We are definitely in "Stiller" country. I actually didn't know what that meant until about two days ago when I asked my friend. We go mall-walking in the mornings and I noticed a sign at a few of the shops stating this is "Stiller Country". I figured it was a misprint but not according to my friend. Apparently true Pittsburgh-ians pronounce it "Stillers" instead of "Steelers". Weird, I know but that's how it is.
In fact, today at church (aside from all the Steelers colors in the congregation) our nursery helper told us that hopefully the Lord will forgive her for missing so much church during "Stiller" football season.
Also, I didn't realize that around here, after you take down the Christmas decorations, it's time to put up the Steeler's decorations. We have several houses on our block that are decked out for Steeler season. One house has yellow spotlights turned on at night with several banners and flags. As we drove to church today, there was a house that had a blow-up football player on their front porch. This is serious business!
They have this thing called the Terrible Towel that many people use as decoration. They sell for $9.00 and I ask, "What do you do with a Terrible Towel that makes it worth nine bucks?" There is an answer for that - you see, it comes with instructions:
So, even though I've never wanted to watch the Super Bowl nor even cared who has participated in it, it's easy to get caught up in all the excitement. (I even bought Lars a Steelers shirt to wear to work on the Friday before the big game.) Maybe next year I'll even put up some decorations after New Year's.
Dr. Sarah's loyal readers may not have noticed it at first glance, but check out the stylish black-and-gold wreath on the front door of our neighbors' house.
ReplyDeleteso who won the big game?
ReplyDeleteSadly, Green Bay one, due to the Steelers Defense forgetting to play, and both teams forgetting to do anything during the 3rd quarter.
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