Iowa Girl Takes Cardboard Cutout Of Tim Tebow To Prom (Not from the Onion)

[Blue_Tires]

KINGSLEY, Iowa -- By early March each year, Siouxland juniors and seniors have their prom dates secured.

Rachel Bird, a senior at Kingsley-Pierson High School, did not. Rather than panic, Bird tweeted a request to her hero, Tim Tebow, the Heisman Trophy winner who plays quarterback for the New York Jets.

Yes, a Bird in Kingsley tweeted Tebow to join her at prom.

"I asked if he had plans on April 28 because I didn't have a date to prom," said Bird, daughter of Bob and Carol Bird of Kingsley.

K-P classmate Travis Neumann told Bird he'd give her $50 if she and Tebow walked arm-in-arm into the Panthers' prom.

Weeks passed. This Bird's tweet got no response from Tebow, his agent or the Jets.

Undaunted -- or maybe a little daunted -- Bird found a picture of Tebow showing him in a sharp vest and tie. She took the photo to Staples in Sioux City and asked the pros there if they could make a life-sized vinyl reproduction of the photo.

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/gallagher-tim-tebow-fan-at-kingsley-pierson-makes-a-date/article_4221c7f1-64b4-57ac-a2db-d3f54800f9b7.html

[bluesbassman]

1. He always did strike me as being pretty one-dimensional.

And there you have it.

[NightWatcher]

2. Except Cardboard Timmeh was less obnoxious

and didn't force his opinions on everyone else.

[hifiguy]

3. That is just . . .

odd.

[Blue_Tires]

4. she also looks cute enough to easily get a date

unless the male-female ratio at her school is way out of whack

[hifiguy]

5. That was my first thought. nt

[bluedigger]

6. She's probably too good for the local talent.