The Detroit Lions lost their final game of the season yesterday, becoming the first team in NFL history to post an 0-16 record. However, while it would be easy to laugh at the Lions’ feat of historical ineptitude, I would instead like to take a moment to congratulate Lions fans for seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come up with the most bitter, self-deprecating crowd signs imaginable. Here are some of the bitter sign highlights from Sunday’s game:

7. 1-15 I STILL BELIEVE!

It’s like driving past a car that still has a McCain/Palin bumper sticker…

6. NO LION – THEY STINK!

Bitter, but not too bitter to lose their sense of punnage. Definitely NY Post material.

5. JUST WIN ONE GAME

Long gone are the days of “BARRY 4 PRESIDENT” — Lions fans have been reduced to holding up signs that feature extremely mundane, plausible requests.

4. CONGRESS: BAIL OUT FORD, BUY THE LIONS

Topical zinger! Surprised only one person thought of a bailout joke…

3. CONGRESS: FORGET GM, BAIL OUT THE LIONS

Oop, never mind. I Hope the two “bailout” sign people didn’t run into each other, that would’ve been awkward cit-ayyy.

2. LIONS 2008 CHECKLIST

Eight angry things in tiny handwriting — NFL on Fox!

1. 0-16 LIVING THE DREAM

This fan’s got the right idea! It’s time to celebrate, Detroit — go get hammered, run out into the streets, overturn some cars, and set some sh*t on fire. And if the cars are already overturned and sh*t is already on fire, well, just like, yell “woo!” or something.