Blue ribbon
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This is a blue ribbon that you found after a particularly harrowing drunken experience. It reads "First Prize, Ahwatukee Ranglin' [sic], Ropin', and Ridin' Rodeo, 1995."
You resolve to keep a better eye on your spleen the next time it decides to be a cowboy.
Type: accessory
Cannot be traded or discardedMaximum HP +5
(In-game plural: blue ribbons)
Obtained From
- Obsoleted Areas/Methods
Notes
- 1995 was eleven years ago as of 2006. Yet another of Jick's "eleven coincidences".
References
- The part in the description containing "Ridin' Rodeo, 1995" is a reference to the 1995 Vince Gill song, "Ridin' The Rodeo".
- Blue ribbon is a term used to describe something of high quality. Blue ribbons have also been awarded as prizes, such as competitions at fairs or rodeos.
- The reference to "keeping an eye on your spleen" is a reference to the novelty folk song "The Scotsman," in which a Scotsman wakes up from a drunken stupor to find a blue ribbon tied around his penis. The song ends with the Scotsman saying, "Lad, I don't know where you been/But I see you won first prize.".
- Ahwatukee, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized by Money Magazine as one of America's "Best Places to Live".
See Also
Collection
- 🥇: b0zando (#559107) - 2
- 🥈: A Ryzzin (#927376), A Tiny Plastic Puddle (#602117), ACDCFreaK (#818067), AClanIsWeBot (#976883), AJ_Rimmer (#655684), AKU (#571359), AL13N (#281892), APOCALYPSE THROB (#337456), Aamrie (#491641) - 1
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