3zine.jpg (21333 bytes)"How the Flamer stole..." By [email protected] (12/22)
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Here's wishing the Herd a Happy Holiday season and prosperous (Superbowl) New Year
My apologies to Dr Suess:

Every Ram Fan
Down in Herds-ville
Wants a Superbowl slot...

But the Flamer
Who live just North of Herds-ville
Did NOT!

The Flamers hated the Rams. The whole Rams Season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, ENVY has blinded his sight.
But, I think the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

But,
Whatever the reason
His heart, or the envy word,
He sat at his computer, hating the Herd,
Staring sown at his PC, with a sour, Flamer frown
At the confidence building @Rivals.Com
For he knew every Ram Fan, in Herds-ville is writing
About how Warner, Faulk, Ike, and Hakim are exiting.

And they're hanging Rams Pennants, he snarled with a sneer.
The playoffs are coming, The Superbowl is near!
Then he growled, with his flamer fingers nervously typing
I MUST find a way to destroy this Rams Hyping
For this weekend he knew...

...All the Herd girls and boys
Would wake up bright and early. They'd rush to the Dome to make lots of noise
The Herd without tickets, would celebrate from afar
ZN in Maine, and Pedro in Covena, find the Rams at the local sports bar
And then! Oh the noise! Oh the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That's one thing flamer hated! Noise! Noise! Noise!

AND THEN
The Herd did something The Flamer liked least of all
Every Ram fan in Herds-ville, the tall and the small
Would band close together, to analyze success
They would use statistics and logic to show we're the best

They'd type and they'd type, with emotion and reason
About the victories we would earn during this post-season.
The more the Flamer read of the praise the heard was singing
The more the flamer thought I must stop this whole thing!
"I must stop this Grits, this Neruda these Herd voices of reason
I will do what I can to ruin their post-season

I know just what to do! The Flamer laughed in his throat.
And he made a quick Rams hat and Coat
And he chuckled, and clucked, What a great Flamer trick.
I'll post on there board under various names and teams ..til there sick.

Then he made up some names like y2Cade and Happy for LA
He posted with a fury, with only negative and ignorant things to say
Like your schedule is weak, You loser, you suck,
To win a playoff game you will need more than luck
You need to wake up and abandon the "Pams"
St Louis is stupid and so are the Rams

The respones were calm as the Herd rated the flamer
Occasionally Smack Chick would blast em, but who could blamer her
He did the same thing on other team boards, in an effort
To create an ultimate flame war.

But the herd was too smart to be drawn to the flame
They would taunt him and tease him , they new his game
He kept waiting for retaliation he knew would come
But the response wasn't mad
Why it sounded quite merry
It couldn't be so
But is was merry! VERY!

He stared at his screen writing from herds-ville
The Flamer popped his eyes
Then he shook
What he saw was a shocking surprise

Every Ram Fan in Herds-ville, the tall and the small
Was singing Rams praise with no retaliation at all
He hadn't stopped the Rams from winning
They Won
Somehow or other they won just the same

And the Flamer, watched the heard all aglow
Stood puzzling and puzzling: How could it be so?
The Rams fans kept the faith
With the help of the Herd,
They will be in Georgia this Superbowl eve
We will watch for the win and the bob and weave

And what happened then...?
Well...in Herds-ville they say
That the Flamers small heart
Grew to the size of Warner's that day
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed through the keyboard through the morning light
And he found his spirit, and got his mind right

He sent out a note to all of the Herd
To - ZN, RFL, Jim G, JYB Nittany Ram-with the word
"I feel like a fool for my ignorant past,
Let me join the Herd now he wrote real fast
I now see what you see in this awesome team
I was just so jealous so spiteful so mean
To all of the Herd he was wont to say, and not in fun
God bless the Herd, everyone.

Merry Christmas and Happy Superbowl to the Herd and the Rams.

Gemmer
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