by Mike Thaler
Mutt for our celebration dinner.
We order the giant combo pizza
with everything on it . . . except
anchovies. While we’re waiting
for it, we all tell our favorite stories
about the game and we make up
special awards for everyone on
the team.
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Freddy gets the widest end
award.
Eric gets the funniest joke
award—which was: “How’d Hubie
make a touchdown? Because his
nose was running.”
Penny gets the most polite
player award and Doris gets the
cleanest T-shirt award.
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When the pizza comes, we
all give our team cheer, which I
make up between bites:
Cool cats,
You’re the best forever more
Don’t even worry about the score
As long as we arrived and tried
Our faces we don’t have to hide
So give yourselves a mighty
cheer
And look forward to more
games next year.
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