yakirsegevBy Jim CaplePage 2
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Stop me personally if you have heard that one before: A sportswriter, a chick from MTV's "Real globe" as well as an Amish chain-smoker get into a club to view the Super Bowl.
The folks who make $300 throwback jerseys, the Arena Football players who sacrifice their bodies for $30,000 a year and a 99-pound woman who holds the world record for eating chicken wings in my week-long quest to find the heart of Philadelphia and Eagles fans, I talked with the Santa Claus who got pelted with snowballs. We toured Independence Hall, consumed Philly cheesesteak and got hopelessly frustrated attempting to drive around town hallway. We went up the steps to your creative Art Museum while humming the theme from "Rocky. "
And also to round away my experience, I drove off to Pennsylvania Dutch nation on Sunday to view the Super Bowl one of the Amish.
Just do it. Make your punch lines up. My pal, Rod, did. Right him i was going to Amish country to watch the Super Bowl, he came up with a list of the Top 10 Questions the Amish Would Ask While Watching the Super Bowl as I told:
10. "Hey, exactly just what occurred into the Bud Bowl? "
9. "Wouldn't that Jillian Barberie look hot in a modestly cut dress of a great color fabric, black colored cape and a prayer bonnet granny tube porn? "
8. "can it be simply me personally, or will be the commercials more entertaining compared to game? "
7. "Paul McCartney. Was not he for the reason that band, Wings? "
6. "The Eagles call that the offense that is two-minute? My buggy goes quicker than that! "
5. " Did you observe that? Doug Mientkiewicz simply went off because of the soccer! "
4. "It's halftime. That reminds me personally. Do you consider Janet Jackson's sibling is bad? "
3. "Bradshaw — are you going to simply SHUT THE $#%& UP. "
2. "Why are the Patriots in a 4-3 defense whenever they generally remain in a 3-4 protection against a moving team? "
1. "What Is Disney World? "
Therefore, no, I becamen't precisely yes just what i might find, that has been type of the purpose. Like most of us, my familiarity with the Amish — A christian that is strict faith bans automobiles, TVs and electricity — ended up being virtually restricted to duplicated viewings of "Witness" and "Kingpin. " Or in other words, stereotypes.
The stereotypes, however, start to peel away just when I reach town of Intercourse (no jokes, please — they will have heard all of them already) and drive through the neighborhood college. Here on the play ground are nine Amish young ones tossing around a green football with an Eagles logo design printed about it. They have simply completed their Sunday solutions; even though their parents see next door, they're playing a little touch that is two-hand. Had been it perhaps not for the old-fashioned Amish garb, maybe it's a scene anywhere in the nation.
Well, that therefore the reality the youngsters are courteous, helpful and respectful whenever I stop to talk.
Dave Esh Jr., 15, assures me personally that the Amish, certainly, have an interest into the Super Bowl; and like many every person else in this area of the state, these are generally rooting for the Eagles. They will not watch the overall game on TV, needless to say, however some might sneak away to tune in to it regarding the radio or get updates from buddies.
He appears inside my car and notices the Sunday paper regarding the passenger chair. "Is that the Philadelphia Inquirer? " he asks. "Am I Able To glance at the activities part? "
Sure, no issue. There is a unique super bowl area, too, if you would like have a look at that.
The kids huddle together by the screen as Dave excitedly leafs through the pages and is targeted on the beginning lineups. "Hey, Terrell Owens will probably begin! "
We simply tell him to use the part like I just bought a beer for a minor with him, which makes me feel. I am talking about, you can find advertisements for strip joints and intercourse lines for the reason that activities area. And tend to be these children permitted to anyway read newspapers?
Yes, they have been. Amish can browse the paper and keep an eye on a common groups, precisely the in an identical way I did as a youngster during those long-ago pre-ESPN times. Dave many many thanks me for my offer, but politely turns straight down the newsprint and claims goodbye. As enjoyable he and his friends really would much rather get back to their football game as it must be to answer a strange reporter's prying and uninformed questions about his faith.
Trying to find a shop available for a Sunday, we drive later on, moving the casual Amish horse and buggy, and pull into a parking area. More stereotypes fall. Here in the rear of the great deal, where they truly are hidden through the road, a dozen or more Amish teenagers dressed in Eagles jerseys are chilling out by their vehicles, a number of them puffing madly away on cigarettes.