In the 50s, the Reds were "Redlegs" for fear they'd be taken for Communists.
Posted on 05/28/2014 7:32:53 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
The owners of the Washington Redskins, NFL and Senator Elizabeth (Herring) Warren have come to a compromise in renaming the team. The new team name, effective this fall, will be: Washington Red Herrings.
Senator Warren, a princess in the Red Herring tribe of Massachusetts, suggested the Red Herring name instead of the racist Redskins moniker. Senator Warren stated that the Red Herring tribe had a proud heritage going all the way back to the original settlement of the country. Chief Herring Bone and his band were present and participated in the first Thanksgiving festivities. The tribe invented salted pumpkin seeds which saved colonists from starving during the harsh winters that followed.
Senator Warren, a direct descendant of Chief Herring Bone, convinced the Red Herring tribe that if they didn't allow their name to be used (with royalties, licensing fees, spin-offs, bobbleheads, chia pets, etc.), John Edwards who is representing the Amderican Bar Association and Trial Lawyers was ready to present the NFL and owners with alternatives.
The Washington Red Herrings, which symbolizes the true Washington spirit, is a much better name than The Washington Ambulance Chasers or The Washington Scumbag Lawyers, although the latter may be more representative of Washington reality.
Washington Traitors?
Did my suggestion of the "Washington Red Lines" receive honorable mention?
Washington Dhimmi Skins
In the 50s, the Reds were "Redlegs" for fear they'd be taken for Communists.
In Russia they would bury the foreskins from circumcisions and grow little dictators.
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