at but in Dubai it is now their Fall….means “Hot Summer” compared to MN….
Always something to be done….puttering and waiting for Sunday….grrrrrrrr!
Could be worse…could be a Packer fan HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Then life would REALLY suck!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Nov 10, 2009 4:54 PM CST reply actions
Rather be a Vikes fan in Dubai
than a Packers fan anywhere else.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
by Ted Glover on Nov 10, 2009 5:02 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Alright
Attention all Vikings fans. Vikingfanfromafar wife’s out of town. Party at his house BYOB.
He will supply chips & dip. Oh crap from afar means your not in the neighborhood. Just where is is party going to be. HAA HAA HEE HEE.
Dubai...
Means…
Bring your own Non-Alcoholic beverage and leave the porno at home, don’t it??
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Nov 10, 2009 5:52 PM CST up reply actions
OK Boys, No issue... : )
LOL BYOB OK, No Biggee (have to have a “license” is all)…porn no no….girls ?? OK!!!!!!!
Located in Jumeirah not too far away from the Burj Al Arab Hotel (sail looking 6 star hotel) 5 min from beach….not bad BUT…….
Rather party out of house? Suggest here….Baristi Bar…Have a lookee and salivate hehe…..
http://www.timeoutdubai.com/gallery/11070-dubai-party-pics
How can an old and ornery Viking fan compete with THAT???
Anyway…
Who cares if we have a stinkin’ bye week (sigh)…..
Enjoy holiday guys! Let’s watch Chicago get killed Thursday!
SKOL!!!!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Nov 10, 2009 6:19 PM CST up reply actions
Bet those girls come with English accents, too :)
Often wondered about getting a temp IT job ni Dubai
man
I just live on a mountain…been cutting wood now for about three weeks can’t get to the honey do’s cause I got a truck down….can watch the game cause of work, ok Dubai does not sound that bad after…lol
it is better to be thought of as dumb then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Ben Franklin
by montana vikes fan on Nov 10, 2009 6:18 PM CST reply actions
Come on over.....
Maybe you can catch some “culture” while here….
I “nose” you would enjoy….
http://www.timeoutdubai.com/gallery/11536-alpha?image=3
OK OK I am bored and it is 0430 AM….
I’ll go back in my corner now!
See ya all eh?!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Nov 10, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
hahaha
awesome post MilCard (although unfortunate). Highly entertaining read!
If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal
hehe
I pretty much go through the same thing except wife just has to look above my desk,next to the Viking helmet to the Schedule.And your right the bye hit perfect for the Vikes but got me stuck fall cleaning,lumping boxes from house to shed and from shed to house.Carpet cleaning, coat of paint on walls,dragging christmas lights out,checking tree.But good point is I am done till spring cleaning lol.Sorry I havent been on much during game day,been able watch every game here and in Viking heaven.
Great Post
I’m in basement finishing hell myself, although it’s more like limbo because I’m waiting on contractors who are trying to finish their outdoor work before getting to the indoor stuff when the snow starts flying. They don’t tell you that when they bid the job in July, come back a few weeks later, tear the place apart then disappear for 4 months with vague promises about deliveries of materials that never show up. &$^%&%$%$#%&^!!!!!
Whenever someone tells you a house is a good investment. Kick them in the nuts for me.
A good coach makes his team better, he doesn’t wait for a better team to make him look good.
my wife let me lay around and watch the bears lose
took a nap halfway through. not a bad weekend…. course, when you move 29 tons of rebar on your shoulder over the course of 5 days, she’s pretty understanding….
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
20 years already?
Crap, I hate this growing old sh&t. Still remember the pre-bye years as well as the Supr Bowl always being the last Sunday of Jan.
"That is the craziest sonofabitch I ever saw, how many more like him do you think are up there?"
Well, if its so bad...
I’ve been married for twenty years, or longer than the bye week has been around, and every year it sucks, and every year the overall suckitude gets worse.
Some people don’t believe in divorce, but if its bad and getting worse you might want to consider it!
Wow, looks like I was talking about my marraige
But I meant the suckitude of the bye week. I’ll edit and fix that.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
lol, you weren't?
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
by IABerserker1 on Nov 10, 2009 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
This gives whole new meaning to tough love!
A bird in the hand is worth about 10.99 at KFC and makes me lick my chops
Yummy!!!!!
Another way to look at it that might make you feel better
What if there was no bye week? Obviously you’ve never experienced that. But let me suggest that … maybe the wife would not just let you blow off household/couple stuff every weekend from late August to Jan if there was no break. Maybe she tries to get you to do some of that WHEN A GAME IS ON.
From the “it could be worse department”
p.s. great read – made me smile.
Wow you guys are so whipped it's embarrassing!
Seriously, if your wife sets your itinerary there’s only 3 explanations:
1. You would otherwise lie on your ass 24 hours a day collecting mold and mildew.
2. You’re a wimp.
3. You love her, want to make her happy, and really don’t mind the errands/chores. Besides, by accommodating her wishes you earn the right to complain… in writing, on DN if you wish. ;)
To respond
1. That’s a given.
2. Yeah, pretty much.
3. Trifecta!!!
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
Spoken like a single guy...
You just don’t get it, do ya…
LOL
I just did what Jared Allen did and went hunting..
Nice to know you won’t be missing a game while your out in the woods. Still sort of regret it to an extent, since I missed the Bears/Packers losing. I’m sure that would of been fun to watch…
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