Can someone explain to this poor Motor City transplant what on earth an octopus has to do with the Red Wings. Why do fans throw them on the ice? It makes no sense. We are not the Detroit Octopi!
Signed,
Confused in Detroit
Found this via Brea Grant’s blog. It’s a good song, and the rest of the album is pretty good. You can get the album, Re-arrange Us, on Amazon.com’s MP3 store. No DRM, just plain, high quality MP3 files.
(PS. Don’t forget to watch Brea Grant on Heroes in a few weeks, and check out other books and music she likes over at Coolspotters. And, no, I’ve got no connection to her, business or otherwise. Just a fan since I saw her on Friday Night Lights.)
Can someone explain to this poor Motor City transplant what on earth an octopus has to do with the Red Wings. Why do fans throw them on the ice? It makes no sense. We are not the Detroit Octopi!
Signed,
Confused in Detroit
April 26th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
http://www.detroitredwings.com/history/octopus.jsp
April 26th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Another favorite story: the Florida Rat.
http://www.darsys.com/panth/pfaq.html#rat
Scott Mellanby was a good Flyer, and a great Panther.
Just last year, I was getting dressed for a game at Chelsea Piers when I heard a shocked yell. A guy came charging out of the office with a hockey stick, stopped, and fired a mouse across the room.
April 27th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Sujal, you are no fun!
Looking it up is just so logical.
April 27th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
I am nothing if not logical. (Hmmm… Heidi might claim that I’m nothing, though…)