Tale of Two Stanleys

LET'S GET READY TO RUMMMBLE.

Another hockey season is already upon us.

It seems like the 2011 Stanley Cup Final was just played.

The Boston Bruins...along with goalie, Tim Thomas (a fellow UVM alum)

were the Stanley Cup goons....

I mean, Stanley Cup winners.

Woo hooo...Boston Bruins.

Each year, every player on the winning team is given the privilege

of spending personal time with the coveted trophy ...

with absolutely NO funny business allowed.

The players each look forward to their time with Slippery Stan.

Stanley's been to places like Vegas and Atlantic City....

been flying, clubbing, swimming, partying, drinking, boating.....

The Stanley Cup gets around the block as much as the otha playa,

Tiger Woods,

before his wife clubbed some sense into him...

and ended all his funny business.

Anywhooooo.....

Even though I've never spent time with Stanley's cup...

I mean, the Stanley Cup...

I've had some special moments with another Stanley....

Flat Stanley.

You know...Flat Stanley....the colored piece of cut-out paper...

 from the book written by Jeff Brown.

One day I received Flat Stanley in the mail from my niece with the assignment

to take him with me during my travels

and later send him back with a letter describing Stanley's adventures...

(so she could then report back to her 3rd grade class.) 

Yikes...
I was under some real pressure to entertain a piece of paper.

Seeing the Great Wall of China wasn't on my travel schedule...

I slipped Flat Stanley into my purse and headed to another Notable destination

Fenway Park in Boston.

I promptly propped Stanley up in all sordid places and positions and took pics of him.

And I made sure that Stanley was returned to sender, just as flat as I received him....

no wrinkles, rips, or crinkles on my Flat Stanley watch.

Maybe it's just me...but I can't help but notice the similarities between...

Flat Stanley and the Stanley Cup

They both

are carried around to many different locations,

are frequently photographed, 

are required to be returned in good shape,

AND are often times handled by goons...

with a few missing teeth.