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In retaliation Philadelphia should kidnap Pittsburgh's dentist.

They have a statue of Rocky and he's not even real!

I didn't know Chilly Willy and Tennessee Tuxedo had teamed up and joined the forces of Evil...

At this point it would probably be easier to put a Pens jersey on Stallone himself.

I peed at the Arch. What? Never mind.

Penguins fans are so dumb... (how dumb are they!)

Penguins fans are so dumb that they thought they could get some crack at the Liberty Bell!

@formerly Chief Wahoo: Would they notice?

If there is one thing the people of Baltimore and Cleveland can agree on, its mocking Pittsburgh.

@J-No: I peed off the top of the Arch. It landed all the way in East St. Louis. Property values increased where it splashed.

Philly fans should just play the always hurtful card, "has your town ever hosted a Real World? Didn't think so."

Burn.

@longefellowes: Don't forget Pablo, the penguin that hated the cold.

And that penguin from Wallace & Gromit's The Wrong Trousers is clearly the ringleader.

Rocky would put up a tough battle, but Georges Laraque would take him by split-decision.

@ASox: I never understood why they had a statue of him anyway. Especially now with the steroid allegations!

So Ozzy was a Hornets fan?

@Tracy Ham and Eggs is BACK (cause Steve Trachsel got banned...: As much as it pains me I must agree, my friend.

As long as Marvin Harrison is still roaming the streets of Philadelphia, I would tread lightly, Penguin Fans.

"I mean, they've got a statue of Rocky, and he isn't even real."

@ASox: fuck me.

@Signal to Noise: not literally.

/showing myself out

Didn't we all get pranks like this out of our systems in college?

From Pittsburgh and hockey fans, you say? Understood. I retract my previous statement.

@Jen P: ... what about the guys that were the only redeeming part of Madagascar?

/hangs head in shame for having seen Madagascar

Judging how the prank paid off for Montreal, this sounds like a wonderful idea.

@Jen P: The leader is clearly Opus.

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: I saw it, too. Yeah, I think they'd go along with this ...

Bill Simmons is working on a 7,000 word article comparing Pittsburgh to Ivan Drago as we speak.

Can't we all just get along?

I guess what you're trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change.

At this point it would probably be easier to put a Pens jersey on Stallone himself.

Now I have a goal for the week.

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: And you mean the features of DVD short you say...

@DennyCrane: + whatever Steve Dallas has in his bank acount.

Since Pitt and Philly are both in Pa., this is clearly intrastate hijinks.

To be fair, this botched prank was in response to someone filling Sidney Crosby's SmartCar with orange Jell-o.

We must protect this statue!

And for you Cleveland (How did you guys get into this discussion? Don't you guys just have an IHL or AHL team?) and Philly fans:

Cleveland's Sports Curse and Philly's Sports Curse

@TheStarterWife: I got hooked on Hockey playing as a Mite, Pee Wee, Squirt, Bantam, then High Scool player while watching the Crusaders, then Barons, then Lumberjacks. Bobby Clarke was a childhood hero after I got a book on him by Stan Fischler as a present.

You know, sports are a fun way of filtering memories. And yes, the link stung.

@Tracy Ham and Eggs is BACK (cause Steve Trachsel got banned...: Yinz are just bitter that the Penguins moved their farm team to Wilkes-Barre.

This is exactly what we hoped to create, which is an Intra-Pennsylvania rivalry - which probably already exists, I know. But we just wanna fan the flames as Canadians who really have nothing
to do with this.

Philadelphia, why haven't you,
you know, marched on Pittsburgh? I mean I'm not talking about nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, I'm not talking about any of that. I'm talking an agrarian revolt. Pitchfolks, a spade. Go after those Pittsburgh people. What's wrong with you people?

/Fruvous'd

@asliceofbacon: If they shot Real World: Pittsburgh, would it be even-money Najeh would bust into the RW House & drop a load in a closet?

Statue, tree.

Andy Van Slyke over Mitch Williams in 6.

The John Kruk statue is reportedly made entirely from ballistics gel, to give it that life-like doughy-ness

The statue speaks! Strangely enough it is more articulate than the man whose visage it portrays.

@TheStarterWife: Philly just doesn't have a sports curse. At times I wish it had, because it would make for a much better and somewhat more romantic excuse than cheap, incompetent ownership as well as underachieving talent and flat-out bad fucking luck.

Even though I lived there for years, I'll never understand the worshiping of a fictional character. What, no real heroes Philly? Really? Instead of Rocky, I'd take a chance and put a Pens jersey on the statue of Frank Rizzo.

What sort of zany comeback could we expect- some jagoff from the Northeast putting a Lindros jersey on the statue of Franco Harris at Pittsburgh International?

I think not.

ANGELLOOOO CATALDI TO THE RESCUEEEEE

Fussy, but "desecrate" suggests that the statue is, uh, sacred. I think "vandalize" would be a better choice, unless the statue figures in some religious rite. (Entirely possible, I guess.)

Looking forward to the retalitory defamation of the Art Rooney statue, whereby they "replace" his signature cigar with an orange, white, and black striped phallus.

I hope the Philly fans don't mess with Pittsburgh's statue of "Cobra"

If they try to bukakke the Kate Smith statue, shit is most definitely on.

@G.G.: That's The Cobra, kind sir.