Favre: Only if Minnesotans will spell my name right
Brett Favre today held a press conference to clear up the misconception that his signing with the Minnesota Vikings is “a done deal.”
“No,” said Favre, “There’s still an important condition to be met. I’d like the Vikings management to demonstrate that, if I play on their team, their fans will spell my name correctly when they discuss me on the Internet.”
“I loved playing for Green Bay, really I did,” Favre went on. “Those were great years. And I almost got used to my fans not knowing how to spell Favre. It’s a tough name, you know. I understand that. But when the morons wouldn’t even learn my first name, mother—” (Rest of quote redacted.)
P.S. Brett’s right not to expect Minnesotans to get Favre right. The world at large can’t seem to do it. Note Twitter’s trending topics from this morning:
What kind of legacy can you have if nobody will teach their kids where to look you up in the record books?
August 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
This is just sad. And there is really no hope that people will learn. There’s no need. After all, if you search Wikipedia for “Farve” it automatically shows results for “Favre.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farve)
Oh brother…