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Breaking: Brett Favre Demands Trade To 1996 Packers

theonion.com — Early reports had indicated that Favre was so upset that his team failed to close a draft-day deal for Randy Moss with the Oakland Raiders that his agent called Packers GM Ted Thompson and requested a trade to a team with capable receivers.

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  • bornahokie, on 08/08/2008, -13/+12i heart brett favre.
  • zdiddy85, on 08/08/2008, -4/+10I wish you the best of luck doing so, Mr. Favre.
  • Cyrock, on 08/08/2008, -12/+7Brett Hart wants to time travel to 1996 too
  • deaftly, on 08/08/2008, -11/+6Onion or not, I could see him doing this for real.
  • snareguy17, on 08/08/2008, -6/+5He just really, really loves the game.
  • sircomix, on 08/08/2008, -9/+3While he's visiting '96 he can cyber in that one Indiana school's computer lab.
    • cawpin, on 08/08/2008, -0/+7WTF are you talking about? I'm from Indiana and have no idea.
      • sircomix, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Digg. Yesterday. Computer website from 1996. Wanna Cyber animated gif. Cant be arsed to find it now tbh. Apologies for the vagueness, I thought it would be obvious.
  • gravityPersists, on 08/08/2008, -14/+2What's up with all of the sports articles on digg recently?
    • Smokeydabear, on 08/08/2008, -1/+4It's an Onion parody story from years ago man.
      • 9bpm9, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2More like a year ago.
      • gravityPersists, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Well, sorry I didn't put this comment on another article that had something to do with sports... but thanks for stating the obvious.
    • Bovorik, on 08/08/2008, -1/+9I can't complain - the end result's been less huffingtonpost spam.
    • jarjarwang, on 08/08/2008, -1/+5I am also wondering about all the sports. Are there any major sporting events starting soon?
  • Richie311, on 08/08/2008, -10/+5***** epic
  • killerstache, on 08/08/2008, -6/+5old, but i still lol'd
  • Kas70, on 08/08/2008, -4/+47Article is from May 17, 2007.
    • jserio, on 08/08/2008, -6/+4Yeah. It was funny a year ago but not today.
    • Ljay90, on 08/08/2008, -0/+38And it's somehow more relevant today.
    • justjoehere, on 08/08/2008, -5/+1It's from the Onion.
      • wc3452, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2It's from the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuutre!
      • Poseur117, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0No *****.
      • justjoehere, on 08/10/2008, -1/+1I was pointing out the obvious to Kas70 who appears to not know what The Onion is.
  • chaos7, on 08/08/2008, -15/+3onion autobury
    • dha07030, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4Auto bury gets buried, wait... *****
  • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -9/+2I'm glad the Onion picked up on this story. Say what you want about Favre, like him or not. I'm just getting sick of hearing about him.
    • lantza, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6"picked up on this story"? This parody article was published well over a year ago.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2I meant it's nice to see a parody of this story rather than the usual coverage again and again etc.

        As for the date I didn't even notice that, still seems more relevant now.
  • OfNumbers, on 08/08/2008, -13/+4Breaking: The Onion is overrated.
  • ivand67, on 08/08/2008, -6/+1The saga continues!
    • bullioncube, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1The saga of you being a ***** idiot
  • Trifold, on 08/08/2008, -5/+9Don't we have enough current Onion and/or Brett Favre articles? Do we really need to start digging them up from a year ago?
    • Aaronontheweb, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1BUT I NEED TEH HITS ON TEH FRONT PAGE TO BE ABLE TO SELL MY 1337 SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT CREDENTIALZ
    • jamangold, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1You don't understand how Digg operates, do you?
  • zadadka, on 08/08/2008, -6/+13So, let's talk about something far more interesting.....soccer.

    *ducks*
  • leerayIG88, on 08/08/2008, -11/+5We all know Hockey is better than football.
    • johnnyblazepw, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2yeah thats why its on all the major networks! Raise your hand if you can find "Versus" on your cable/satellite
      • blinkfink182, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3*raises hand*

        And leeraylG88 is right, hockey is superior in all fashions.
    • jpe81, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2*raised hand*
    • somedirtbag, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1"Hockey is not a sport. Hockey is three activities going on simultaneously. Ice skating, playing with a puck and beating the ***** out of somebody."
  • pantone286, on 08/08/2008, -2/+5i am pretty sure they would trade his old ass
  • IDIGTHEDIGG, on 08/08/2008, -3/+65Brett Favre will lead the Jets to the SuperBowl!!


    They will be sitting in row 38 section 5.
  • tylerbreton, on 08/08/2008, -4/+1I love how the onion uses the News title to give credibility to their fake stories.
    • CrackyJSquirrel, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5Taking time away from your Mensa application to post on digg are we?
  • Zoophagous, on 08/08/2008, -1/+4Old.
  • MYarms, on 08/08/2008, -8/+2What a tard he shouldn't get a dime for coming back.
    • dafragsta, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Yeah, everyone should work for free, especially in high risk jobs.
  • olafcore, on 08/08/2008, -3/+6does anyone actually read 'the onion' links? i completely pass over them every time.
    • jpe81, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2only those who have a sense of humor...
  • labizau, on 08/08/2008, -3/+11I demand to be traded to 2007, when this article was first published.
  • SmooveO, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Would have been great if this article was updated to reflect this week's events.
  • Kruez, on 08/08/2008, -7/+3This is the only thing worth reading regarding Brett Favre.

    Hey Brett, why don't ya man up, do what you said you were gonna do, and actually retire. You bring more drama to the table than anything on VH1 or MTV.....

    Okay, maybe not MTV.
    • dafragsta, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1"Man up, stay retired." I think you have it backwards.
  • fatrandy13, on 08/08/2008, -4/+2this was written over a year ago
    • bullox, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4Thanks for the heads up, I definitely wouldn't know due to the handful of posts above yours that already told me the same thing.
  • hans57sauc, on 08/08/2008, -2/+0wow - i can't think of any better way to insult the entire team and remind everyone that he's only thinking about himself.
  • jack88reacher, on 08/08/2008, -2/+42 words: bury it
  • mlvassallo, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1Breaking on May 17th 2007.
  • mgxplyr, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1jay leno?
  • benman587, on 08/08/2008, -4/+1Awesome idea for an article, but poorly executed. Not very funny.
  • dezweber, on 08/08/2008, -2/+0I just hope "Jet" Favre doesn't go down in a blaze of mediocrity. Would hate to see him fit the role of fallen hero.
    • dafragsta, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Don't worry, this is the Jets we are talking about here. Their expectations are pretty low.
    • popfrogs, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1How could he not? After his epic fail and injuries last season, it was clear to everyone except Brett that he should go ahead and retire.

      Seriously, even Solid Snake is retired now. Just...go home dude.
    • dezweber, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0Awful, isn't it? Dan Marino stayed with the Dolphins, at least, long enough for me to want to shoot him and put him out of his misery....
  • pitdog, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1That's not breaking. Georgia is breaking.
  • adam71o, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Buried for "Breaking"
  • 1shawn, on 08/08/2008, -4/+1I could tell this was from The Onion just by reading the headline. Lame, and buried as such.
  • jonathanforpres, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1i love how people-not-in-the-know think that the onion is real news. hahaah
  • time4truth, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Breaking: Georgia and Russia are at war!
  • Nation, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1fake news / satire / The Onion is not sports ... it's humor and should be in that topic. This is at least the second in a day or two that has been promoted to front page on digg and is in "WRONG TOPIC"
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