Chapter 256: Are You Ready for Some Football? (provided you have the NFL Network)
Okay NFL, I get that you like to make money and one of the ways you can do that is by privatizing certain games on your exclusive network, but on behalf of the working man that can't afford your add on let me say "Kiss my Butt".
Now that I have that out of the way I want to thank the inopportune match up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers for a helluva night out in Kiln, Mississippi. Isn't that the birthplace of Brett Favre, you ask? Why, yes it is. How did you end up there you ask. Well, let me tell you...
Bras are the calling card of the Broke Spoke, most with really classy messages written on them.
There was a group of us that wanted to see the game but didn't really feel like going to the Beau Rivage or one of the other casinos to watch it when out of the blue it hit me: The Broke Spoke. What's that? Well, do you ever see them touting the golden boy of Mississippi and show his hometown and the hometown bar with throngs of Green Bay fans in the backwoods of Mississippi? Well, I've been meaning to make a pilgrammage to the bar ever since I've gotten down here and I figured now was as good as time as any to do it. I had been up to the Kiln (pronounced Kill, don't ask me why) for work, but not to the Spoke. Anyhow, the Nicoles, Francis, and Richard all piled into a couple of cars and headed out there for one of the better games I've seen in a while. Favre went down early, but I thought Aaron Rogers did a great job in his place and with some seasoning could be the successor to the throne the Pack thought he would be when they drafted him.
Notice the old dart board behind the new electronic one... brilliant.
Anyhoo, we met some real characters up there including a dude from Minnesota that looked like he hadn't washed his hands in years who tried to hit on the girls. There were at least 20 dudes wearing visors, and a guy walking around who always had a spare beer in his back pocket. Good times. On the culinary front we had some great gumbo and jalapeño corn bread that they made for the game. If you're down on the coast, or come to visit, we should definitely go there.
A description found online...
The Broke Spoke has achieved world renown. The 'Spoke is the transfigured biker bar at Mississippi's Memphis, The Kiln, a Hancock County crossroads. The 'Spoke persists for good reasons. It is the slake for the thirsty. It is the wood stove on winter Sunday afternoons. It is the source of sanctioned 'Spoke T-shirts in black, green or white, 'Spoke on front and Rebel flag on back. It is the repository of patrons' attire, all nailed to the ceiling. On a higher level it is the ancient hangout of Brett Favre and because of that it is the mecca of the Brett Favre faithful, the mandatory Packer Pilgrim destination. Perhaps most importantly it is the keeper of The Brett Favre Wall. Thousands of hands have touched it.