When Mekkar was living in Minnesota his friends wanted to take a road
trip. They begged Mekkar to be the designated driver. He would be the perfect
sober person to take their small group where they wanted to go. They all knew
that Mekkar had quit drinking alcohol altogether for health reasons a few years
earlier and was a recovering alcoholic. Plus, this there was some distance
involved.
It was Monday and their favorite hometown NFL team was on
going to be on television that evening for the whole nation to see. The matchup
was against the team’s main rivals from the state next door. The game was to be
played in Green Bay
and the gang had planned this trip for awhile. Previous travel arrangements had
been made and game tickets had been purchased long beforehand. There was an
extra one because one in the group was now unable to get away from another
engagement to go on the journey. Thus, they chose Mekkar to accompany them.
Mekkar thought this would be fun and have a chance to visit
a place he had never been before. Having grown up and participating in reindeer
treks when he was younger, he liked to travel to new places and see new things.
Mekkar has a view of once that in awhile it is a good thing to break the
endless routines of life by participating in new adventures. It is in his blood
and background. Also, he would get the chance to be inside the storied stadium.
The man from the arctic had first learned and improved his
english language skills watching old professional sports films. He had heard
commentators mention the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field in a deep voice many
times on football films. He wished he could speak like that, but it was not
possible after taking hockey pucks and sticks to the mouth and throat during
his playing days. In reality, Mekkar was from the real frozen tundra above the Arctic Circle . He thought to himself that any place in Wisconsin would be tame
in comparison to winters back home.
Still, it took some time to reach their destination, yet
even with the driving Mekkar was not tired when they arrived. He was instead
filled with anticipation, yet the matchup was still about 1.5 hours until
kickoff. They went through the entrance gates and searched for their assigned
seats to see would they would be in relation to the field. It was the first row
at one of the end zones and there were other Vikings fans in that section
clothed in purple. All around their small section was a sea of green and yellow
that dwarfed them. There were a quite a few fans that wore slices of cheese on
their heads in support of the Packers. Mekkar thought that those individuals
could be the invested owners of that team and cheese head gear were the
identifying indicator. He read that the locals had a unique arrangement and a
true vested interest in their team. Personal ownership was one way to continue
the string of unwavering support of a major league franchise in such a small
city, thought Mekkar.
Since it was early, the rest of his group went to get more
beer to drink. Even though they had drinking on the way over, it was not enough
to satisfy their desire to consume. Mekkar had his gang get him some food and
snacks. They were willing to pay the ridiculous prices for those items at the
stadium and he was going to accept. It was part of the price for getting him to
drive in the first place. Mekkar just watched the player warm-ups on the field
and spotted certain players for him to watch. He had a program but didn’t
bother with it. He felt that was the easy way and wanted to exercise his mind
instead. He wanted to indentify any possible factors that could affect the
outcome such as injuries, etc.
This was Minnesota ’s
star wide receiver debut season and they were undefeated so far. The Packers
were no slouch either. Along with most people Mekkar expected to get a showcase
of points by two explosive offenses in this matchup. Even though the arctic
native was not really a fan of the Vikings, he chose his allegiance with his
buddies on this night. Plus, he was the type of person who goes against the
crowd anyway because that is just the way Mekkar is. He has some contrary
personality traits and is not a follower by nature.
The Vikings raced to a big lead on the scoreboard. Fans
around their section did get restless and quiet. However, they did pelt Mekkar
and his friends with a few items. The arctic warrior wanted to brawl with some
of the offenders. However, he knew who the local security people would favor in
any dispute because those individuals probably lived in that town. His gang was
outnumbered anyway and would have been overwhelmed in any physical encounter.
Due to this, Mekkar was secretly hoping that one of the Minnesota players would have followed the
local game custom. That is, by leaping into their section of the stands after a
Vikings score, right in front of the crowd.
Only players in the purple, white, and yellow uniforms
would have been accepted by them. On the other hand, if a player in the green,
white, and yellow colors tried this they were ready to push that athlete back
onto the field as a sign of rejection. Unfortunately, neither instance
happened. Minnesota met Mekkar’s expectations,
while Green Bay
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