Turkey talk
No pro sports team has a home game this week. There’s something to be thankful for. Play along at redeyechicago.com/5on5.
Topic: How will the Bears celebrate Thanksgiving?
Brian Moore: Hopefully by remembering how much they hate Brett Favre.
Alex Quigley: Everyone’s going over to Olin Kreutz’s house to fall down on each other.
Julie DiCaro: The Bears shouldn’t get a Thanksgiving; they should be working out an alternative to the cover 2.
Rahula Strohl: “We thank thee, O commissioner Goodell, for the Browns, Lions, Seahawks and Rams.”
Stick Figure: Won’t they be hibernating already?
Topic: What happened in Sunday’s Bears game you didn’t expect?
Brian Moore: Of the asses I expected to see (Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga on the AMAs), Devin Hester’s was the most unwelcome.
Alex Quigley: Hester’s butt was unexpected. The INT on the following play was, however.
Julie DiCaro: How many first downs did we get? All of those were unexpected.
Rahula Strohl: I didn’t think the Bears were going to get pantsed quite so literally …
Stick Figure: Our guys got the ball into the score zone more than once.
Topic: Who is Kahlil Bell?
Brian Moore: Not sure, but his name rings a bell.
Alex Quigley: Is this like that “Are You Jimmy Ray?” song from 1998?
Julie DiCaro: The guy who leads the practice squad in whipping the starters’ butts at practice.
Rahula Strohl: He’s the next Walter Payton. By December, he’ll be the next Matt Forte.
Stick Figure: A very fast man.
Topic: How is Chicago going to be different when the Bulls and Blackhawks get back from their road trip?
Brian Moore: The Bears will be eliminated from the playoffs — for 2010 and 2011.
Alex Quigley: Upside-down plastic barrel-drumming will go up 12,000 percent.
Julie DiCaro: We will no longer associate the sight of Kane and Toews with the smell of elephant droppings (hopefully).
Rahula Strohl: Mayor Daley’s ongoing city beautification project will have torn down the UC in favor of a rhododendron bush.
Stick Figure: It’ll be a Christmas wonderland. Now, we just need snow to go with the lights.
Topic: What would you put on the boards the Cubs used to block out an ad on a rooftop across from Wrigley?
Brian Moore: Might as well use it as a movie theater screen. Everything there is make-believe anyhow.
Alex Quigley: I can “put it on the board”? That’s Sox talk right there. I put nothing on the board.
Julie DiCaro: A giant photo of Tom Ricketts’ head. His eyes could light up and spin around when a Cub homers.
Rahula Strohl: I don’t have any ideas, but Hawk Harrelson wants to put “It” on the board. Yes.
Stick Figure: Rainbows and butterflies. It would be the bestest thing to look at in the stadium.
