Monday Night

I knew it was going to be a good day when I looked out to the tailgating area outside of Paul Brown and saw the Storm Trooper walking up the sidewalk. For those who haven't seen him, the Storm Trooper is a Bengals Season Ticket Holder who comes to big games dressed in a bright Bengal Orange painted Star Wars style Storm Trooper Outfit. I knew it was going to be a great day when I saw what was coming down the same sidewalk from the other direction. Bearing straight towards the Storm Trooper is a tall, large man, dressed in a purple unitard, the spandex working overtime to contain his beer belly. He wore a pair of black Speedos overtop, and what I hope was a sock stuffed inside. He had on black knee high boots, a silken purple cape and a matching mask. It was.... Super Raven??? It was like He-Man meeting Skeletor in Castle Grayskull's kitchen or Batman bumping into the Joker at a cocktail party. There was suprise, a wary examination of the other, and then finally an admission of mutual admiration. They stood there, arm in arm and posed for pictures before man hugging and heading towards their seats. Kickoff was in 30 minutes, and looking back, the only thing that could have made it better, was if they got into a fight in the stands later and it wound up on National TV. Sadly, apparently that never happened.