What do guys do today? Go to the local sports bar and get loaded and pick fights. Can’t even do Drunken Boxing. Men need a serious overhaul.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    whatever a Packer is

    Named after their sponsor, the Indian Meat Packing Company waaaay back in the day

    The legends go that they would hang their defeated opponents from meat hooks and then sell them to Usinger’s to be turned into living sausages that they’d race for sport

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      And somewhere out there a bunch of zoo animals sponsored the other professional teams!

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        1 year ago

        The Baltimore Ravens were named after the Raven from The Raven

        Yeah, after Poe kicked the bucket, the residual checks started to come in and he wanted to give back to the community