Top of section E… The place to be?
(Written by kencraw)
I arrived at yesterday’s game earlier than expected. At first we headed over to the FunZone, which was anything but fun for my two boys, 4 and 2 1/2. The bounce house, the lone attraction for young kids, was monopolized by the Boys and Girls Club who was, in addition to being made up of much older kids than my boys, were also very unruly. The leaders were letting them run wild and be WAY too aggressive in the bounce house. When the Cal students supervising the bounce house had to stop everything to pull out a kid who somehow managed to get a concussion (he looked like he was about to pass out drunk), we decided it wasn’t safe for my young boys. Very disappointing. I thought part of the point of the boys and girls club was to teach these children discipline and integrity?
In any case, we ended up going into the stadium over an hour before the game, which is bad form with young children. They need to be able to run around as much as possible before being asked to sit in the same spot for 3 1/2 hours with only a couple of short breaks (as an aside, how unfortunate is it that halftime, the best chance for a break, is also the most entertaining part for a toddler because of the band performances?). So to do my best to keep them active, I had them run up and down the steps. When we were at the top, I asked them if they wanted to see over the side and of course they wanted to. I picked them up and looked over the side. What did I see? Well, I saw a perfect spot to heckle the tree-sitters. I mean they couldn’t have been 50 feet away in plain view (because these are the tree houses that are actually at the top of the pines). I didn’t say anything to them but I could have held a conversation with them had I wanted to.
Back at my seat, my uncle and brother and I tried to come up with the best heckles we could if we wanted to go back up there. Here’s a sampling:
- (Chainsaw sound… preferably amplified)
- TIMBER! (my favorite)
- Cut ’em down!
- Hey look, I didn’t know there was a zoo out here!?!
- Look, tree monkeys! Ooooo, Ooooo, Ooooo… wanna banana?
I don’t really recommend heckling them, it’s not at all productive to our cause, but if you want to get a very good view of them up in the trees, the top of section E is the best place.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Unfortunately that’s right where my family’s seats are: EE, in the 80s. So anytime I want to take in the glorious view of the campus, the bay, the bridge, and the city I’m forced to look at those idiots in the trees. Ugh.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Depending on the race of the tree sitters … that last one may not go over too well.
September 16th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Give ’em the axe, the axe, the axe
Right in the trunk, the trunk, the trunk
September 17th, 2007 at 7:02 am
Sean are you implying that when somone says the word “monkey” you think of the Negro race? Shame on you.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:49 am
[…] Ken Crawford: In any case, we ended up going into the stadium over an hour before the game, which is bad form with young children. They need to be able to run around as much as possible before being asked to sit in the same spot for 3 1/2 hours with only a couple of short breaks (as an aside, how unfortunate is it that halftime, the best chance for a break, is also the most entertaining part for a toddler because of the band performances?). So to do my best to keep them active, I had them run up and down the steps. When we were at the top, I asked them if they wanted to see over the side and of course they wanted to. I picked them up and looked over the side. What did I see? Well, I saw a perfect spot to heckle the tree-sitters. I mean they couldn’t have been 50 feet away in plain view (because these are the tree houses that are actually at the top of the pines). I didn’t say anything to them but I could have held a conversation with them had I wanted to. […]