The Story of Bebismulor

Before the game against the Wild last Friday, something important I've referenced/already explained here happened. And that something was Johan Franzen coming face to face (sign?) with the baby mules sign held by Dena. Here, with pictures of course, is the whole story.

Back when Franzen was about to make his comeback, I asked Andy for a few phrases in Swedish to put on signs for him. Andy, being awesome, gave me things like "vote Johan Franzen President of Space" and lots of other great ones. My favorite? Yep, "Johan, I wanna make small baby mules with you." I made the sign, but didn't have the guts to hold it to the glass during warm-ups, although I did wave it like a maniac after Franzie scored for the first time at the Joe and screamed "BEBISMULOR" because that's what you do... Then came Dena and H2H. I brought it with me, wondering if she wanted to hold it to the glass herself. And she did. What follows is probably the best way to show it, pictures taken and titled by NurseNitz with a few of mine thrown in to round it out.

First we have the sign being displayed by Dena...

Franzen saw this and started laughing.

It didn't stop there, the other Swedes saw it too. Pretty sure Kronner and Lils read the sign next. Here it looks like they're talking about it...

For a closer version, here's my pic of pretty much the same thing... it looks like Kronner is asking Lils if he saw the sign.

Next we have more of them (from Amanda) discussing the sign, perhaps in disbelief.

Back to another of mine, you can kinda see the boys react to it. It was hard to capture, I was busy laughing...

Amanda had more luck capturing the moment...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the rink I caught Fil as he sees the sign and thinks about how cute baby mules would be... ok, not really but we can pretend for today...

I can't quite tell what Franzie is thinking here, but I had to throw this in...

From the non-Swedish part of the team, Tuzzi tries to read the sign and fails. He probably follows it up by blowing a bubble with his gum...

Mule is still laughing...

And one last picture from Amanda, quite possibly the best taken by anyone that night- Kronwall lovers beware (and click on the picture, you need to see it on a larger scale...)

Finally, two quick, baby mule-inspired motivators to get you ready for the game.

Don't motivate on an empty stomach...

I'm a bit behind in my post-games, but I wanted to make sure everyone was properly motivated for tonight. I should warn you all, these were made on an empty stomach, which might not be the best idea...

The first one is the best I can do right now for "eavesed"- it doesn't have Eaves in it and Pav is really just doing his regular amazing stretches, but it sorta looks like it fits, right?

This next one is for most of you who don't love the Big Rig quite as much as TPL Mom... I've said it before, Nick Lidstrom can see the future and knows what is going to happen before the game even starts. I think he was questioning his vision at this point, although he likes the hats he sees us wearing in the 2nd.

And now, especially for TPL Mom, I can finally use one of my Ericsson pictures. Not that I have a bunch of those or anything... ahem, moving on...

The victory over the Wild was powered in part by a sign reading "Johan, jag vill ha små bebismulor med deg" which, for those of you who aren't Andy, means "Johan, I wanna make small baby mules with you." Dena held it up during warm-ups and Franzie saw it and laughed his butt off. So did Kronner and Lils, as you will see in my post-game when it finally comes out. For right now, we have poor Hank wanting to know why no one has a sign professing their desire to make small bearded babies with him...

Finally, this last picture has been burning a hole in my pocket. I'm not going to give it any sort of description, so you get to decide for yourself what is actually going on. This last one is dedicated to the Town Pump gang, especially for having to suffer through that DJ :)

Wings vs Pens pregame

Most of these are from the fabulous NurseNitz as a special guest contribution. In fact, only this motivator was made by me and it's inspired by one she made when we thought Stuart wouldn't be in the lineup tonight.

And now, motivation from Manda.

And another guy who knows how to finish off a game...

Mule and I agree, free curly fries would be nice tomorrow.

And, finally, there's been some talk (between my cousin and Dena) of a sign I made expressing a desire for small baby mules that I think all Wings fans share- here's the proof (Andy assures me it does in fact say "Johan, I wanna make small baby mules with you")

Let's make Cindy cry tonight boys