Uh Oh, That's Not Good!

The three of us went to the Atlanta Falcons season opener Sunday. The tv station gave us the tickets. We were twenty or so rows behind the corner of the end zone and had a great time. Well, at least two of us did.

Rachel says she would rather be left with a babysitter next time. This is a bit baffling, since she was taking in the sights and chowing down popcorn and chips and getting loved on by both parents. We anticipated the loudness would bother her, so we let her wear headphones, which for some reason she "plugged in" to the buttons of her parents' short-sleeved shirts.

Upon further review, I think I may have figured out what happened. Verizon Wireless had an ad on the scoreboard in which they would show a picture of two things. One would have a "thumbs up" caricature on it, the other a "thumbs down."

I forget the first pairing. The third was a Detroit Lions insignia and an Atlanta Falcons insignia. Obviously, the Lions got a "thumbs down", the Falcons got a "thumbs up."

But ooh, the second pairing! It showed the Wiggles, the children's-oriented singing group from Australia, and the Beatles. Rachel has individual Wiggles as her imaginary friends and was none too happy when the Wiggles got a "thumbs down" and the Beatles got a "thumbs up."

To a five-year-old, a "thumbs down" for the Wiggles is blasphemous. I think the Falcons are now guilty by association.

I hope Rachel doesn't notice her mom and dad have Verizon cell phones. I fear she may stand up in the Davis Academy lunchroom holding up a sign a la Norma Rae and form the "Wiggles Anti-Defamation League."