http://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/07/pittsburgh-to-join-our-friends-in-canada-in-gleefully-desecrating-statue-of-the-botox-ghost/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/07/pittsburgh-to-join-our-friends-in-canada-in-gleefully-desecrating-statue-of-the-botox-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 pitt boy Wed, 07 May 2008 17:12:53 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=13174#comment-5033 Granted, the Rocky gag is uninspired and flat-out stupid. Granted, too, that Pittsburgh is a backwater compared to Philly in many respects. But then there's this: How many twenty- and early-thirtysomethings born and raised in Philly know what it's like to win a major sports championship? About as many as those who hail from Reading. <i>Zing!</i> Here's to a great series, and a lotta great shit talk to go with it. Granted, the Rocky gag is uninspired and flat-out stupid. Granted, too, that Pittsburgh is a backwater compared to Philly in many respects. But then there’s this: How many twenty- and early-thirtysomethings born and raised in Philly know what it’s like to win a major sports championship? About as many as those who hail from Reading. Zing! Here’s to a great series, and a lotta great shit talk to go with it.

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