I find that most of the people coming out of nowhere are those pretending to be diehard Duke fans. While I am not obsessed, I am sorry to say that I check my facebook page everyday. I am a person who has very little to get upset about in life. So, in order to allow myself to get worked up every once in a while, I check two people in particular's pages. This is where I get my anger fits, since my day to day life does not supply me an outlet for anger.
As luck may have it, both of these people whose comments anger me, have come out of hibernation from last March, to cheer on their once a year beloved Dukies. You better believe they would never be one of those. They probably aren't even sure that Duke is Blue.
Don't misconstrue my message. I am not a Duke fan. Quite the opposite actually. However, I can out-duke both of these falsified Duke fans. I am sure that I can answer more questions correctly about Duke, as well as the fact that I've undoubtedly been to more Duke games than them. And, the sad thing, I've only been to one.
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| Please ignore the Duke shirt. It was a deal...wear a Duke shirt, get second row ticket to #1 and #2 game. |
What all of this reminds me of is one year during the NCAA tournament. I would say it had to be 2003. I was watching a Duke tournament game and it was in the final seconds. Timeouts were being called as it was a tie game. At this exact time, one of my friends at the time, one of the self described, hard-core Duke fan called.
I couldn't help but call her out on it. I asked her if she was watching the game, which to me, it seemed obvious that she was not! But, of course, she said she was. So, then, quite bluntly, I asked her, "then why the HELL are you calling me right now?"
She giggled it off and then I simply hung up on her. Amazing that I even had friends. But, when it comes down to it, I just don't appreciate people pretending they are something they are not, especially when it interrupts my basketball!
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