Pawngo.com dumps Butterfingers in Copley Square, thanks Wes Welker
The online pawn shop Pawngo.com dumped hundreds of Butterfinger candy bars in Copley Square today with a sign reading “Thank You Wes Welker.” The Pats receiver dropped a pass that might have enabled the Patriots to win Sunday’s Super Bowl. (Handout photo: Katherine Castro)
Does Wes Welker deserve the blame – or, from the Giants’ perspective, the credit -- for the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss? The people at Pawngo.com seem to think so. The online pawnshop is responsible for the huge pile of Butterfinger candy bars dumped today in Copley Square. A cheerful young woman held a sign reading: “Thank You Wes Welker.” (You’ll recall that late in the fourth quarter Sunday, No. 83 dropped a Tom Brady pass that might have enabled the Pats to win the game.) What gives? The company’s CEO, Todd Hills, sent us this statement: “Following the Super Bowl, we at Pawngo thought Boston fans deserved a little something in return for their heartbreaking loss in the form of a great candy! Sometimes there is a light side to sports and we thought Boston fans might at least get a laugh out of it. We have the utmost respect for Wes Welker and the Patriots team.” (We’re not sure that’s actually true.) Never heard of Pawngo.com? We visited the website and discovered that Hills likes to talk to people and even provided his cell phone number (720-320-7777) — at least until this afternoon, when presumably he was innundated with calls from Pats fans and pulled it. The stunt was not received well by the city’s code enforcement office, which has issued Pawngo.com a violation for commercial dumping.
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