Yesterday, Superbowl-bound and soon-to-retire Jerome Bettis was given the key to the city of Detroit. Since Bettis grew up in Detroit, the city decided to honor its native son.
Normally, this would be cool. But who was the last person Detroit gave the key to the city to? Saddam Hussein in 1980. Said Bettis: “I think they canceled his key. They changed the locks on that one.”
And apparently the mayor is taking some flak for doing this before the game rather than after when it wouldn’t be seen as endorsing one team over the other.
I don’t know exactly when in ‘80. All I know is that Saddam never actually went to Detroit to accept the award. Instead, someone from Detroit flew to Iraq to give it to him.
February 1st, 2006 at 11:40:30 am
In Detroit they don’t give you an actual key. They just give you a jimmy and assume you know what to do.
February 1st, 2006 at 11:55:54 am
And apparently the mayor is taking some flak for doing this before the game rather than after when it wouldn’t be seen as endorsing one team over the other.
February 1st, 2006 at 12:10:12 pm
You know, the media is good at worrying about pointless things and ignoring things that are far more important.
February 1st, 2006 at 1:03:47 pm
And this makes the media different from the rest of us, how ?
(grin)
February 1st, 2006 at 2:05:57 pm
But who was the last person Detroit gave the key to the city to? Saddam Hussein in 1980
Wow, that’s really true. I’d never heard that. Too funny. I mean, not really, but still… sort of.
What I can’t find out is what month? I’d love to know if it was before or after September… when Saddam launched the Iran-Iraq war.
February 1st, 2006 at 4:44:39 pm
I don’t know exactly when in ‘80. All I know is that Saddam never actually went to Detroit to accept the award. Instead, someone from Detroit flew to Iraq to give it to him.
February 1st, 2006 at 7:17:12 pm
Is Jerome Bettis from Detroit or something?
February 1st, 2006 at 9:11:00 pm
FYI, this is old news. It was on PTI on ESPN yesterday.
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:03:45 am
BackerJoe, I heard it might be his last season, too. And hasn’t Holgrum been to Super Bowls before?
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:19:52 am
Holmgren, Mike Holmgren
February 2nd, 2006 at 3:26:16 am
(scratching head)
First Brendan channels me, and now David ?
OK - where are the two *other* horsemen, then ?
February 3rd, 2006 at 2:30:17 am
David, “Holgram” was a joke. I live in Seattle and hear the new Seahawks fans refer to him as that name all the time
Just didn’t want you to think that I was an ingrate