Random Thoughts On Super Bowl Sunday

Today will be my 53rd year of Super Bowl Sunday's. Wow! Who da' thunk it? I was watching Fox, the home of this years Super Bowl and the hosts interviewed seven men who have been to every one of these since they began in 1967. They were air pilots in the Vietnam conflict and said the first game cost them $12 a ticket.

Do you remember Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. She said it was an accident. Yeah right.
 It happened 16 years ago today.

Men are wired different than women. I like sports. I enjoy going to sporting events. But ask me two weeks later to tell you what sticks out in my mind and I'm clueless. But I will remember the hot babe who sat three rows in front of me. As an example, a friend asked if I'd seen any good movies recently. I said, "Yeah, we've seen some good ones". Then I couldn't remember the names.

We've been to Europe a number of times. We've visited the City of Lights known as Paris. We'll come back home and the Queen will be telling someone about our visit and mention the Eiffel Tower and I'll say, "Did we see that"? Men are that way.

I cannot remember one single event or single play from any Super Bowl. A good reason is I haven't seen one since 2006 since the Colts led by Peyton Manning defeated the Chicago Bears. Actually, I onlysaw four or five plays. I do remember it was late January and bitter cold. I was staying in a Howard Johnson motel in Terre Haute, Indiana. The owner was from either India or Pakistan. Except for me the motel was vacant. The owner was in an empty room. His wife sat on one side of him and his mother in law on the other. Their faces were covered with veils and their native garb adorned their bodies. Their vocal cords must have been cut out because the spoke not a word. The owner had a small TV table to his right and on it sat a 5th of vodka. He asked if I would join him. I opted out and went to bed. Luckily for me there are newspapers because the next morning I found out the Colts were victorious.

We're having a friend and his daughter over for lunch to watch the Iowa-Illinois basketball game so I made a quick trip to Kroger's to grab food. Bad move on my part. The parking lot was so full I had to uber to get in the door. I wish I had Kroger stock just this one day. The place was packed with people who could care less about sports. It's all about the commercials, eating and, especially, drinking.

I actually have friends who get together on Super Bowl Sunday to watch the commercials. When they're over and the game begins they mute the television and continue their game of canasta. As Joe Biden would say, "No joke".

So, here we are at Super Bowl number who gives a crap. Enjoy the game. In a week you won't remember anything about it.