Ladies Game Journal: Rams at Redskins, 10/12/2008

Editor's note by Ben: thanks to the patience and understanding of my wife Jennifer, herself a football fan, I get to see lots of football games. Whether they be on the street at neighbor Bill's or in Raljon or Philadelphia or Cincinnati it is because of her that I get to slip the demands of children and nominally productive Sundays in the fall so many times a year. All she asks in return is a chance to go see a game herself from time to time, this past Sunday she took three of her girlfriends to see the Redskins-Rams game six, a game the Redskins lost to drop their record to 4-2 and move the previously winless Rams, fresh off the firing of head coach Scott Linehan, to 1-4.

This is her game journal, as you might imagine a carload of women rolling into a tailgate with booze and food did not have a problem finding Redskins fans to hang out with...

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So I roll into Raljon in the Blue Bus, the rocking Mazda minivan, with my three girlfriends, Tall Tia, Smiling Cindy and Guest Reporter Vans. The lots weren't terribly full but, on Tall Tia's advice, we swerved around looking for good tailgating neighbors.



Then we found these guys, on a 3 day Bachelor Party trip from Williamsburg.



After razzing us about our fancy pants tailgate (tablecloth? the horror!) these nice fellas shared their temporary tattoos.


Mine was a curly R, natch.


Tall Tia rocked the temp tattoo with a gorgeous wrap dress. Who else can pull that off at FedEx?


The Father of the Groom slaps one on Smilin' Cindy.


It's not the tattoo or the Bud Light that's making Cindy smile, it's that the girls just got some relief from the trusty Medela with car adapter. (Ed. note: this is apparently a reference to a breast pump, likely the first time in nearly 1000 posts that the term breast pump has been mentioned on The Curly R. -Ben)


Guest Reporter Vans smiling about the anti-hokies sticker but trying reaaaaaal hard to avoid that nasty tongue pointed in her direction.


Much better.


They might not have had tablecloths, but they had the fanciest beer bong I've ever seen!


I mean, it had a valve, is that over-engineered or what?


I'm proud to say that I channeled my best Randolph-Macon College beer bong skills and didn't drool a bit!


Of course Vans and I split a 12 oz beer.


The gentlemen next door couldn't resist Jenn's famous Chili Mac, my world (or at least street) famous chili served atop bags of Fritos. The key is to open the bag horizontally.


Note the tablecloth.



All smiles wayyyyy up in Donny V's nose bleeds!


The last time the girls hit FedEx Field we got shushed. In the third pre-season game. When the Reskinds were winning by 21 points. In the third quarter.


Jenn: very concerned about the play on the field.

Vans: very concerned about cheerleaders' white boots out of season.

(YouTube here)



Crazy redneck lady on a mini tv, even that looked small from the nosebleeds. Oh well, at least she didn't shush us.




Wandering about the fourth deck at half time, Special Reporter Vans is terribly interested in fan fashion choices. (YouTube here)

Seriously gentlemen, What Not to Wear.

(YouTube here)

Hot Guy on the Right: "you going to the party after the game?"
Special Reporter Vans: "yes of course; where exactly is that party?"


No shoes, no shirts no problem.

More flirting on the upper deck at halftime.

(YouTube here)

Where is this child's mother? I'm all for a good time but this kid was passed out COLD throughout the entire second half. Scary!


All his buddies did was laugh, so not ok.


Dreadful!


Come on Redskins! (YouTube here)

Jason Campbell sacked early fourth quarter, Redskins trail 16-10.

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Jason Campbell to James Thrash, fourth quarter Redskins trail 16-10.

(YouTube here)

I have no idea what Danny Boy does with all of his money, but let's just say he does not spend it on plumbing!



After the game, during the traditional run on the ladies room (prior to sitting in traditional hideous Raljon traffic) we hear complaints that the water pressure is out in the stadium. We enter to find this, the entire ladies room flooded with DISGUSTING sewage.



Women had to wade through 3 to 4 inches of sewage to access the two functioning stalls and then had no water in the sinks with which to wash their hands. Note in this video the lady removing her flip flops in the sink to avoid fungi, MRSA and everything else in between. (YouTube here)


Our last view from that game was splashing through the ladies room sludge. A fitting departure after having seen the previously 4-1 Redskins lose to the 0-4 Rams (YouTube here).


All in all, a great ladies day out at Redskins Park. Hey-yeyyyy!



All photos and video by Jennifer Folsom.