Man’s tongue-in-cheek obituary blames Cleveland Browns

[dennyjones]

Blame the Browns

HURON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man’s tongue-in-cheek obituary blames the winless Cleveland Browns for contributing to his demise.

The obituary published in the Sandusky Register says Paul Stark died Wednesday at a hospice facility after a brief illness “exacerbated by the hopeless condition of the Cleveland Browns.”

The football team was 1-15 last season and 0-15 this year ahead of Sunday’s finale in Pittsburgh.

Even so, Stark’s obituary included a nugget of the optimism voiced by some long-suffering fans. It says the 80-year-old Mansfield native “passed just before the Browns were prepared to turn the corner.”

 

[iacas]

It will be interesting to see if the Browns can beat the Steelers second- and third-stringers tomorrow.

[kpaulhus]

I read an article similar to this a few years ago where the guy had a browns jersey in his coffin so they could “let him down” one final time. 

[amishboy51]

1 hour ago, kpaulhus said:

I read an article similar to this a few years ago where the guy had a browns jersey in his coffin so they could “let him down” one final time. 

Yeah, I’ve heard a similar joke about the deceased wishing to have members of  [Toronto Maple Leafs/insert team name here] serve as pallbearers, so they could “let him down” one more time.