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Chicago Sports Talk radio is already calling for Kyle Orton to start as the Bear's Quarterback. Since I'm just south of the cheddar curtain, I'm back to being a Packers (fair weather) fan.

Posted by Big_K | November 18, 2007 9:52 PM
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Cheddar curtain? What the heck?!

Posted by Amelia | November 18, 2007 10:02 PM
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is the cheddar curtain the border of Wisconsin and Illinois?

Posted by vooodooo84 | November 18, 2007 10:08 PM
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@2
Never seen the term before, but it's the border between Illinois and Wisconsin. Cheeseheads live to the north, so the boundary would be the Cheddar Curtain, with FIBs (Fucking Illinois Bastards) to the south, and border-dwellers like Big_K able to root for either the Bears or the Packers depending on how their curds have cooled. One of the many nonsensical subject positions we place ourselves in.

Posted by Chicago Fan | November 18, 2007 10:11 PM
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Yes, it's the line between where K-Mart sells Bears merchandise and where it sells Packers merchandise. I live on the Bears side but work partly (and have lots of clients) on the Packers side, so my loyalty blows like the wind.

Don't youze guys out there insult Oregon and Oregon insult Washington?

Posted by Big_K | November 19, 2007 6:58 AM
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I grew up in green bay, wi, and I've never heard of the cheddar curtain. Are you in janesville or something Big_K?

FIBS? Very familiar.

Posted by sexy rexy | November 19, 2007 8:06 AM
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oh and as to your question, the only thing that even KIND OF comes CLOSE to the packers/bears rivalry out here is between uw and washington state.

but in general seattle fans are very fair weather as a whole, and tend to not appreciate their teams. they tend to be overly pessimistic. my own read is that they're traumatized from a long history of shitty teams. which isn't an excuse, because green bay always supported the packers, even when they were bad.

Posted by sexy rexy | November 19, 2007 8:11 AM
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1-7: the fact that these responses are 100% Packers/Bears and haven't mentioned the SeaHags is evidence enough that Northwesterners really don't take their football seriously. Tho this is the Slog...

Having lived in Boston, Florida, Berlin and a few other places, I haven't found an outer boundary to the cheddar curtain yet. Seen #4 jerseys on the S-Bahn worn by germans with no idea where green bay is.

Posted by wbrproductions | November 19, 2007 9:26 AM
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I loved the old school Seattle rock 12th Man flag-raising. Jerry Cantrell and Matt Cameron... they come to snuff the Rexster.

Posted by DOUG. | November 19, 2007 10:09 AM

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