Steve: Re: Some things never change.

Some ancient manuscripts have recently been discovered in southeastern Greece. Their translation shows that there really is 'nothing new under the sun'. (I couldn't get the original Greek text to work in posting here.)

Here's the translation of an account of an inter-cultural meeting along Caesar's highway:

"Hark, gentle stranger. Who art thou and from whence have you and your lusty horde come?"

"Hi-ho, honorable fan. We are the Bears and we hail from Chicago. And we sing this song."

"We are the mighty, mighty Bears of Ipecac,
Watch us for awhile, and chuck your cookies back.
We sing this song accompanied by the emetic flute,
The more football we play, the more you will puke."

"We are the mighty Bears from the Windy City,
Root for our victory, and you will feel sh***,
We can blame the refs, injuries, and bad luck,
But all football fans know that we just plain suck!"

"We are the mighty Bears of epic historic fame,
You may not know that, ‘cause our play is so lame.
There was a time when we beat the Land of Dairy,
But no more this year, ‘cause we voted for Kerry!"

"We are the mighty Bears of Soldier Field,
Our defense, like a sieve doth always yield.
Bet on us and your family will starve,
At least until the retirement of Favre."

"We are the mighty Bears always taking the drubs,
But at least we’ve won a championship more recently than the Cubs.
And we still have our faithful fans, How ‘bout you?
We could always use another of such low I.Q.!"

"We are the mighty Bears and ‘In Halas We Trust’,
Just can’t figure out why we’re always a bust.
Some say we can’t get it through our head,
That George is long ago dead."

"You may pass, Bar-Bear-ians, you pose no threat to us here."