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ZAZ		2010-12-12 08:51:12 AM

I remember when the roof of the Hartford Civic Center collapsed, sparing the state from more Whalers games for a while. I have a book with a chapter about that incident. Lesson learned: don't build stadiums where it snows.

JerseyTim		2010-12-12 08:53:04 AM

Clean it up and play the game anyway. It's football, goddamit.

Dog Welder		2010-12-12 09:03:48 AM

GLOBAL WARMING!

nekom		2010-12-12 09:04:46 AM

What a pisser.

CavalierEternal		2010-12-12 09:04:47 AM

JerseyTim: Clean it up and play the game anyway. It's football, goddamit.

THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

twobux		2010-12-12 09:05:53 AM

Favre REALLY wants to keep his streak in tact. He even arranged for a roof collapse.

cretinbob		2010-12-12 09:06:03 AM

someone else submitted this with a better headline

//favre

AnkhX10.0		2010-12-12 09:07:00 AM

Well, this is awkward....

/so is the NFL gonna delay or move the MNF game?

jehovahs witness protection		2010-12-12 09:10:21 AM

This is rare. it's only happened THREE times before.

Oakenshield		2010-12-12 09:11:44 AM

Don't link to an article with a farking picture or anything.

msannomalley		2010-12-12 09:11:57 AM

My, how soft we've gotten, Brett. You used to play in weather like this all the time in Green Bay.

/Pansy.

Foolkiller		2010-12-12 09:17:42 AM

The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

skinink		2010-12-12 09:18:02 AM

They could write a Greek Tragedy about the vikings' season. From Brett favre, to Randy Moss, Childress and now the roof collapse. At least they're not Detroit.

182		2010-12-12 09:19:34 AM

cretinbob: someone else submitted this with a better headline

//favre

....and even used the same link.

///favre sucks

JerseyTim		2010-12-12 09:19:41 AM

The keep the snow from accumulating, they should have lit the roof on fire.

ravenlore		2010-12-12 09:20:22 AM

Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Foolkiller		2010-12-12 09:23:02 AM

ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Maybe it's my wimpy town but we just got an inch of snow and I look forward to shopping in an empty mall today.

desertfool		2010-12-12 09:26:12 AM

182: cretinbob: someone else submitted this with a better headline

//favre

....and even used the same link.

///favre sucks

Or, in my case, a very similar headline.

Owangotang		2010-12-12 09:26:14 AM

Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

Who the fark gets days off for snow in the Midwest?

Tom_Slick		2010-12-12 09:26:41 AM

Hold the game in Green Bay, 280 miles, plenty of people to fill the seats and boo Farve for those who won't make the trip.

mjoven1975		2010-12-12 09:27:08 AM

This wouldn't be an issue if the Vikings just hurried up and moved to Los Angeles.

dstanley		2010-12-12 09:32:12 AM

182: cretinbob: someone else submitted this with a better headline

//favre

....and even used the same link.

///favre sucks

Minnesota Vikings use George W. Bush's weather machine to dump 20 inches of snow on Metrodome roof and collapse it so that Favre will have another day to rest his shoulder and keep his streak alive

/screw you, admins

Ecobuckeye		2010-12-12 09:38:56 AM

dstanley: 182: cretinbob: someone else submitted this with a better headline

//favre

....and even used the same link.

///favre sucks

Minnesota Vikings use George W. Bush's weather machine to dump 20 inches of snow on Metrodome roof and collapse it so that Favre will have another day to rest his shoulder and keep his streak alive

/screw you, admins

Screw you, unfunny, butthurt troll.

jmsvrsn		2010-12-12 09:39:51 AM

Police are treating this as an act of sabotage and are seeking this man as a person of interest. www.blogcdn.com

HeathenHealer		2010-12-12 09:40:42 AM

ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Well, I had to work this weekend in South Dakota so I have Monday off and would gladly drive down to KC for the game if I knew I could get tickets.

the_vegetarian_cannibal		2010-12-12 09:41:26 AM

OtherLittleGuy		2010-12-12 09:42:41 AM

Apparently, God wanted Favre to keep his streak intact.

If he should be carted off with a Theismann-type injury, look for the NFL to strike for the rest of the season, or the zombie apocalypse.

