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TOPIC 1: THE BEARS DON’T PLAY SUNDAY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
Scott Kleinberg: Pray. My Steelers are playing the Patriots.
Leo Ebersole: Hmm, where else might I find another group of painfully awkward-to-look-at losers …
Jimmy Greenfield: Rediscover my inner child, and tell him not to be a Bears fan when he grows up.
Phillip Thompson: No Bears? Looks like I’ll be recovering a few brain cells.
Tran Ha: I’m sure there’ll be a bad holiday special or three on TV.
TOPIC 2: IF A BEARS PLAYER WERE TO WRITE A BOOK, IT WOULD BE CALLED ” – – – FOR DUMMIES.”
Scott Kleinberg: Losing
Leo Ebersole: “Stalling Drives for Dummies,” by Rex Grossman.
Jimmy Greenfield: Modurn Footbal Tekneeks.
Phillip Thompson: “Playing for Dummies.” That would be you, 2007 Bears fans.
Tran Ha: Dummies
TOPIC 3: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT NFL GAMES?
Scott Kleinberg: I don’t even recognize their existence. Not sure how that will affect the standings.
Leo Ebersole: Thursdays are for college football and the NBA. … No, Phil, I’m not adding “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Jimmy Greenfield: The same way I feel about any other good reason to go out drinking.
Phillip Thompson: They’re great as long as they’re not on NFL Network, Lifetime or any other obnoxious channel.
Tran Ha: Same way I feel about the NFL: I don’t care.
TOPIC 4: THE CELTICS’ PAUL PIERCE, KEVIN GARNETT AND RAY ALLEN ARE NICKNAMED ‘THE PGA TOUR.’ GIVE THE BULLS’ PLAYERS A NICKNAME.
Scott Kleinberg: The Lawrence Welk Show.
Leo Ebersole: “WHAT?!” — Wallace, Hinrich, Andres and Tyrus.
Jimmy Greenfield: The LPGA Tour.
Phillip Thompson: Gordon, Hinrich, Wallace. The Three Stooges.
Tran Ha: The Don’t-Get-Your-Hopes-Up Tour.
TOPIC 5: WHAT’S YOUR SPORTS-RELATED CHRISTMAS DISPLAY CONSIST OF?
Scott Kleinberg: A Steelers troll and an iPhone with the latest scores.
Leo Ebersole: Nine open stockings awaiting the Washington Redskins cheerleaders.
Jimmy Greenfield: A photo of Jason Marquis celebrating Hanukkah.
Phillip Thompson: A holiday wreath … on the Bears’ tombstone.
Tran Ha: A big sack of coal.
