The Friday Six - Footballus Interruptus Edition
The Friday Six? Man, I am … JACKED UP! ….
After the five month orgy of football leading up to the Super Bowl, I’m ready to lean back against the headboard and take a cigarette break. And I don’t even smoke.
Watching the last two rounds of the playoffs have made a couple things clear to me…
The first is that die-hard football fans are crazy. There is absolutely no excuse to attend a football game in conditions that normally serve as the backdrop for March of the Penguins. I don’t care if your kid is playing or if you’ve mortgaged your house and need the Packers to win by more than four points, Lambeau Field and a minus 24 degree chill factor are the reason sports bars were invented.
Secondly, Al Gore is a compete idiot. Okay, that’s not really fair … I knew that before the playoffs. But if you have a choice of watching a game and being warm and comfortable versus cold and hospitalized for frostbite, my guess is most people are going to opt for warm and comfortable.
If more people want to go to the game, then prices for scalped tickets will go up. If more people go to the game, they will also spend more on beer and overpriced souvenirs — which is just what we need to get this economy moving again.
I guess what I’m saying is, the first candidate whose platform includes more football and more global warming gets my vote. Try not to grovel, people.
You don’t have to grovel for the Friday Six. They’re right here — six blogs, videos or food and wine pairings that made us laugh over the past week.
But, no matter how much you beg, there’ll be no alliteration. That’s my campaign promise.
Bloggers (and those who love them) will enjoy this article on writing prompts from Brent over at Ominous Comma.
Special Friday Six bonus: While you’re at the OC, don’t miss Brent’s piece on Martin Luther King. It is concise and powerful.
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Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report (relation) explains why Mike Huckabee was attacked by a gay tiger. And somehow, it all makes sense.
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Ali Wisch over at Points In Case reminds you why it sucks to go back to school after the holiday break.
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If there was an award for most Friday Six appearances, Julius Sharpe at News As Gossip would probably be the front-runner. This week’s headline of choice:
In Spite of Ankle Sprain, Tom Brady Set to Go vs. Giselle Tonight
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Barbara over at Knitting Passion was a bit under the weather this week. And by under the weather I mean she was in the hospital, so wish her well when you stop by. Barbara thought it might be a good idea to have a guest poster. Sure, in a perfect world, maybe that poster would know something about knitting ….
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Whether it’s the lost PowerPoint slides of Caligula or Professor Quippy lecturing on words not to use to describe Ebola, you can find it at The Skwib and it will be weird and funny.
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Have a great football free weekend ….
January 26th, 2008 at 7:52 am
The manliest display at Greenbay that weekend was the four yellow bikinni clad women. As a woman, I have to applaud their fandom if not their judgement. Who knows, they might get a beer commercial out of their little stunt.
It isn’t every sport where you can get educated on the various stages of frost bite as the quarters progress. Think the Superbowl should be held in Greenland or on the Sub Continent just to be fair.
January 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Thanks for the boost General! FYI - Riding with Rickey has a truly illuminating video he found that demonstrates your central hypothesis — some football fans are crazy!
http://ridingwithricky.blogspot.com/2008/01/sweet-sweet-schadenfreude.html
January 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I’ve never really gotten into that whole American Football thing. But with exception to the stock exchange, I’ve never really gotten into American sport at all.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:01 am
You won the caption contest with two votes. So you get to have your banner on the header of my website.
To discuss details of getting your free month of ad space, I included my email address when posting this comment. You knows what to do.
Oh, and well done.