Loss of appetite

Doug:
You know, here I am thinking, OK, I'll just chill and watch the Super Bowl as a discrete entertainment event...

 

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Doug:
Don't really care who wins, no reason to think about rivalries, maybe watch a few commercials, have a laugh, just a little offseason respite...

 

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Doug:
And then the mothahfuckahs have to go and ruin the moment.

 

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Al:
Seriously, I'm just glad it wasn't Doritos they were eating.

 

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Mike:
Speaking of the commercials... Were they as truly undahwhelming as I thought they were or have I just become old and jaded?

 

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Al:
Old and jaded? Hmmm sounds like Eminem for Chrysler.

 

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Al:
Hey, our cars suck, we haven't turned a profit in years, but I know what it'll turn it around — A Super Bowl commercial. With a local rappah!

 

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Doug:
That's your stimulus dollars hahd at work.

 

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Al:
"Cash for Rappahs!"

 

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Mike:
See, people, this is why we can't have nice things.

 

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Comments

[Bob]

Diaz was feeding A-Rod Pork Rinds. But instead of swine flesh, it was made from bits of stomach fold from BigBri's mother.

[louclinton]

Em got paid. ARod got laid.

nuf said. what a shitty 4 hours.

lc

[yazbread]

Turn the game on at 6:38, skip the half-time show, and shut it off immediately at the end makes it tolerable. I think Big Ben would have done a better job had the Packers been drunk and the game was played within the tight confines of a restroom.

[Jeff in NC]

Packers..restroom..heh heh. Not to be too grouchy, but the Super Bowl only really serves to remind me why I like baseball. It kind of has that prefab Death Race entertainment feel to it, a show more than a sporting event. World Series suffers a bit from this too, but spread out over more games it seems a little less irritating. Four days in October was on again last night. 6 years later and still better than the SB.

[Kaz]

Too bad Aguilera was thinking about cake so much that she flubbered the anthem. That was when I knew I was in for a rough night.

[Steve in MD]

Neither you guys nor A-Fraud will spoil my mood. 13 NFL Championships and counting for the smallest market pro team and only one without a zillionaire owner (although the Mets may be entering that category soon). Go Pack!

[LarryE]

Is it just me or do you find it annoying in football that when a team is down by, say 18 points and they sack the QB or make a catch or score a TD, they celebrate like they've just tied it up or just went ahead. It's like "No, you're still losing by a lot." The swagger by these idiots just makes them look foolish.

It's not nearly that bad in baseball.

[Steve in MD]

I'm with you on that LarryE. I think it has something to do with the fact that in football the offensive players are completely different from the defensive players, and the latter always figure it is somehow the offense's fault they are losing.

In other news, a woman in Metheun gave birth to a 13 pound baby. Think about that in relation to your Thanksgiving turkey...

[soxdownunder]

Aw c'mon. The rapist got beat and you won't have to put up with the he's in the same class as your pretty boy Tom B for another year. It was a pretty good game. The VW commercial was excellent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

And, what else, I hear you say:

THE PACKERS WON!

[soxdownunder]

Oh and the National Anthem was: THE - WORST - EVAH? So proubly we washed? Huh? Good grief.

[Scott]

Thank you Packers!

[Rob in CT]

I guess I'm squarely in the old and jaded camp, but I actually enjoyed the Chrysler/Eminem bit. Nice production values, liked the muzak. It won't mean a thing to sales of the 200, but it was a nice 2 minutes.

Christina, the Ho? Um, not so much. Jezuz, if it's really that tough to remmeber the words, how about using cue cards. Then we could keep the conversation where it belongs, talking about what an old hag she is and how much her singing sucks. And don't get me started on Halftime. Yuck! (and Slash? Really??? Slash?) The Puppy Bowl was more entertaining...

And you're spot on LarryE. Those idiots need JD Drew lessons.

[Rob in CT]

I guess I'm squarely in the old and jaded camp, but I actually enjoyed the Chrysler/Eminem bit. Nice production values, liked the muzak. It won't mean a thing to sales of the 200, but it was a nice 2 minutes.

Christina, the Ho? Um, not so much. Jezuz, if it's really that tough to remmeber the words, how about using cue cards. Then we could keep the conversation where it belongs, talking about what an old hag she is and how much her singing sucks. And don't get me started on Halftime. Yuck! (and Slash? Really??? Slash?) The Puppy Bowl was more entertaining...

And you're spot on LarryE. Those idiots need JD Drew lessons.

[yazbread]

Half-time show - bring back 'Up With People'.

[MWL in MD]

OMG Yazbread, I said the exact same thing to my husband!