Wave those Terrible Towels!

[tigereye]

We are psyched in PIttsburgh!


:woohoo: :bounce: :party:

[JVS]

1. What was the mood of the room with 2:30 left to play?

:bounce:

[Sheets of Easter]

2. The oxygen level plunged about 97%.

[tigereye]

4. yippee!

:woohoo: Yay Steelers! Hello Sixsburgh! (says my son.)

[tigereye]

3. people's hearts were pounding!

lots of yelling, screaming, maybe a little praying, eh? :scared:


:woohoo: It was really fun riding through the Strip with everyone honking and waving their Towels out the windows!


My son went and hid for a minute- it was too intense! :bounce:

[tigereye]

5. news showing footage of couches on fire in front of the O

gotta love Oakland! :hide:

[JVS]

6. YES!!!

[tigereye]

8. husband said it was the cops, but I think it was just the Pitt crowd...

they were throwing stuff onto the conflagration - and no fire dept had shown up yet. There were a couple of fires, actually.



We avoided Oakland when we drove home- they closed the Oakland exit and the Blvd of the Allies ramp...

[JVS]

10. All my kin walked to neighborhood events. Nobody wanted to drive among the drunken yinzers

[pokerfan]

7. ok

[tigereye]

13. ahem - does your team have 6 Super Bowls to their credit?

:)

[pokerfan]

15. lighten up, Francis

It's just a little joke. :P

[tigereye]

16. wah, wah, wah....

okey dokey.

[JVS]

9. Did they cancel school yet?

[tigereye]

11. 2 hour delay for the city and some suburbs - alas, my kid has to get there

by 8:30 - his school decided not to delay since they missed so much the last few weeks with all the snow and ice! Boooooo!




I'm wearing my MIL's old Mel Blount shirt from the 70s!


yeah, people were driving a bit injudiciously, to say the least....

[Sheets of Easter]

12. No, but all the drunks are probably trekking it to Punxsutawney right about now.

[tigereye]

14. yeah I completely forgot about Punxy Phil - betcha some drunken ones

are on their way - :crazy: At least it's not crazy cold....

[tigereye]

17. kick for the hungover and tired who still feel excited!

[Deep13]

18. Don't have any. Will you settle for a Shamwow? nt

[KamaAina]

19. With pleasure!

Factoid: The Terrible Towel(TM) supports a Western Pa. program for people with developmental disabilities.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4936021&mesg_id=4945879

The golden glow of towels waving in the stands at the Super Bowl this Sunday will be supporting far more than the Pittsburgh Steelers playing on the field. Proceeds from the $7 towels go to support people with developmental disabilities.

The so-called Terrible Towels are icons of Steelers games hailing from the 1970s when the team’s radio announcer encouraged fans to bring gold and black towels to wave at games as a way to up the excitement level. The towels quickly became a staple at games and soon were trademarked and sold.

In 1996, Myron Cope, the (iconic, now sadly deceased -Ed.) radio announcer, gave the trademark for the Terrible Towel to the Allegheny Valley School, a group of schools and group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania. Cope’s son Danny has mental retardation and autism and lives in a group home the organization operates.

Since then, the Allegheny Valley School has received more than $2.5 million from the towels, about a $1 million of which came from the 2005 season when the Steelers won the Super Bowl. So hopes are high for this year. The funds are used to purchase high-end wheelchairs, sensory programs, adaptive communication devices and other items for residents, reports The New York Times. To read more click here.