Packers Tell Fans They Gave Favre To A Nice Farm Family

[DamageInc]

GREEN BAY, WI—The Green Bay Packers addressed questions concerning the current status, future plans, and whereabouts of recently retired quarterback Brett Favre by announcing Monday that they had sent him to the country to live on a beautiful farm with a very nice family.

"We know you loved Brett Favre, but he wasn't happy here. He couldn't stay here," Packers general manager Ted Thompson told hundreds of quiet but tear-streaked Packer fans assembled at the televised Lambeau Field press conference. "And he loved you, too—he loved you very much indeed—but he needed to go someplace where he could run and jump and throw his favorite football around. And he couldn't do that here anymore."

"So we took Brett out behind the Don Hutson practice facility last night, and we… Coach McCarthy and I, we… We gave him one last hug, and we said goodbye to him, and Brett went away forever," Thompson said, his voice breaking several times. "Those loud banging noises you heard were probably the truck backfiring. He went to the farm in a truck, you know."


http://www.theonion.com/content/news...hey_gave_favre

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Thats what parents tell their kids when they put the family dog down. Does this mean he's dead??

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He hasn't signed the retirement papers yet......Another Butt Fart move to keep the door open.

[DamageInc]

He hasn't signed the retirement papers yet......Another Butt Fart move to keep the door open.

There is almost zero possibility of Favre coming back. That's why the XXXXXX Thompson drafted two QBs. He would do almost anything to prevent having to ask Brett to come back.

[DamageInc]

Thats what parents tell their kids when they put the family dog down. Does this mean he's dead??

Yeah, that's supposed to be the joke behind it (the Onion is all satire, if you are not familiar with it). But I think it's also a dig at Thompson, for pushing Favre out the door.