Monday, November 26, 2001
Updated: November 29, 9:44 PM ET
Tastes like chicken ...
From the Page 2 mailbag
Something appears to have gone horribly wrong shortly after Green Bay's Ahman Green and Brett Favre were awarded their ceremonial turkey legs from Fox's John Madden on Thanksgiving Day.
Page 2 couldn't figure out why the Packers stars seemed a little confused, so we asked our readers for help, and you flooded our mailbag with more than 800 responses.
Here's a look at some of the best caption suggestions from our readers.
"Hurry up, Ahman! Gilbert Brown just saw the turkey!"
Jonathan Small
Nashville, Tenn.
"Brett, I could be mistaken, but these look like Summerall's denture imprints."
John Trippetti
Lansdale, Pa.
"Hey, Brett, I hope Kurt Warner's mom doesn't show up and tell us to eat Chunky Soup like in those dumbass television commercials."
Thomas Dick
Belmar, N.J.
Ahman Green and Brett Farve find out that they are enjoying the biggest turkey of them all, Bud Selig.
Robert FJ Hulse
New York
Favre: "So this is what happened to Jeff George?"
Green: "I thought they were joking when they said he was a lame duck."
Scott Cole
Rome, N.Y.
Green: "That's funny. My turkey leg says '100 percent Appaloosa.' "
Favre: "THHHBBTTHHBBHHBTH!!!"
Jason Lake
Vancouver, British Columbia
"First, you got this guy here ripping off the Turkey leg ... Boom! And then that opens up this hole right here ... BOOM! ... for Brett Favre to spit his food all over the defense ... BOOM!!!"
Scott Worst
Cincinnati
"We're from Green Bay ... Where the hell's the cheese!?"
John Fitzmorris
New Orleans
"Donner, party of two ... Donner, party of two."
R. Mangiarelli
Chicago
"Hey, Brett, you think we should have washed our hands?"
"Now that you mention it, Ahman, it might not be a bad idea. I've had my hands under the center's butt all game long."
Rafael Rivera
Austin, Texas
The Detroit defense made good on its pregame promise to "Hand Brett Favre his lunch."
Craig
Suwanee, Ga.
And here is the real caption from The Associated Press: Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, right, and running back Ahman Green each take a turkey leg at the end of the Packers' 29-27 win over the Detroit Lions on Nov. 22, 2001, in Pontiac, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
