DOTS: Agent Provocateur Edition

"RPM esq." (rpm3) 01/25/2018 at 14:47 • Filed to: dots, dots seattle, seen around, seen around seattle, seattle, porsche, 911, sports, football, bad ideas, vanity plates, license plates

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Well, this is brave.

WilliamsSW > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 14:54

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Brave would be driving that car in Philly.

Or New York.

Or Miami

Or Oakland.

Oh, hell - anywhere more than 80 miles from Boston.

RPM esq. > WilliamsSW 01/25/2018 at 15:07

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Such as a city at the other end of I-90 that is home to a team that the Patriots beat in heartbreaking fashion in a Super Bowl within the last five years?

Also...Oakland? Why? Outside Boston, I’ve never seen more Patriots merch proudly worn by bandwagon fuckheads than in the Bay Area. In fact, I was in Oakland for Thanksgiving, a few days after the Patriots stomped the Raiders in Mexico City, and I definitely saw Patriots gear and bumper stickers and whatnot.

WilliamsSW > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 15:10

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I’m joking - literally everyone outside of Boston hates the Pats. I’m a freaking Bears fan, we never even play New England, and I hate them.

As far as Oakland goes, they still haven’t forgotten the Tuck Rule Game.

Klaus Schmoll > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 15:22

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I’d be more worried about getting door dings in these tight spots than vandalism because of the vanity plate.

RPM esq. > WilliamsSW 01/25/2018 at 15:28

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Great call on the Tuck Rule game, I forgot that was the Raiders.

RPM esq. > Klaus Schmoll 01/25/2018 at 15:32

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Me too. Although it’s actually in an area of the parking garage primarily used by a detail business, so once the owner dropped it off it’s in the (presumably safe) hands of the nice couple that runs it.

WilliamsSW > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 15:38

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Outside Boston, I’ve never seen more Patriots merch proudly worn by bandwagon fuckheads than in the Bay Area. In fact, I was in Oakland for Thanksgiving, a few days after the Patriots stomped the Raiders in Mexico City, and I definitely saw Patriots gear and bumper stickers and whatnot.

The WORST “fans” in the world are people who have zero connection to a city, but adopt the Yankees/Patriots/Lakers as their favorite team just because they’re good. I fucking hate these people. Just a few weeks ago, I was watching the Saints/Vikes game at the gym for a bit, and a trainer came up to another woman who was watching (and clearly a Vikes fan), and he was raving about how he’s a huge Pats fan, and how Brady is the GOAT, yada yada yada. In the Chicago suburbs. I wanted to punch him.

RPM esq. > WilliamsSW 01/25/2018 at 15:45

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I know someone who is a Yankees/Patriots fan, which is pretty insufferable but at least he comes by it honestly: he grew up in Boston but his dad is a lifelong Yankees fan from Long Island.

I also know a Patriots fan from Idaho, and a Steelers fan from Orange County (who is otherwise a Lakers/Dodgers fan, fair enough). Both are fucking inexcusable.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > WilliamsSW 01/25/2018 at 15:45

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But that’s just the league sports marketing machine all over the country, isn’t it? Being a “fan” of something whose only connection to a city is the fact that it trains its players there and pays taxes there.

WilliamsSW > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 01/25/2018 at 15:56

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Ha true - except for the ‘pays taxes’ part, I think. I’m old, and grew up rooting for a lot of bad teams (Chicago), so it feels like cheating to jump on a bandwagon to me.

WilliamsSW > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 15:57

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The first guy I understand - - and he’s probably been through lean times rooting for New England, too.

The 2nd guy? Nope.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 01/25/2018 at 18:39

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Ultimate frontrunner: drives a Persh, likes the Pats.

Elumerere > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/25/2018 at 20:38

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And badge-removal on a 993.