Well, in connection with Thursday's entry, the people at Yahoo came to their senses and posted the personal ad I created for James Brown. So, with all due reverence, come and get him, ladies.
For those of you in solitary confinement, today is the day of the Super Bowl. If you've ever had the misfortune of watching an NFL game with me, you know I am obsessed with noting the amount of times the announcers say the word football. The telecast is always littered with references to football players, football fields, football games, and my own personal favorite, the National Football League. Either these guys are broadcasting the game to a bunch of Martians with no short term memory, or there's a crazed gunman in the studio whose sole desire is to hear the word football repeated over and over. Or maybe the announcers are just dumb, I don't know.
Today then, as part of my community service for the miniature pony fiasco, I am going to count the number of times the announcers say the word "football" during the game tonight. Yes, it will be tough to monitor the announcers while simultaneously playing quarterback for both teams, but I'm confident i can do it. My hypothesis: there may not be an abacus large enough to count all of the instances of that word tonight. I'm going to try to count it anyway, though, because I am all about the science. I'll update tonight with the final tally. Until then, keep me in your prayers.
Final tally: 46. I was holding out high hopes for breaking the 50 barrier, but then I stopped counting in the 4th quarter, due to alcohol + close game + cheese dip. Let's just go ahead and say 200.
Posted by Cody at February 1, 2004 3:58 PM