Week 48: The Elusive 400 Mug

November 27, 2010

My favorite dental hygienist got us tickets and find the Elusive 400 Mug. Well, actually she got us tickets to the Penn State vs. Michigan State game. The last game of the season and one we had little hope of winning. We started our day by donning our winter attire - gloves, hats, layers and layers and layers. We dropped by The Waffle Shop for breakfast. Oh how I miss State College sometimes. The Waffle Shop was delicious with a Belgium Waffle, bacon, home fries, and fresh squeezed OJ. Then off to the game we went. We had great parking and our seat were about 50 rows up on the 20. Not too bad.

We love our Joe

We sat down and saw a guy walking around with hot chocolate in mugs. The mugs were the Elusive 400 Mugs. I commented that I would like one, but would wait a bit. This was the first sighting of the Elusive 400 Mug! We watched Penn State loose there own game with penalties in the first half, but still the score wasn't ridiculous. At half-time we visited the potty and got a little warm and then stood in line for some hot chocolate in the Elusive 400 mug. We waited for 15 minutes and the line went no where. The game was back on and we were missing out. So we headed back to our seats. By the 3rd quarter, people were filing out. My favorite dental hygienist had the bright idea of picking up a couple Elusive 400 Mugs if people left them. So the plotting began. The people next to us had one sitting under there feet. They got up to leave. No wait, they moved a few rows up to some empty seats. There sat an Elusive 400 Mug. We were going to have one. Nope, try again. The lady came back for it. We spied 4 Elusive 400 Mugs beside us. They were under the seats of a bunch of young punks. They definitely looked like leavers. We waited. They got up and left without their mugs. Now were were each getting 2 mugs. Nope, try again. One kid came back and yelled at the others to get their Elusive 400 Mugs. We spotted 2 more mugs that were left under the bench. No people in site. It was a few rows up and to the left. When we left, we would simply walk by and pick them up. We kept tabs on them for about 10 minutes. Then someone else came and stole them. We werent' the only ones after an Elusive 400 Mug. And so we left Beaver Stadium with a loss in our hearts and no Elusive 400 Mug in site.

And there it is the Elusive 400 Mug: