Going to the Philadelphia parade

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

OK, summary time. For reasons I will go into later, I got back fairly late and was too out of it to post.

 

First of all, the city of Philadelphia might not know how to handle snow, but they know how to handle crowd flow. Roads were shut down well in advance, and the strategically slowed down/limited public transport downtown. This was ultimately necessary to keep crowds manageable, but for those who took mass transit in and out of NJ, it was easily an hour wait to get onto a platform in and out of the city. Special train service in opened at 6 am. by 6:30, when my wife (the Eagles fan) and I arrived, the train parking lot was almost entirely full. The line to get into the building snaked a block up, curled around the next block, and then snaked over itself again.

 

People were, for the most part, really well behaved. There was public drinking, open containers, gouts of weed smoke and loud chanting all around. And yet, the worst things that happened all day was a couple of drops of water or beer got splashed on me, and a drunk grabbed me by the back of my jacket to say how nothing else mattered anymore. That was in 7 hours of standing around with people getting liquored up. Mostly there was high fiving, and hugging. Legitimate passion and joy.

 

Of course, there were things that couldn't be accounted for: it was cold. Not direly, but below freezing, and by 9:30 you couldn't move without risking your spot. There were limited bathrooms and, in contrast to how I do most Bills days, was stone cold sober. I am never doing that again.

 

I didn't have nearly the emotional impact of everyone around me. I am sure that if the day comes in my lifetime when the Bills win it all, my face will look the same as everyone else around me.

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

 

I didn't have nearly the emotional impact of everyone around me. I am sure that if the day comes in my lifetime when the Bills win it all, my face will look the same as everyone else around me.

 

 

I'm touched.

 

My heart is warmed.

 

 

 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

10 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

Kelce's speech is epic. His callout of Mike Lombardi is hilarious!

http://www.phillyvoice.com/mummer-jason-kelce-drops-f-bomb-live-tv-rides-police-bike-along-eagles-parade-route/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

You got to hand it to a man who can wear that costume in public and deliver a speech about being mean and hungry ending with f* bombs

You can sorta see some of the Eagles coaches and players looking uncomfortable when he starts his speech, but then when he gets well into it they relax and flow with it: "hell yeah!"

 

After listening to that post-victory parade speech, I can only imagine what the atmosphere was like in the locker room pre-game and at halftime.

Edited February 9, 2018 by Hapless Bills Fan

[Gugny]

1 hour ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

 

I didn't have nearly the emotional impact of everyone around me. I am sure that if the day comes in my lifetime when the Bills win it all, my face will look the same as everyone else around me.

 

 

 

[apuszczalowski]

27 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

 

Was that the crowd at the last Pats SB parade?

[dave mcbride]

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

You got to hand it to a man who can wear that costume in public and deliver a speech about being mean and hungry ending with f* bombs

You can sorta see some of the Eagles coaches and players looking uncomfortable when he starts his speech, but then when he gets well into it they relax and flow with it: "hell yeah!"

 

After listening to that post-victory parade speech, I can only imagine what the atmosphere was like in the locker room pre-game and at halftime.

Compare that with literally the worst and most obnoxious chant ever by the evil one: 

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