Yes We Can!

Monday afternoon saw the dawn of Phase III of the Chili Revolution. At approximately 2 p.m., I walked into the Arena armed with a Mo Bart "FAN UP NEW ORLEANS" rally towel and a double-zippered Ziploc full of Hormel No-Bean. My objective was clear: walk into to lion's den and bring justice back to the concession stands in the name of NCNP!!!!. Delicious, meaty justice.

As the first quarter came to a close, I went down to the concession stand and for posterity's sake, placed the traditional end-of-first-quarter order:

Me: "Footlong with chili and a large RC, please."
Concession worker: "We don't serve chili anymore, sir."
Me: "Figures. Brought mine, anyway. Thanks."
Concession worker: "Huh?"
Me: "Plain's fine, anyway. Thanks."

With that, I took the plain dog, walked to the nearest condiment station, broke out my bag of chili, and made the traditional end-of-first-quarter meal complete:















NCNP!!!! reminds you that Phase III will continue until such time as chili is returned to its rightful place on the menu. We encourage you all to BYOC. The Fingers, the gentlemen of Section 107, and I will all be attending Monday's game vs. the 76ers, and you can rest assured that we'll represent NCNP!!!! proper-like by bringing the thunder, and our own chili. If you've got a BYOC story to share, or perhaps a handy suggestion of a method to keep one's Phase III chili warm during transport from home to the Arena, we'd love to hear from you.

We Present Phase III: BYO Chili

I have a dream. A dream of enjoying a footlong with chili at the end of the first quarter of today's game.

That dream will be a reality, thanks to Phase III of the Chili Revolution. Phase I's letter-writing campaign and Phase II's non-$1 beer concession boycott were valiant efforts, but yielded no chili. So with great pleasure, we announce Phase III: BYOC. Starting today, and continuing until such time as chili has been restored to its rightful place on the concession stand menu, we're bringing our own damn chili to the Arena and we invite you to do the same. NCNP!!!! is going with the Hormel No-Bean in a double-zippered ziploc bag, but you go ahead and use whatever chili and method of covert chili conveyance works best for you*.

(*please note that NCNP!!!! does not recommend swallowing a condom full of chili as a means of getting chili into the game)

That's all for today. We'll be back with a follow-up on Day 1 of Phase III tomorrow. Go forth and wreak havoc.