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Normally I wouldn't care who wins - but since this is the first time the Seahawks have made it in, it would be neat if they won.
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Probably be some ultra clean and safe act. I recently discovered that they censor Monty Python over there...GaryKelly wrote:What I want to know is, is Janet Jackson doing the half-time show again this year?
Crazy.
Slan,
D.
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From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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I had a very hard choice between 3 and 4 since both of them reflect attitudes of mine.
Not being real football is no big deal, cricket isn't football but is none the worse for that. Since kicking in American football is reserved for set pieces and a couple of specialists, I can't really see the point in calling the game football. My view about rugby is much the same; although kicking plays a much bigger role in rugby it still isn't the preferred method of passing the ball. In soccer, Aussie football and Gaelic football kicking is much more central and a required skill for all participants. These are also the games I like best, but, then they are the games I grew up with. I think that has a lot to do with our tastes later in life.
I used to watch the super bowl but don't any more. Dividing the game up into endless set plays with long breaks between them just goes so much against the grain for football-like games. Without the build up of tension as team strives against team in unbroken sequences of play that can last, say, five minutes, and involves constant improvisation, I quickly lose interest.
Not being real football is no big deal, cricket isn't football but is none the worse for that. Since kicking in American football is reserved for set pieces and a couple of specialists, I can't really see the point in calling the game football. My view about rugby is much the same; although kicking plays a much bigger role in rugby it still isn't the preferred method of passing the ball. In soccer, Aussie football and Gaelic football kicking is much more central and a required skill for all participants. These are also the games I like best, but, then they are the games I grew up with. I think that has a lot to do with our tastes later in life.
I used to watch the super bowl but don't any more. Dividing the game up into endless set plays with long breaks between them just goes so much against the grain for football-like games. Without the build up of tension as team strives against team in unbroken sequences of play that can last, say, five minutes, and involves constant improvisation, I quickly lose interest.
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Wombat wrote:Now if they did the squad-camp-it-up-by-numbers sketch at half time it would be worth watching. Especially of the soldiers wore all that shoulder padding.dubhlinn wrote: I recently discovered that they censor Monty Python over there...
Crazy.
For sure...
I own most of the Monty Python episodes on DVD, and they don't really edit or censor them at all on the station that carries them locally (thank heaven!).
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I thought that sort of wardrobe malfunction went out with Jim Morrison.Charlene wrote:Sorry - it's going to be the Rolling Stones. And if Mick Jagger has a "wardrobe malfunction" - who cares???GaryKelly wrote:What I want to know is, is Janet Jackson doing the half-time show again this year?
Charlie
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I live near Seattle, but I'm not a sports fan. The only reason I knew when Seattle won yesterday's game was because some doofus down the road started shooting off fireworks. I prefer it when the local teams lose: the fans are quiet, and sports get less time on the local news.
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