End of ADS-L Digest - 2 Dec 1995 to 3 Dec 1995

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There are 22 messages totalling 556 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. CHEESEHEADS

 2. -head (6)

 3. I before E

 4. Slow response to postings

 5. On Wisconsin! (4)

 6. On Wisconsin (p.s.)

 7. ----> GREAT DEAL!!!: $295.00 - LIKE NEW CREDIT CARD TERMINAL WITH

   PRINTER!!!

 8. /w/ and /hw/

 9. So fun

 10. Familiar

 11. Bubblehead (3)

 12. CHEESEHEAD appears on Jay Leno show



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Date:  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 00:04:50 -0500

From:  ALICE FABER <faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HASKINS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: CHEESEHEADS



Larry Horn writes:

>

> Dennis, obviously no great Packer-backer himself, writes,

>

Either that, or he's a fair-weather fan...



> >I saw the Green Bay Packers play today and heard their fans, them, and

> >Wisconsonites (Wisconsonians?) in general referred to as 'cheeseheads.'

> >One of the fans in the stands had a hat shaped like a big wedge of cheese

> >(apparently a Swiss).

>

>           Green Bay Packer fans have been proudly wearing those

> cheeseheads (yes, it refers to the large yellow object itself as well to the

> wearers, and may well encompass all Wisconsinites--not Wisconsonians or

> Wisconsonites--but I think the team itself is not known by that moniker) for

> some years now, but it was only last week when the cheesehead performed its

> first life-saving mission. A fan was returning home from the game in a

> private plane which began losing power, and he propped his cheesehead between

> himself and whichever hard object he was to encounter on his speedy way down.

> I forget the details, but he swears he'll never leave home without one now.

>

I should have known that if anyone was going to beat me to posting this

it would be Larry. Anyhoo, this "face-saving" ability of the cheesehead was

widely reported last week, and should do wonders for the sales of such things

at the Milwaukee airport and museum.



Alice Faber