Look at 'em over there: Packers fans Right here in Illinois --annoying, like those Wisconsin mosquitoes From: Chicago Sun-Times Date: November 7, 2001 Author: Mark Brown More results for: wisconsin packer illinois annoying | Copyright information Copyright 2001 Chicago Sun-Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through ProQuest Information and Learning Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to ProQuest Information and Learning Company.

They'll start showing up for work this week in those green and yellow getups. They think they're wearing green-and-gold, but then again, they still think the moon is made of string cheese.

You know who I'm talking about.

They still think Nitschke was better than Butkus. They'd give Hornung the start over Payton.

They don't even know it's an insult when you call them a Cheesehead.

They are geography-challenged Illinois Packers fans. They are lost.

Some of you will find this hypocritical, coming from a St. Louis Cardinals' baseball fan residing on Page 2 of a major Chicago daily newspaper, but I don't care. My Bears credentials are solid.

And I've never been able to understand the phenomenon ...

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Just gives you the idea of what an Illinoisan thinks of a Wisconsinite.