Enter The Awesome Contest With The Unfortunate Name

Published on: 2nd January, 2010 @ 1:02 am by JeffG

Now that the Dallas Cowboys have moved into their, as the French would say, monument d’excess in Arlington, the city of Irving has decided to do to the old Texas Stadium what most people do to crappy gifts and unwanted animal carcasses.

They’re gonna blow the damn thing up.

Not content to merely demolish the former home of the Cowboys, Irving City Council has somehow found a way to get the event sponsored by Kraft Foods.  In return, Kraft will donate $75,000 to local charities.  See, everyone wins.

Now for the best part–instead of getting one of the Cowboys legends, like Roger Staubach, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Troy Aikman or Michael Irvin to trigger the detonation, Kraft is holding an essay-writing contest for kids.  Winner gets to blow the hell out of Texas Stadium, in what Kraft is dubbing the “Cheddar Explosion.”

It’s ironic–thanks to my lactose intolerance, whenever I eat Kraft Mac and Cheese, I always seem to get a “Cheddar Explosion.”

C’mon, don’t make that face.  It’s not like you didn’t see that coming a mile away.

[Dallas News via Larry Brown Sports, Image via Wikipedia]

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