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Enthusiastic Philadelphia Eagles Fans Weren’t Deterred By Police Slathering Crisco On Street Poles

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If there’s one thing we can hold to be true, it’s that Philadelphia sports fans are nothing if not, shall we say, passionate. Urban legends of thrown batteries and snowballs at Santa aside, when the Phillies won the World Series in 2008 the city devolved into chaos, with fans climbing street poles and in once instance, flipping over some poor dude’s car.

So with Sunday’s home playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings determining whether or not team would make it to the Superbowl, the city was prepared this time — for better or worse. Prior to the showdown, crews were spotted throughout the city literally greasing street poles with Crisco in an attempt to prevent people from climbing them and injuring themselves.

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Of course, you can never underestimate the tenacity of Philly sports fans, who met the greased poles with a resounding “challenge accepted” after the Eagles crushed the Vikings in a 38-7 win.

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In at least one instance, the crowds could even be heard chanting “f*** that grease. (Language NSFW, obviously.)

The city’s problems didn’t end with street poles, either:

God help us if the Eagles actually manage to win this thing in two weeks, although arguably things aren’t going to be much better of they lose. With any hope, fans won’t burn the city right to the ground.