Sabre Fever has Hit Buffalo

Buffalo is a big Hockey town and the Sabres are the closest to winning the Stanley Cup as they have ever been in 32 years. Every place you go into has Sabre merchandise and / or team paraphernalia. There are signs everywhere… “Go Sabres” “4 MORE GAMES” and stuff like that.

The thing I find most interesting is that everyone has a belief that their actions are directly related to the win or loss of the Sabres. The theories are varied, but you can hear people say things like this:

• The Sabres lose every time I watch the game
• If I wear my lucky 1975 Sabres hat, they win!
• I’ve had these socks on the entire playoff season and I’m not going to take them off.
• I took public transportation instead of a taxi today and the Sabres Won!
• Every time my Goiter gives me trouble the Sabres lose.
• I made a deal with God, that if he lets the Sabres win the cup, I’d stop beating Estelle.
• I don’t wipe the bird droppings off of my car, because the last time I did that, the Sabres lost.
• I hope the Sabres don’t win the cup, because the last time they did, Ethel got pregnant.
• I’m never able to ejaculate when the Sabres lose.