How to Celebrate Favre's Arrival? Goats

by Anthony21 on Aug 24, 2009 4:32 PM CDT in Non-Football Comment 21 comments

There were many different ways to recognize Brett Favre's arrival in Minnesota. I bought a Favre jersey. I'm sure Brett Favre shot glasses have been flying off the shelves -- and, for the ladies, Favre jersey earrings. Some people were unhappy with the deal and voiced their displeasure on places like talk radio or this fine blog.

But a truly original way to commemorate the moment Favre became a Viking? As the Winona Daily News reports, a woman came into a Winona Tires Plus after her car broke down. She told this to the repairman:

"Oh, by the way," the woman said. "I have a goat in my trunk."

If you thought that was weird, it gets even weirder:

The goat had been painted purple and gold - the colors for the Minnesota Vikings. Shaved into its side was the No. 4 - the number of Brett Favre, who made his Vikings debut Friday night in a preseason game in the Twin Cities.

I think the Vikings need to open a few more souvenir shops in greater Minnesota. Just get a jersey!

Or, Bruce Ciskie suggests this person could have been a Packers fan who was having a difficult time handling the Favre news. Hmm....

Hat tip: The Big Lead

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For perhaps the first time

I am left speechless. I cannot find anything to say in response to this

by puddnhead on Aug 24, 2009 4:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ecept that

… I thought goats were a Cubbie thing?

If she was on the way to the game, goo thing her car broke down, otherwise maybe the goat gets refused entrance to the game, and we have a curse on our hands

by puddnhead on Aug 24, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait...

We don’t already have a curse on our hands? ;)

by Anthony21 on Aug 24, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope it was a old goat

to truely reflect Favre it had to be.

by bleedingpurplesince74 on Aug 25, 2009 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got Cutler and Rogers in my trunk

Where good to go now.

by AHHHWoooooo on Aug 24, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

They’re probably enjoying each other’s company back there.

by dsludo on Aug 24, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i want a jersey

by clones21 on Aug 24, 2009 5:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I want a picture of the goat

It could be very useful here later

by bleedingpurplesince74 on Aug 24, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol!

by iseepurplepeople on Aug 25, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can't believe i'm doing this for you, but ...

http://www.kare11.com/assetpool/images/090825043416_GoatFavre.jpg

By the way, the sotry is getting more bizarre all the time. Turns out the woman was taking it to her boyfriends house so he (a Hmong) could cook and eat it. Supposedly she bought it from a farm in Wisconsin, expecting to pick up a dead, nondescript goat, and found the farmer waiting with this instead. The farmer told her the #4 was put on as a practical joke by a friend.

Only in Minnesota. And Wisconsin ;)

by puddnhead on Aug 26, 2009 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

im living in winona for college and that really doesn’t surprise me haha

by hickenizgriz on Aug 24, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cruelty to animals is wrong

this woman being mad at favre for signing with the vikings,it is wrong to take it out on an animals and torture the goat painting it.if she going to take it out on anyone should be ted thompson.ted thompson the one who drove favre to the vikings not the goat.so she should have painted ted thompson purple and shaved his hairy back #4 and torture him.

by subzero on Aug 24, 2009 7:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs