Home Bar Blog » vikings http://www.barplan.com/blog/home Discussing DIY Projects, Home Improvement & Other Fun Stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Halloween Funeral 4 Brett Favre – October 30th 2009 http://www.barplan.com/blog/home/2009/10/30/funeral-for-brett-favre-october-30th-2009/ http://www.barplan.com/blog/home/2009/10/30/funeral-for-brett-favre-october-30th-2009/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:59:39 +0000 admin0 http://www.barplan.com/blog/home/?p=2999 From the “who thought it would ever come to this” file:
A modest group of Packer faithful as well as local and national news crews gathered this gloomy Pre-Halloween October day at Tom, Dick & Harry’s Bar across from Lambeau Field to lay to rest the image of our once beloved Brett Favre.  The mock funeral ceremony included a procession of three hearses, one containing the body, one containing the ego and a third to act as a backup in case the deceased Favre comes back to life (waffles) and needs a ride back home. The whole tongue in cheek ceremony, intended to provide closure for some fans was organized by local Rock Station WAPL as a lighthearted roast of the Packer we knew as Brett Favre. The funeral included a purple velvet lined casket with a mannequin of Favre wearing Wrangler Jeans a purple #4 jersey and Vikings helmet. Mourning fans passed by to pay their last respects and fill the casket with now useless Favre memorabilia.  Mourner’s also wore black #4 arm bands which they received in exchange for donations that will go toward the Diana Favre Hope Foundation. Eulogies were delivered by Rick & Len followed by a musical tribute.

The showing will remain open to the public until game day November 1st 3:15pm at which time, according to Radio Host Len Nelson,  “Favre will be buried by the Packer’s Defensive Line”.

Favre returns to Green Bay one day after Halloween to lead the arch rival Minnesota Vikings in a showdown against his former team and heartbroken fans in what is shaping up to be a battle of historic proportions on the  Frozen Tundra.

For more, see the interview with Len Nelson on YouTube.

See images of the mock funeral festivities below…


related stories: Some Packer Fans Come to Bury Favre New York Times

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