So. Football.
May. 15th, 2007 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saffronhareLet's skip for a moment the *real* reason I went to help my mother a couple of weeks ago. I feel the need for some mid-afternoon frippery.
One of the highlights of that trip was discovering Dancing with the Stars. Heaven help me. The other was FOOTBALL. See, my brother (and his wife) and my parents have had a betting pool of sorts going for a good half-dozen years. They each pick two teams (one AFC and one NFC) and follow them through the season; at the end of the season, whoever has the team that ends up doing the best, wins. And the loser must produce some sort of prize. Sometimes cash is at stake. More often, the REAL game is shit-talkin'.
I decided to get in on it this year. My teams are the San Francisco 49ers (for the golden helmets) and the Cleveland Browns (because I like Brady Quinn's shoulders). I'm having a great time "playing dumb" -- which is particularly fun because they're not certain whether I really know what I'm talking about or not. Really, I have no clue. My brother (who has the Chiefs as one of his teams) would call me last season to talk about the game and I'd be like, oh, they played? But the trash-talk should be GREAT. I can totally keep up with that part.
I've already sent mom a little article I saw on Fox Sports today, about how the Redskins are slackin' in mini-camp this year. Das ist schade, I said.
Silly bunny. Also: I have now solved (almost) five "light and easy" Sudoku puzzles.
One of the highlights of that trip was discovering Dancing with the Stars. Heaven help me. The other was FOOTBALL. See, my brother (and his wife) and my parents have had a betting pool of sorts going for a good half-dozen years. They each pick two teams (one AFC and one NFC) and follow them through the season; at the end of the season, whoever has the team that ends up doing the best, wins. And the loser must produce some sort of prize. Sometimes cash is at stake. More often, the REAL game is shit-talkin'.
I decided to get in on it this year. My teams are the San Francisco 49ers (for the golden helmets) and the Cleveland Browns (because I like Brady Quinn's shoulders). I'm having a great time "playing dumb" -- which is particularly fun because they're not certain whether I really know what I'm talking about or not. Really, I have no clue. My brother (who has the Chiefs as one of his teams) would call me last season to talk about the game and I'd be like, oh, they played? But the trash-talk should be GREAT. I can totally keep up with that part.
I've already sent mom a little article I saw on Fox Sports today, about how the Redskins are slackin' in mini-camp this year. Das ist schade, I said.
Silly bunny. Also: I have now solved (almost) five "light and easy" Sudoku puzzles.
