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HairyBallsDawg
HairyBallsDawg Member Posts: 1,078
edited March 2022 in Hardcore Husky Board
I was at the grocery store today and saw a guy wearing a shirt with a big W on the front. This was in Portland and seeing this isn't common so I said "Go Washington" as we passed in the isle.

Now the shirt was a shade of blue that could pass for purplish-blue in certain light so I didn't realize my error until the guy said "This is for Winnipeg".

I responded "Oh I thought it was a Husky shirt".

He said "Fuck no" and laughed.

I think it was an honest mistake... their colors remind me of Washington's colors during the Slick Rick years.



Just a public notice in case I'm not the only guy that didn't know.

Cool story, I know.

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  • EwaDawg
    EwaDawg Member Posts: 4,377
    I am pretty sure our colors predate the WeeniePeg franchise.

    Maybe they used some of our old hand me downs when they joined the Canadian semi pro league.

    Okay. I googled it. UW was using purple and gold (later morphed to navy) in the 1920s. Winnepeg played its first game in the 1930s.

    Makes sense. Dwag sense.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,760 Founders Club

    I was at the grocery store today and saw a guy wearing a shirt with a big W on the front. This was in Portland and seeing this isn't common so I said "Go Washington" as we passed in the isle.

    Now the shirt was a shade of blue that could pass for purplish-blue in certain light so I didn't realize my error until the guy said "This is for Winnipeg".

    I responded "Oh I thought it was a Husky shirt".

    He said "Fuck no" and laughed.

    I think it was an honest mistake... their colors remind me of Washington's colors during the Slick Rick years.



    Just a public notice in case I'm not the only guy that didn't know.

    Cool story, I know.

    I prefer that to ours, frankly
  • TheHB
    TheHB Member Posts: 6,726
    Some color blind people like me can’t tell the difference between the good old days’ UW purple and navy.

    I liked it that way.
  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,424 Founders Club
    No one gives a fuck about the jets.