Superbowl Sunday!

[3113]

Yes, it's that holiest of holy days in the U.S. of A....

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SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!​

We'll start with pre-game posts, move into the game itself, half-time commentary (will there be nudity?), and, of course, in depth discussions and literary analysis on the commercials. Those of you not in the U.S....try to keep up!

So. Pre-game discussion:
1) What sort of feast are you preparing? Any secret recipes you'd care to share?
2) Who are you rooting for?
3) Anyone taking bets?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Teams are warming up

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So are the cheerleaders

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Rumple Foreskin

 

[only_more_so]

Well, I'm not making a feast myself, but I did make the mistake of doing my grocery shopping today. I thought the mall the week before Christmas was insane, not compared to the grocery store on Superbowl Sunday. Actually people were friendlier today than on Christmas Eve.

 

[trysail]

I hate the Stupid Bowl and all related activities.

I'm with you. The Stupid Bowl is precisely that. It is an idiotic, orchestrated, choreographed orgy of dumb designed solely for the purpose of separating morons from their money. It is a gigantic racket.

People in this country complain ceaselessly about CEO pay, yet they don't utter a peep about the obscene amount of money that is flung at a bunch of dopey professional athletes. I confess that there was a day when I followed professional sports. That day is long gone. All of 'em, and I mean ALL OF 'EM, have gotten their very last dollar out of me.

 

[cantdog]

Aloo jalfreizi. With naan and raita and some rice.

We'll go to my daughter's. She doesn't own a television. There'll be thirteen of us refugees there, and we shall speak of things together.

 

[English Lady]

I'm gonna stay up and watch as much as I can...I have done for the past few years. whoever i decide tob root for always looses and I never manage to watch more than about half an hour of it as it's on soooo late and I'm no night owl.

 

[3113]

Aloo jalfreizi. With naan and raita and some rice.

We'll go to my daughter's. She doesn't own a television. There'll be thirteen of us refugees there, and we shall speak of things together.

Heretic! We shall burn you at the stake and use the fire to roast hotdogs for our tailgate party!

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[Guest]

Aloo jalfreizi. With naan and raita and some rice.

We'll go to my daughter's. She doesn't own a television. There'll be thirteen of us refugees there, and we shall speak of things together.

I'll send you video clips of the best commercials, then.

We're having Mexican - yummy cheese enchiladas and beef empanadas.

And fresh salsa - just chopped the stuff for it. Mmmmm.

Oh - and a chocolate truffle cake for birthday dessert. With sparkler candles.

 

[Ǽltya]

Well, that was different.

 

[3113]

Update: So, we've had a little pre-game video featuring a variety of famous football folk reading of the Declaration of Independence, the usual assembly of men in uniform marching out the flag, an American Idol winner singing the anthem, and a coin toss requiring some five or six people. That's five or six people as well as the ref and the two team captain watching a coin flip.

Yey Football!

Tails as it turned out. Giants got the ball, but first touchdown goes to Patriots.

Several awesome commercials so far. My fave is the one where the company is using carrier pigeons to deliver it's parcels. The pigeons have these little high tec helmets

See what you're missing?

 

[Guest]

Update: So, we've had a little pre-game video featuring a variety of famous football folk reading of the Declaration of Independence, the usual assembly of men in uniform marching out the flag, an American Idol winner singing the anthem, and a coin toss requiring some five or six people. That's five or six people as well as the ref and the two team captain watching a coin flip.

Yey Football!

Tails as it turned out. Giants got the ball, but first touchdown goes to Patriots.

Several awesome commercials so far. My fave is the one where the company is using carrier pigeons to deliver it's parcels. The pigeons have these little high tec helmets

See what you're missing?

I liked the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial a la Rocky. The little dalmation and horsie high-five?

(I liked the pigeon one, too.)

 

[carsonshepherd]

We're going to watch Return of the King.

 

[English Lady]

Some poor sod on the GB is teaching me the rules and everything -I'm having fun

 

[rgraham666]

I'm not watching. Not interested.

I did find this little article relating the stock market and the game. Root for the Giants.

 

[3113]

We're going to watch Return of the King.

Some poor sod on the GB is teaching me the rules and everything -I'm having fun

Are you playing poor innocent little British girl again

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Stupor Bowl? I assume that's a game of some sort

 

[3113]

Hey, lookie! A commercial for the Yukon Hybrid. A full-sized SUV that's a hybrid!

Now you can get 24 miles to the gallon instead of 12!

 

[3113]

Half-Time! Everyone ready for Tom Petty?

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I think we should all pray that there is NO wardrobe malfunction

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I am avoiding the game. This is my last time opening this topic too.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Half-Time! Everyone ready for Tom Petty?

I think we should all pray that there is NO wardrobe malfunction

AMEN!

Right Rev Rumple Foreskin http://bestsmileys.com/religous/1.gif

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Whose idea was it to get Tom Petty as the halftime show?? Yuck!

 

[Emperor_Nero]

Who needs a wardrobe malfunction after that lightshow to start Petty's performance -- the giant white light penis
Sure, they'll say it was a guitar ... but come on

 

[English Lady]

Are you playing poor innocent little British girl again

I do it so well!

 

[3113]

Husband wanted cookies and couldn't motivate himself to walk to the store. Wuss!

So. What'd I miss? Did Tom Petty flash a nipple?

 

[English Lady]

Husband wanted cookies and couldn't motivate himself to walk to the store. Wuss!

So. What'd I miss? Did Tom Petty flash a nipple?

I didn't see it all (ill child to put back to bed) but I didn't see any nipples.

Phew.