Q: A couple of weeks ago at a frat party, I began to get with a pretty cute girl. As the night wore...

Q: A couple of weeks ago at a frat party, I began to get with a pretty cute girl. As the night wore on, and the drinks started flowing, she took me back to her apartment. When I entered her room, the first thing I saw was a giant Sidney Crosby poster. Without saying another word to her, I left. My buddies have never stopped making fun of me since, but I still insist that it was the proudest moment of my life as a die-hard Flyers fan. Can you please give me some consolidation, or should I have just swallowed my pride? In my defense, I would not qualify her as "hot."
--Dave Z., Philly

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give me some consolidation

I have no idea what he was asking for there. But that’s an awesome story.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 2:15 PM EST reply actions

“consolation”

by MarioD on Feb 5, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions

Does that even make sense though? Wouldn’t he rather get “props” or “respect”, not “comfort”?

Either way, he messed that one up.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 5:07 PM EST up reply actions

Dude has his convictions and I have to give him his propers for that. I am similar in that I couldn’t marry a man who preferred Pepsi to Coke. Or if he was a fan of the Cowboys, Yankees, Lakers, Red Wings, Georgetown or Duke. A girls’ gotta have her standards.

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by doubleh on Feb 5, 2010 2:59 PM EST reply actions

I bang a Crosby fan almost every night. Does that make me less of a Flyer fan?

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 5, 2010 3:32 PM EST reply actions

I don’t think so, but everyone has their “deal breakers”. His happen to be very particular.

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by doubleh on Feb 5, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions

Does this Crosby fan have a poster in their room?

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions

good point. she is a grown woman, so the answer is obviously “no”, but she does have a Crosby Winter Classic jersey hanging in her closet, does that count?

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 5, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

Is she die-hard Penguins fan or just a Crosby fan? I actually know some of the latter.

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by doubleh on Feb 5, 2010 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

she’s more of a crosby lover, casual penguins fan, probably more of a Flyers fan now that she’s forced to watch every Flyers game. I don’t really allow watching of Penguins games unless it’s vs. the flyers. Ask her to name 5 penguins other than crosby and she wouldn’t be able to do it. Ask her to name 10 Flyers and she’d probably ace it. haha.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Feb 5, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

That’s cool. As much as I can’t stand the platypus faced dork, I respect his game. I love the fact that you are bringing her over to the Dark Side.

"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko

by doubleh on Feb 5, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions

haha, she’s allowed. Women can wear those blue jerseys. Men, however, should not.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

But how do you feel about men wearing the Phillies throwback road blues? FYI, there’s going to be one retro game this year (against Mil, I think) where the Phils are going to wear the throwback blues. I am very excited about this, because I love them, but I also love Toronto’s blues.

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by doubleh on Feb 5, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

I’m massively excited for those. I’m pretty sure it’s against Milwaukee too.

Not a fan of Toronto’s, mainly because I hate pullovers.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 5:54 PM EST up reply actions

Personally, even as a girl myself, I agree with Geoff that the Penguin’s throwback design does skew towards female fans, and maybe boys under 8 or so can pull it off. The retro Phillies uniform doesn’t give me the same vibe.

It’s not just an anti-Pittsburgh thing necessarily, because I also think those horrific powder blue/yellow Eagles throwback uniforms were feminine looking, too. I hate the Penguins as much as everybody else, but even I have to admit that the Penguins throwback is the lesser of those two evils…

by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 5, 2010 6:42 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 5, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions

I am with this guy. I wouldn’t touch a Penguins fan with a 10 foot pole. My girlfriend is from Pittsburgh but has no interest in sports whatsoever. It is sometimes frustrating because Philly sports are pretty much my life and she doesn’t give a rats ass. But, every time I think about it I remind myself that her lack of interested in sports means she is not a Pittsburgh sports fan and thus I can date her. Phew . . .

by Mitchell Green on Feb 6, 2010 1:01 AM EST reply actions