Landing in Enemy Territory
Posted in Once I Was a Kansas Girl and tagged with Football, Humor, North Carolina, Sports on September 7, 2008I never get the paper, but last Sunday I did, to get some coupons that were in it. I didn’t take the time to read the paper (except for the Comics, can’t skip those!), but something caught my eye:
It seems that UNC wanted to kick off the season by having parachute jumpers land in the stadium with the game ball. Due to bad weather, miscommunication, and poor judgment, the parachute jumpers were dropped off at the wrong stadium.
The stadium of UNC’s big rival, Duke. I’ve been trying to make a spiritual analogy out of this, but really, this is just a funny story in and of itself.
I laugh because the story says that the jumpers knew “only when they landed in [Duke's stadium] that they were in the wrong place.” Their slow descent into the stadium, where they could see the fans decked in the team colors, apparently didn’t give it away because there were few/no fans there an hour before their game. The ACC just doesn’t do football like other, Bigger (ahem) conferences.
Have a wonderful, restful, worshipful, and re-energizing Sunday!
September 7th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Oopsie…
September 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am
That is too funny!!! Can you imagine looking around and realizing you were in the wrong stadium!
September 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I always feel so dumb because I have a weekly paper subscription but I really just cut out the coupons and throw the rest away. Maybe someday I’ll have time to read the whole thing!
September 7th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
That must have been a terrible feeling for the parachuters when they realized where they were. Funny though!
September 7th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
LOL! What a TERRIFYING descent it must of been for them.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am
That’s funny. Now, though Ronnica, you can’t compare UNC’s weirdos to the rest of the ACC. If I were supposed to land in Clemson’s stadium and were dropped over a stadium that was not filled with the beautiful color of orange I would have noticed. :)
Thanks for sharing this hilarious story.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
@Kayte:
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. “Beautiful” and “orange” cannot go in the same sentence together… (though you’re right about Clemson fanatics!)
September 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Speaking of Psalm 23… sorry I couldn’t resist! This is hysterical!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am
So did they go back up and try it again? LOL!
September 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I laughed about this too!!!! What a TRIP!!! For real…trip…lol!!!! =) Poor jumpers!!!!!