I received a very interesting gift this Holiday season from my mother. She got wind of the fact the Cubs were selling bricks as part of their "Brick Paver Program." These bricks will be installed permanently around Wrigley Field causing many folks to peruse two city blocks full of small rectangular-shaped items with a message etched in each one. I received my notice in the mail and have until Sunday to decide what I want my brick to say. The trick is that you are limited to three lines with no more than 15 characters on each line including spaces and punctuation, and invariably the last line is your full name, so you have two lines to get creative. Man, have I had one hell of a time brainstorming, and I am stumped. As you will see below, I have not had any trouble coming up with your "not-so-original" lines. I have also had a good time figuring out what some celebrities might say if they were afforded this opportunity.
The Not-So-Original Bricks
Go Cubs Go
I love you (insert name)
Holy Cow!
Cubs Win!
Hey Hey
Whatta say
It Might be
It could be
Hey Arne
Check out the....
Peanuts and Cra (Ran out of space)
Go Cubs
A Dying Fan's
Last Request
I am in
So much pain
100 years
And counting
200 years
And Counting
Lets Get
Some Runs
Time To Stretch
Go Cubs
Wait 'til
Next Year
Beer Here
Beer Here
The biggest bar
In Chicago
Bricks from Celebrities
Congratulations
Hell Froze Over
-The Devil
I am Chicago
Go Cubs
-Jim Belushi
No, I am Chicago
Go Cubs
-John Cusack
Whatever....
Go Cubs
-Bill Murray
I did not
With that team
-Bill Clinton
Who, what
Baseball?
-George W. Bush
Not a Governor
A Cubs Fan
-Rod Blagoevich
Jennifer Aniston
and the Cubs
-Vince Vaughn
(sorry for the loss Vince)
No Charge
No Charge
-Joan Cusack
I like Cubs
I like Cubs
-The Burger King
Chocolate Peanuts
Soar over....
-The Snickers Guy
Bears, Sausage
Ditka, Sausage
-Chris Farley
Go Braves
Ooops!
-Chip Caray
100 years!
D'oh!
-Homer Simpson
"Heeeeyyy"
Go Cubs
-Arthur Fonzarel (no more room)
How you doin?
Go Cubs
-Joey Tribiani
This Place Is
My Dream
-Beer Vendor
I should come
Here more often
-Hugh Hefner
And my favorite....
Resiewdub a
Em evig
-Harry Caray
Thanks for tagging along on that little journey, feel free to include your own thoughts and ideas and maybe, just maybe my brick will look something like this....
Stay Classy
Cubs Fans
-Brian McCabe
How bout this:
AT LEAST THE
BEER IS GOOD
I know its pessimistic, but funny. My 84 year old Grandfather has been a Cubs fan all his life and says this everytime he goes to Wrigley and the Cubs tank.
Brian,
You gotta go with 'Stay Classy Cubs Fans'. You own that one.
The Wife,
Thanks for your thoughts. Officially, Ron Burgundy owns that line, but it was too good not to start using a year ago, and that is the way I am leaning on the brick.
Ryan R., love your Grandpa's line, good stuff.
Anyone feel like discussing Jim Hendry and the job he has done? I KID, I KID!
'Ron Burgundy' - you've officially crossed over to the I-have-no-idea-who-you-are-talking-about land. At this point, I normally look to Neil to fill me in :)
I like baseball, I like Ron Santo, and I like beer. I leave the other stuff to Neil!
Hey Brian, my wife bought me one of those bricks in that series against the Red Sox and they give you a replica and a certificate to take home, its pretty neat! She kept it simple because she is in to baseball the same way I'm in to "ballet", with the only difference that I get to see more live ballet than Games at Wrigley...
She just wrote my daughters name and mine and in the last line Cubs vs Red Sox...I didn't have a chance to decide but If you wanna keep it simple and real...Go with the MAYBE NEXT YEAR! That is one powerfull true Cubs prase. Also could turn out to be eternal. JAJAJAJA! Good Luck
Sammy Sosa could Join Arnold in one of them rocks and say.................I'll BE BACK
From The late great Mr. Caray, How about:
Sosa backwards
is Asos
John Cusack!
Blown Slaves...
-Chip Carey
Moreland and
Cey are slow
- Jody Davis
Am I Spendry
or Trader Jim?
- Jim Hendry
All my shirts said
"Cubs Fever!"
- Young Jason B.
Zip & Mrs. Zip
Texas Cub Fans
The Acreys
Brian:
Nice article, Clever! When the Cubs win it all my brick will say:
WORLD CHAMPS (INSERT YEAR) NOW I CAN DIE IN PEACE.
Will,
Harry actually said "Sosa spelled backwards is ASOSA." Where the extra "a" came from, whe'll never know. I remember it vividly like the time he labeled the brand new expansion team (Florida Marlins) as the "Florida Martians."
Must have been during the Seventh-inning Stretch....
A-One....A-Two....A-Sosa.....
;-)