/two poached submissions

Nefarious		2010-12-12 09:43:12 AM

Tom_Slick: Hold the game in Green Bay, 280 miles, plenty of people to fill the seats and boo Farve for those who won't make the trip.

That would be awesome but I don't think they would go that far.

ZAZ		2010-12-12 09:43:20 AM

Here is the list of dome headlines in chronological order for your "submitted with a better headline" convenience. Looks like the admins picked the first one submitted.
• The roof of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis has apparently collapsed like Favre's season
• Favre sucks, causes dome to collapse
• Like the Vikings Playoff Prospects, the Metrodome Collapses Under Heavy Weight
• At least Brett Favre still has one woman on his side... Mother Nature
• The roof, the roof, the roof is... on the ground
• The roof... The roof... The roof is on the ground (due to 20 inches of snow)
• "Brett Favre and the Metrodome roof." *opens envelope* "Things in Minnesota that have collapsed"
• Minnesota Favredome Favres under the weight from all the Favre
• Minnesota Vikings use George W. Bush's weather machine to dump 20 inches of snow on Metrodome roof and collapse it so that Favre will have another day to rest his shoulder and keep his streak alive
• Things just keep collapsing in Minneapolis
• Metro Dome roof realizes it's affiliated with the Vikings, kills itself
• Minneapolis Metrodome has collapsed
• The roof of the Metrodome, like Brett Favre's hopes for another Superbowl, has collapsed

Owangotang		2010-12-12 09:43:26 AM

Brad Childress returns to Minnesota for revenge in "Brad Childress 2: The Childressening"

fat aristotle		2010-12-12 09:43:34 AM

CavalierEternal: THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

I am most certainly a pussy. There is no farking way I'd sit outside today to watch a football game. Players get heated benches and warmers all along the sideline. The fans? Nothing. No thanks.

abhorrent1		2010-12-12 09:43:35 AM

already delay Vikings game is now in question once again

Wut?

ravenlore		2010-12-12 09:43:41 AM

HeathenHealer: ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Well, I had to work this weekend in South Dakota so I have Monday off and would gladly drive down to KC for the game if I knew I could get tickets.

Wow does THAT ever suck.

(where in SoDak, if I may ask?)

squidloe		2010-12-12 09:43:42 AM

Is there another Metrodome that is not located in downtown Minneapolis?

HeathenHealer		2010-12-12 09:45:46 AM

ravenlore: HeathenHealer: ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Well, I had to work this weekend in South Dakota so I have Monday off and would gladly drive down to KC for the game if I knew I could get tickets.

Wow does THAT ever suck.

(where in SoDak, if I may ask?)

I work in Sioux Falls, live just outside of town.

star_miner		2010-12-12 09:45:58 AM

The University of Minn has a 50,000 seat stadium one mile away. Move the game there.

CavalierEternal		2010-12-12 09:47:49 AM

fat aristotle: CavalierEternal: THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

I am most certainly a pussy. There is no farking way I'd sit outside today to watch a football game. Players get heated benches and warmers all along the sideline. The fans? Nothing. No thanks.

The nightmarish weather is occasionally worth it, should you stumble into the right game. Sat through -10 degree temperatures last December to see the Browns take out the Steelers. Perfect night. All ya gotta do is bundle up.

Owangotang		2010-12-12 09:47:56 AM

fat aristotle: CavalierEternal: THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

I am most certainly a pussy. There is no farking way I'd sit outside today to watch a football game. Players get heated benches and warmers all along the sideline. The fans? Nothing. No thanks.

It's fun to do once, but that's it. One time.

I want to the Bears-Seahawks playoff game back when the Bears last made the playoffs and the memory of being so cold that it hurt overwhelms everything else.

ravenlore		2010-12-12 09:48:09 AM

HeathenHealer: ravenlore: HeathenHealer: ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Well, I had to work this weekend in South Dakota so I have Monday off and would gladly drive down to KC for the game if I knew I could get tickets.

Wow does THAT ever suck.

(where in SoDak, if I may ask?)

I work in Sioux Falls, live just outside of town.

How was THAT commute?

/originally from up by Aberdeen)

Nefarious		2010-12-12 09:50:47 AM

star_miner: The University of Minn has a 50,000 seat stadium one mile away. Move the game there.

