It takes a special type of person to be a Saints Fan.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 21, 2009 7:04 PM CST
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PrintWherever you go once you have the mud in your blood you are still a Louisianan. Saints Fans don't stop being fans when they move somewhere else... You may be on the West Coast in LaLa land (which I liked very much) or the East Coast with all these yankees (The Pats are my second favorite team) or in Kansas or anywhere in between. You may not even have been born in Louisiana but once you become a Saints fan wherever you are... There you are... A Saints Fan.
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You may be one of our heroes fighting for us somewhere across the world away from your family and home but you still have the mud in your blood.
Life isn’t always ‘easy’ in Louisiana and it has been that way since the earliest days. But we are a special blend and breed of people. We prevail and we find joy in life. We love "our people". And we stick by them. Blood is thicker than water and Louisiana blood is the thickest of all. And once someone is a Saint no matter where they were born they become "Our People".
Decades have gone by and we have stayed Fans. We winced and we cringed and we certainly binged but…. They were still our Saints.
We took grief and mockery and had people wonder at our sanity (they probably did anyway just because we are who we are) for standing behind our Saints.
Sure we screamed at them, sure we got mad at them but… they were still our people and you can be mad at your ‘people’ and still love them. Still support them… and always be there for them.
And it has all paid off. The years of sitting in a bar in some other state being the only person there cheering for your team even when the score was abysmal… If they made a good play you shouted…
We made that poor old Sugar Bowl/Tulane Stadium creak with our fervor. We make the Dome thunder with the music of our chants... We are the Soul of our Team and they are our Saints who go do battle for us. Up or Down we had a team that let itself be infused with the spirit of US... they became "Our People".
In the past when people said "How can you STILL be a Saints Fan after all of these years" We just look at them and say….
They are our People…
Where I come from "our People" means family – I am proud to be family with all of the other Saints Fans. We are each other’s "People".
So, I love where we are today and I love our Saints and Fans for getting us here… but if we were 0-10… they would still be my Saints… and still be "My People".
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Amen brother - Saints fan for life
Louisiana is all about family ( disfunctional at times ) and the Saints are no different. You don’t turn your back on family. Who Dat!!
Who Dat!! Vote the Dome Patrol to the Hall!
Oh Yeah but we put the FUN in dysfunctional
Who Dat? WE Dat…. Dey Dat… Da Saints!
High Voodoo Gris Gris Priestess with lots of feathers and stuff.
well said as usual GGM
There have been times in the past when I thought, “dear lord why did I have to be born a WHODAT?” Its funny, its in your blood when you are a SAINTS fan. I could no more become a fan of another team than deny my father. But thats what is gonna make it soooo sweet. We suffered for a long time and now our time is near. GEAUX SAINTS!!!!
Not GGM -VGG
The Gris Gris man would spit HIS cereal if I let it be thought he posted that. Way to foofoo…
I guess I need a more Girly Zombie Girl pic St. Drew.
wink…
Voodoo Gris Gris High PriestESS… sheeesh… heheh.
High Voodoo Gris Gris Priestess with lots of feathers and stuff.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 4:40 AM CST up reply actions
It's much like being a Pirates fan
you just have to deal with the losing and hope next year will be better and for yall it happened and for the Pirates well we still suck
"From time to time gunfighters get shot."-Mike Tomlin the third greatest Steelers coach
Exactly
At the beginning of every season I ask my brother… “Are we going to the Super Bowl this year”
And win or lose there is a special fun in being a Fan… And that is a Win isn’t it?
Of course it IS better to get some gloat factor goin’…..
High Voodoo Gris Gris Priestess with lots of feathers and stuff.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 4:43 AM CST up reply actions
I've cheered for them in Japan for years!
Interestingly, when a local tries to say, “Who’s that?” in English it just naturally comes out, “Who Dat?” Gotta’ love ’em!
(Of course they need a little more practice to stop saying, “Brack an Gorudo!”)
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
by Just 'Nother Day on Nov 21, 2009 11:22 PM CST reply actions
HAHA
I just spit my cereal all ove my computer, lol.
I know just what you mean, I’m a Korean linguist, and it kills me sometimes. It shouldn’t, but it does.
"The key to them winning is to limit their quarterback to under 20 throws a game." -Cris Carter
In that case
“Yoboseo! Anyohaseo!”
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
by Just 'Nother Day on Nov 22, 2009 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
Anyung, auteyo?
"The key to them winning is to limit their quarterback to under 20 throws a game." -Cris Carter
Great article VGG
YATS-4-LIFE!!!!
"The key to them winning is to limit their quarterback to under 20 throws a game." -Cris Carter
Passin' a Good Time
Don’t forget to stop by your momma’s on your way to the game….. In thought if not in reality.
Time to change into my game day Morgus the Magnificent brew making outfit. Good thing I am not vain.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 9:47 AM CST up reply actions
Anyung, auteyo? "Yoboseo! Anyohaseo!"
Any others out there. It is a good thing to get edumacated!!!!
High Voodoo Gris Gris Priestess with lots of feathers and stuff.
As a WHO DAT in Panther country...
…I can only say this:
YEA YOU RITE!!!
I wasn’t born to it, but the mud is in the blood, and through the best and the worst, I have never wavered, I am a PROUD Saints fan, no matter what.
GEAUX SAINTS!!!
Irony: An atheist Saints fan.
Mud Blooder
Exactly Right GSO…. You are “Our People” no matter where you were born.
Geaux Saints!!!!
Who Dat???? Drew Dat!!!! True Dat!!!!!
and wishing our new guy McAlister (sp) a great game today. Our NEWEST ‘people’
Time to change into my game day Morgus the Magnificent brew making outfit. Good thing I am not vain.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 9:46 AM CST up reply actions
I get to town about every three years or so.
On every trip I make sure to dip my hand in the Mississippi River. Yep, it’s dirty and, yep, I love it!
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers
by Just 'Nother Day on Nov 22, 2009 3:35 PM CST reply actions
Yep... You are Our People Too...
But you really need to go take off your shoes and squish your toes in some bayou mud…
Besides feeling really good…
It uhm….
well feels really good.
Ahhh 10-0 It feels soooooooooooooo good.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, I don't know about that.
Look what it did to Tom Dempsey! (Just joking there, Tom.)
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers
by Just 'Nother Day on Nov 22, 2009 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
You are a BAD MAN!!!!
First thing in the morning you make me snork my coffee…. and now some too many hours later you make me splutter my cocktail…
I think you owe me a drink!
Too funny and I am sure Tom would have laughed too.
Ahhh 10-0 It feels soooooooooooooo good.
by VoodooGrisGris on Nov 22, 2009 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
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