No octopus for Detroiters in Pittsburgh!

[LisaM]

A Pittsburgh fish market is clamping down on octopus sales - to Detroiters!


http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3409330

[devilgrrl]

1. Good! What a stupid tradition....

I wouldn't have an issue with it if Detroit fans only threw ONE octopus per game - but no, it just has to be a steady stream of them being tossed onto the ice - what a waste. Especially when you consider the state of the world's oceans.

I think it's due time for Red Wings fans to invest in rubber octopi - at least you can use them over and over again.

Sorry for being a drag about this one.

[LisaM]

2. It got kind of out of hand in the late 90's.....

but I've never seen more than a few of them lately - maybe two or three!

But the reason they were around in Detroit anyway was that there are so many Greeks - I don't think that those thrown at games really create much of a dent in the huge numbers sold in Detroit (not sure if Pittsburgh has a large Greek population or not).