Trivia Question

[bobblehead]

You should wait for MTP's response. When I met him - he told me why he liked the Packers. The G stands for something else to him altogether.

Crazy Mexican

It does not stand for Gringos no matter what he tries to tell you.

[bobblehead]

Liked the story - always learn something new daily.

My wife bought me the retro '29 Arod jersey (and since I've worn it - we've been 5-0).

So yeah... I'll be sporting it all day on Sunday.

Since I expect to got 19-0 next season I advise you wash it between wears.

[Iron Mike]

[swede]

Oh, that is good, Mike.

[hoosier]

Pendejo means pube. And yeah, it is slang for moron or dick or asshole. Though not in the anatomical sense of the words.

[swede]

Pendejo means pube. And yeah, it is slang for moron or dick or asshole. Though not in the anatomical sense of the words.

So what you are saying is, with all of its permutations of meaning surrounding a man's middle, I may be able to convince a parent with concerns over my calling his son's backpack a "pendejo" that I was simply making the honest mistake of thinking that the word means "heavy sack."
Now I have to decide if I should grab my crotch to illustrate my point during the next parent/teacher conference. I'd like to see the translator handle that.

[hoosier]

So what you are saying is, with all of its permutations of meaning surrounding a man's middle, I may be able to convince a parent with concerns over my calling his son's backpack a "pendejo" that I was simply making the honest mistake of thinking that the word means "heavy sack."
Now I have to decide if I should grab my crotch to illustrate my point during the next parent/teacher conference. I'd like to see the translator handle that.

No, that's the problem, in Spanish the anatomical words and the vulgar words are different, at least in these cases. Calling someone a pube is a huge insult, whereas if you call him a penis or a rectum you'll just get a puzzled look. Go figure.

So by all means, do the crotch grab, but the Hispanic parents will probably just figure you're an old baseball player or something.

[vince]

http://packersuniforms.blogspot.com/2011/02/g-still-stands-for-gullible.html

Monday, February 14, 2011
"G" Still Stands for "Gullible"

Okay, this ought to put it to rest.

You'll remember, as we talked about two weeks ago, that Tiki Barber hosted a Yahoo! Sports video in which he claimed that the Packers' famous "G" helmet logo, designed for Lombardi by Gerald "Dad" Braisher, originally stood not for "Green Bay" but rather for "Greatness".

Of course, it's not true. Barber doesn't even get Braisher's name right - it was Gerald, not George.

It appears that, as I suspected, Tiki Barber got this little piece of knowledge from Wikipedia, where it was added by an anonymous author in June of 2010 (who failed, of course, to provide a source). It subsequently got picked up by Yahoo! Answers, answers.com, and dozens of other content-hungry sites which copy-and-paste text from Wikipedia. Not to menton countless blogs and message boards, all of which repeated it uncritically.

After Barber's video, the false assertion was removed from Wikipedia. Most of the inaccurate information eventually is, but the damage was done. Barber's little tidbit was out there, on all those sites.

The Sioux City Journal fanned the flames when it reprinted the falsehood as fact:

Leave it to Tiki Barber, the intrepid former star running back now turned broadcaster, to unveil information not many people – including myself – knew about the Green Bay Packers logo.

Like most, I assumed the familiar "G" stood for Green Bay. As in Wisconsin. Titletown U.S.A.

Nope.

According to Barber, and later verified by a google question search, the "G" actually stands for Greatness. Apparently, equipment manager George "Dad" Brashier[sic] thought up and designed the logo in 1961.
A google search? That's research?

And now, because the Sioux City Journal is a reputable, legitimate source, the bogus story has acquired the sheen of legitimacy. And so, back on Wikipedia it goes to confuse countless other lazy researchers.

An anonymous reader tipped me off to what we think is the origin of this nonsense. It comes from a 2003 DVD called Legend of Lambeau Field. In the chapter on the 1961 NFL Championship Game, the narrator intones:

"Lombardi added a 'G' to the Packers' helmet in 1961. And it stood for 'great.' The team posted the league's best record, and earned the right to host the championship game."

And that's it. A rhetorical flourish, and not even a good one. Picked up and repeated, until somebody believed it enough to put it on Wikipedia (while getting the actual word wrong).

Which is, as I said before, the problem with Wikipedia. Anybody can post any nonsense they please, and although it may eventually be removed, the damage can already be done.

Just to close out the story, MidwestSportsFans.com did what I should have done in the beginning, and asked the Packers. The team's response:

The Packers' Assistant Director of PR and Corporate Communications had the following to say: "There’s nothing in our history that suggests there's any truth to this. The Packers Hall of Fame archivist said the same thing."

And they really ought to have the final word.

[HarveyWallbangers]

That's too bad. It would have been much cooler if it stood for "Greatness". Way to ruin a good thing, Vince.

[vince]

That's too bad. It would have been much cooler if it stood for "Greatness". Way to ruin a good thing, Vince.

I agree. Don't shoot the messenger man.

[channtheman]

So it DOES stand for Green Bay? Or what?

[Iron Mike]

Gangsta.

[pbmax]

If it was for the G-spot as Pittstang hopes, it likely would be smaller and harder to find for most people.

I think it should stand for Gondorff.

[woodbuck27]

'G' for 'Greatness' is appropriate for our team. Owner of 13 NFL Championships now.

Thie Green Bay Packer LOGO is a prominant part of my community, Greenfield Park, Quebec, a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86933391178&v=photos

The youth footbal program, so a part of my community.

I often hear the cheer ' GO PACK GO ' in Greenfield Park,Quebec.