An Australian man became a fan of the Green Bay Packers at age 15 when a friend gave him a year-old videotape of a game against the Vikings. Fifteen years later, he sold his house and moved his family to Wisconsin so he can watch the Packers. I shit you not.
Wayne Scullino, 30, quit his job with a telecommunications company in Sydney. He, his wife and two boys are going to every Packers game this season and paying for it with the proceeds from the sale of their home. They plan to return to Australia when the season ends…
I'd rather punch myself in the cock for a week straight than move from Sydney in the spring/summer to Green Bay in the fall/winter (or any season, really). Plus, they're going to move in with his wife's parents when they move back, because, uh, he doesn't have a job or a house any more. So there's a whole lot to make fun of in this story. But then I read this quote:
"The thing with dreams though, in most cases at least, is that if you don't do something to make them happen yourself, they never will," [Scullino] wrote. "So with that, and a whole lot of understanding from the very best, non sport loving wife in the world, we made an executive decision. A decision that flies in the face of all rational thinking but one that we should all do at least once in our lives." [...] "At some point, you've got to stop living the life you've fallen into, and start living the life you want to," Scullino said.
And you know what? I can't hate on that. Anyone who trades in their life for actually living is all right in my book. But don't none of you go getting ideas. My readership is built on people trapped in unsatisfying jobs.
(Thanks to mild-mannered Ryan by day for the tip.)
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By the way, that's the only way that Favre is ever leaving the game.
A stingray to the chest?
+1 to both of you
Don't worry Matt, when I finally get a good job I'll still stop by WL in the evenings on my way to WWTD to masturbate to pictures of Hayden Panettiere at the VMA's.
Look, I'm all for having the stones to live the life you want (even if "moving to Wisconsin to watch Bret Favre" is the lamest dream I've ever heard), but here's the thing:
Usually, you do this BEFORE you have kids (it's called "being a slacker") or after your kids are grown (it's called a "mid-life crisis"). Doing it while your kids are young? That's called "being Brittney Spears".
"At some point, you've got to stop living the life you've fallen into, and start living the life you want to," Ricky Williams said.
My P.O. said I should follow my dreams.
What WWSM said, with emphasis on the point that following your dream is only as cool as said dream.
If I were to follow any of my dreams, they would all end in retraining orders/jail sentences.
"Guess what honey? We're packing up…today!…and moving to Wisconsin! I've already quit my job, and we'll spend all winter watching a game you've never heard of!" Just then, his creepy eyes grew unfocused; she glanced at the butcher knife on the counter, but knew that any slip would result in the grisly deaths of her and her children. "Okay, dear, I'll get p-p-packed" was all she could manage as he whistled "Waltzing Matilda" and carved a Brett Favre doll from the remains of a dead koala.
'follow your dreams' 'do what you really want to do in life' 'don't let society dictate your life'
this is how people end up on to catch a predator
When I tried to sell my house and get my wife and kids to move to WI with me do you know what happened?
Right. I'm now divorced, and living in WI, where I own and operate a bed & breakfast with the man of my dreams, Peter King. You should try his blueberry muffins. They're fabulous!
Who needs a job back in Australia? This guy's going to make a mint on the book/movie deal.
@The Maj
Sir, did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night?
Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H". It was a most ripping victory.
That movie was already made, it was called "Coming to America".
I wonder what his sons think about their dad's dream of moving to another country and risking the family's financial future in order to watch 8 games of a sport they have no interest in.
little did you guys know that Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer were Bucks and Brewers fans, that moved to WI. from foreign countries. Third time is the charm, this Aussie is going to do damage.
At some point, you've got to stop living the life you've fallen into, and start living the life you want to
I may not be able to comment for a while guys, I'm heading down to Boston and ripping thru the streets with an AK and a chainsaw until i'm the only Pats fan left. Look for me in foxborough. I'll be the happy as hell guy waiving a lil Patriot Pete pennant and my balls will be hangin out of the bottom of my short shorts
(pleast note: the real part of the dream is wearing daisy dukes and letting my nads air out, killing the douchebags that represent my team is just gravy)
Something tells me this dude wasn't pulling down big stacks of cash from the "Telecommunications Company" (read:Phone Company). I think he probably has the old garbage man / sanatation engineer thing going on.
"You call that a dream? This is a dream…"
"Thats not a dream it's a spoon."
"All right, all right, you win, heh. I see you've played Dreamey-Spooney before."