tailgating: a 5th grade boy's primer

  • Always take a football
  • Wear a T-shirt you look good in, even when you sweat
  • Go to the bathroom before you go to the game
  • If you follow your dad to another tailgate, don’t tell your mom what you heard or saw
  • Be nice to girls who come to your tailgate
  • Play catch with anyone, even girls
  • Smile real big when grown-ups ask you about school
  • Don’t put your fingers all over the chicken fingers
  • Try not to eat more than two cookies
  • Go to the football players’ walk through
  • Never, never say you are tired, even if you are
  • Help take down the tent and the chairs
  • Tell your mom and dad you had a great time