But burning stuff doesn’t really seem like much of an answer. especially the W flag, which has alot more to do with a Wrigley tradition, than with the 100 years crap.

but I agree let’s get ride of the “It’s gonna Happen” signs.

I took down the two IGH signs in my window, along with the hunt for blue October stuck them in my closet.

never allow them to return!

It just means the team won. And I hope you fly your flag responsibly – that is, take it down after a Cubs loss. I have neighbors who fly theirs 24-7 throughout the season and it drives me nuts. Oh, wait, you’re burning your flag, so I guess it doesn’t matter how you flew it.

I don’t have a problem with people tossing the IGH signs. I never cared for those much anyway.

‘Win before I die!’

I happen to like the W Flags…except when people display them all the time. They should only go out after a win and then be taken down before the next game.

“It’s gonna happen” on the other hand is ridiculous. What’s gonna happen?! Looks like the same old thing as always! Skip the signs. They just block other people’s view of the game anyway.

While we are at it…how about not singing “Go Cubs Go” after a win. We celebrate a normal season win like it’s some big deal. We should save it for something special. Or at the very least we should pick another song because singing “the Cubs are gonna win today” after they just won is really pretty silly.

and a cool one at that. It was neat to see the flags at Cubs games, home or away. It’s part of the “Wrigley Field North” or East, West, South concept that we have when the Cubs are on the road. We have to remember to control our emotions and actions in these troubling times.

It’s a tradition and should be treated as such. The IGH signs were an abomination and were utterly sickening. Gives us Cubs fans who take things one game at a time and don’t say “We’re gonna win the World Series!” in May a bad name.

Boy am I glad I didn’t invest in one of those…

I have one of the flags they fly on roof of Wrigley – a white flag with the 80’s Cubbie bear logo. Got it at the ‘end of the year’ sale the Cubs have. It was up for every day during the year, but it comes down today. It stayed up yesterday just so the neighbors knew I was still proud of the season (in total).

Come mid-February, it’ll go back up.

Keep your flags, folks.

My ‘W’ flag stays up in my room at all times, I dont take it down and put it on our flag pole because ti is too big, we are tring to find one that would fit for the house. I just keep my W flag because it reminds me of the Cubs, and Wrigley (I always sit and wait to watch them put it up after the game).. But I wonder if the fact I keep my W flag on my wall at all times would constitute as misuse of the “W”?

displayed in my window all summer long, rotating it when the Cubs lost. My condo faces a busy street (159th St.). I have taken it and all my other cubs paraphernalia down (the gnome, dairy queen helmet, Cubs pennant on my front door and countless others). I’m thinking about picking up some poster board on my way home and making a giant " It didn’t happen" sign for that window. I got to have some fun with it ya know.

Do you guys know the whole thing was started by the guy who attacked Randy Myers in 1995 right>

(Bears & Bulls), we eventually get tired of the promotional stuff.

I found a Superbowl Shuffle VHS tape a couple years ago and my first thought after watching it again was “Were we all insane?”

The Cubs are going to play in 2009 and hopefully field a better team that is peaking come October and not limping.

Agreed on the general consensus: fly the W flag — but ONLY after wins, and ONLY after the game is actually won!

The IGH signs — ugh. Time to dump them forever.

Ditto to many commenters: keep the ‘W’ flag. (But if you just can’t stomach holding on to it- I’ll keep it safe for you.) It’s a long-standing tradition, a unique symbol for the team, and I believe it represents the optimism and determination of all Cubs fans. This is why I would be a little more lax in my ‘W’ flag etiquette, and would allow for its appearance beyond strictly after wins- it recognizes past success and confidence in the future even in tough times.

But yeah, the ‘IGH’ crap is awful and needs to go, permanently. Especially considering the source, it represents the worst kind of cashing-in and bandwagoning of the Cubs. Same goes for those proclaiming mid-season that ‘This Is The Year’ (TITY?) After 2007 and especially 2008, we should know that there is no such thing as being ‘due’ for a championship, no lucky rabiit’s foot for getting there, and that getting ahead of ourselves just makes us all look foolish. Just be a fan, cheer hard, and don’t lean on curses or magic.

we need to bury all this IGH and This is the Year and anything else that dwells on not winning a WS. It took a couple days but i’m starting to come around on this year. Sure it really sucked at the end, but we just witnessed two straight winning seasons and 3 of 4 seasons. Also, back to back Division champs.

   All i’m saying is instead of dwelling on not winning a WS let’s remember that we are still witnessing a period of very good Cubs baseball. There have been many Cubs fans who went cradle to grave and not seen what we have. I’m just trying to get it in perspective in my head and maybe if the players could do that the pressure might not be as great? I hope I made some sense…