Think this is far more likely then GB.

Mecha Edwin		2010-12-12 09:51:34 AM

The NFL is eagerly trying to figure out a way to have this game in NY. But at least they'll call it a "home" game for the Vikings.

Tom_Slick		2010-12-12 09:51:52 AM

star_miner: The University of Minn has a 50,000 seat stadium one mile away. Move the game there.

I forgot they built their own stadium.

mjoven1975		2010-12-12 09:52:07 AM

Owangotang: fat aristotle: CavalierEternal: THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

I am most certainly a pussy. There is no farking way I'd sit outside today to watch a football game. Players get heated benches and warmers all along the sideline. The fans? Nothing. No thanks.

It's fun to do once, but that's it. One time.

I want to the Bears-Seahawks playoff game back when the Bears last made the playoffs and the memory of being so cold that it hurt overwhelms everything else.

As a guy who lives in California who's never experienced in NFL game in bitter cold, I always just assumed the entire crowd stayed drunk the entire game so the cold wouldn't bother them.

HeathenHealer		2010-12-12 09:52:48 AM

ravenlore: HeathenHealer: ravenlore: HeathenHealer: ravenlore: Foolkiller: The Giants are in Kansas City already and the Chiefs are out of town so just get the Vikings down there for a neutral field game. The true fans will make the drive since they weren't going to work Monday anyway.

/Too simple of a solution

I want to know who are these lucky and/or well-off folks who don't have to work tomorrow?

/mass transit customer

Well, I had to work this weekend in South Dakota so I have Monday off and would gladly drive down to KC for the game if I knew I could get tickets.

Wow does THAT ever suck.

(where in SoDak, if I may ask?)

I work in Sioux Falls, live just outside of town.

How was THAT commute?

/originally from up by Aberdeen)

Not as bad as I thought, getting out of the driveway and down the local streets was the worst. I-29 wasn't bad (snowwise), I just couldn't see.

Shoveling the 4ft drift in my driveway when I got home was the really shiaty part.

/I've heard of these "snowblower" machines, I may have to look into one

overfienduglar		2010-12-12 09:53:11 AM

Giants going to get 9 home games again?

This is another reason why domes have no place in football.

DrBear		2010-12-12 09:53:22 AM

Waiting for Zygi Wulf's comment about "this wouldn't have happened in L.A."

(suggestd hed: Metrodome roof sagging more than a Vikings cheerleader)

LordOfThePings		2010-12-12 09:53:30 AM

mjoven1975: As a guy who lives in California who's never experienced in NFL game in bitter cold, I always just assumed the entire crowd stayed drunk the entire game so the cold wouldn't bother them.

And this is different from any other game how?

HeathenHealer		2010-12-12 09:55:14 AM

DrBear: Waiting for Zygi Wulf's comment about "this wouldn't have happened in L.A."

(suggestd hed: Metrodome roof sagging more than a Vikings cheerleader)

I would have liked something along the lines of "Dome goes limp, like Farves...arm"

Ed_Severson		2010-12-12 09:55:37 AM

This sort of bullshiat would never happen at Soldier Field or Lambeau Field.

Maybe the Vikings should consider not being such pussies and just play football outdoors like men.

Owangotang		2010-12-12 09:57:00 AM

mjoven1975: Owangotang: fat aristotle: CavalierEternal: THIS. Domed stadiums are for pussies.

I am most certainly a pussy. There is no farking way I'd sit outside today to watch a football game. Players get heated benches and warmers all along the sideline. The fans? Nothing. No thanks.

It's fun to do once, but that's it. One time.

I want to the Bears-Seahawks playoff game back when the Bears last made the playoffs and the memory of being so cold that it hurt overwhelms everything else.

As a guy who lives in California who's never experienced in NFL game in bitter cold, I always just assumed the entire crowd stayed drunk the entire game so the cold wouldn't bother them.

I would have loved to get drunk but I couldn't. I drove.

Meanwhile, on the drive home, my best friend's co-worker saw fit to chuck the leftover eggs from taligate breakfast onto the interstate. Oh and my best friend's wife pissed in the cooler because we were in wall to wall traffic and she couldn't hold it anymore.

If I was given free tickets and didn't have to drive? Sure, I'd go again.

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