Bonfire of the Vanity Plates
As an alum of the University of Merlin, I’ve seen many a celebratory bonfire in my days, albeit with couches serving as kindling in lieu of cars. Still, something about this one that followed the Jets’ drubbing of the Cardinals strikes me as all too familiar. Possibly because half the kids that go to Maryland come from fucking Jersey. You can just tell when a good conflagration has that distinctive Jersey touch stench.
0:04 — No exploding cigar? And I thought you guys were committed to mayhem.
0:10 — “That’s a fucking picture YESSSSSSSS!” No doubt it will fit nicely into the Tragedies of Jersey triptych he’s putting together.
0:38 — “This was an unexpected surprise.” I’m assuming he means the Jets victory.
0:53 — What’s with the rush to take a picture? As if burned out cars, houses, public buildings, Sheetz stations weren’t the norm around there.
1:02 — “That’s an all-aluminum frame too!” Just think what that’ll fetch at the scrap yard. I call dibs!
1:07 — Who needs hoses when Fireman Ed can easily yell the fire out?
1:12 — J-E-T-S chant while the blaze is being extinguished. C’mon flame, you can get that second wind and scorch the rest of the state, can’t you?
1:30 — What’s what with the Jerricho Cotchery and Wayne Chrebet unis? Peter King thinks these people are all fucking ingrates.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Peter King thinks these people are all fucking ingrates.
They all are. Packers fans weren’t worthy either.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
good thing their team is monosyllabic and only four letters long.
if panthers fans were to try to spell P-A-N-T-H-… shit.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I like how the guy tells everyone that aluminum will melt. Thanks Mr. wizard
September 29th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Was that Brett Favre putting out that fire? God, he’s such a blue collar guy I can relate to.
/fawning.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
The car was later sold to a group of Raiders fans who are used to having their lives go up in flames following a football game
September 29th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Was Phil Leotardo in the car?
September 29th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
*C’mon flame, you can get that second wind and scorch the rest of the state, can’t you? *
If it could jump a few bodies of water and take care of Long and Statten Islands that would be awesome too. Although, the lack of customers would cripple the gold-chain manufacturing industry for years.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
It’s nice to see Wayne Chrebet still shows some love to his former team.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOO!
September 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
maybe it was peter kings car.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Should have been Shea Stadium.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Did someone think Kornheiser was attending the game?
September 29th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
“… people standing around watching something flaming…”
“Things at a Clay Aiken concert?”
September 29th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
As a Jets fan, I try to defend my team–its players, its coaches, and its front office. But I absolutely have no comment about this, because every part of it is true. We’re such douchebags.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Is this the part of the Jets game I keep reading about, when the fans all yell, “show us your burning aluminum frame”?
September 29th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
At the 1:23 mark, Andy Reid is seen looking closely at the wreckage for the telltale signs of drug abuse.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I went to a Chargers game a couple years back, and on my way back to the car after the game, there was a big fire blazing in the parking lot. Apparently some dingbat had put his tailgating grill under his car when he went into the game. Unforunately, he forgot to fully extinguish the fire first. Burned up his car and 3 others around it.
All the vehicle owners were angry for like 3 seconds, before realizing they still had time to catch some waves that afternoon.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
looks like Kornheiser’s car was found.