‘Tis the Lord’s Day, for He (peace be upon Him) will determine who wins the Superbowl contest between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at 5:30 Chicago time. I will not be watching, for seeing behemoths on steroids batter each other for five minutes—drawn out over four hours and interrupted by the puerile wailings of Katy Perry—is not my idea of fun. And my theory, which is mine, is that the brouhaha around this contest will eventually die down, and it will some day be of as little public interest as the Miss America Competition. And get off of my lawn!
Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is pondering, or at least pretends to be.
Hili: After much thought I’m coming to the conclusion.A: What conclusion?Hili: I will tell you when I come to it.
In Polish:
Hili: Po głębokim namyśle dochodzę do wniosku.
Ja: Jakiego?
Hili: Jak dojdę to ci powiem.
Crikey! Does it really last four hours? Is that the match itself or does it include the pre and post match chat?
I just returned from a trip to the US and I gather that the degree of inflation of the ball can be a controversial issue; let’s hope they blow it up right today!
TV coverage starts at noon, a full 6 1/2 hours before the game itself, which will last 3 1/2 hours, including a 1/2-hour halftime show. Then there’s postgame analysis. So, in the range of 11-12 hours of viewing entertainment.
A couple of news organizations have timed the amount of actual action in a typical football game – out of the 3 hours, about 16 minutes. The only way I can bear to watch one is with a DVR, and skipping through all the dead time.
Serena Williams, whom I admire enormously, has just won the women’s singles finals at the Australia Open. She gave a very nice speech that was terribly marred by her thanking “Jehovah God” for the win. It’s beyond understanding that anyone can believe that God cares who wins sports matches.
I wonder how Jehovah decided between the Williams sisters when they faced one another in the finals.
He backed whoever won, obviously, as is always the case! Unless the Patriots win the Super Bowl today, which is all the proof one will need that Satan is in firm control.
Religion and sports are both distractions from what really matters. I think E.O. Wilson said that, in The Future of Life.
Jerry, do you even HAVE a lawn?
That storm finally left here. We are buried, again, but it’s supposed to be warm all week, which means MUD!!
I hate winter. I’ve had my new horse for two weeks tomorrow, and I haven’t had a single chance to ride him. L
Hili always gets my day off to a good start.
When I was a kid, I would spend Saturday night with my grandmother. On Sunday mornings we would read the Sunday funnies together in bed. I guess Hili has become my morning comics.
Marella points out the admixture of sports and religion. Adam Latts has come up with a great drinking game for today’s Super Bowl – as he notes, the rules should get us good and sloshed!
http://iloveyoubutyouregoingtohell.org/2015/02/01/jesus-at-the-superbowl-a-drinking-game/
For me, Super Bowl Sunday is a search for entertainment that is less primitive. My own personal take on the event was posted here.
I second the idea of ignoring the football game. Such a waste of 4 hours. It it just another football game and why watch it when you do not watch any others.
Probably true, but it’s also probably several decades out. Look at other sports and how their popularity has waned – crew, boxing, baseball, etc. No doubt some sport will eventually replace gridiron football as the most popular sport in the U.S. (basketball maybe). Even association football will probably eventually fade as the world’s most popular sport to be replaced by some new upstart.
Though I’m asportual myself, I don’t have the option of ignoring the game. I live a few blocks from the Seahawks’ home stadium, and enthusiastic fans will be clogging the streets and neighborhood hangouts all day. I could walk a couple of miles in any direction and never be out of earshot of a TV tuned to the Superbowl.
Dug out. Street out front plowed.
Neighbors are all helped out. It’s all good.
On game day, on ANY American football game day: raspberryingly, my exact take ‘d be THIS of Ms Vanessa Bayer – character’s ( of SNL ) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=A8WIBv3erj8&x-yt-cl=85114404 .
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We’ll turn the game off before the end and watch Heidi. Not sure why that didn’t remain the tradition.
Lol! Thanks, I’d forgotten about that.