“Supper”-Bowl

We didn’t watch the “Supper”-Bowl last night.
In fact, we don’t even know who won, since it wasn’t reported on the national news this morning (Monday, February 4, 2008), perhaps reflecting how important the “Supper”-Bowl is in the national scheme of things (now that the chickens of the Dubya presidency are coming home to roost).
Although we suspect it was New England. Last we heard New England was ahead, although not by much — and it was near the end.
(My wife gets reports over the dreaded Internet, despite our supposedly wonky ISP.)
A number of factors were at play, but primary was our desire to eat “super.”
Eating “super” we watch the news; mayhem would be distracting — football boring.
Another factor was that the Supper-Bowl wasn’t on one of the three national networks.
I guess it was on FOX, and FOX has a Rochester affiliate.
But the channel-lineup in our area ain’t what’s in the Mezz TV-book.
I’m pretty sure FOX is in our channel-lineup, but I couldn’t find it right away — and I didn’t care anyway.
That’s the most important factor here: lack of interest.
I’ve tried to watch the Supper-Bowl before, and occasionally made two quarters.
I suppose if it included the Billy-Goats or the Iggles I might be interested.
The onliest reason to follow the Supper-Bowl is if the Pasties lost, which would allow me to take the blowhard to the cleaners.

“Supper” is how my blowhard brother-in-Boston noisily insists “Super” is spelled; e.g. “Supper-Bowl.” Conversely “supper” is spelled “super.”

My wife of 40 years is “Linda.”

RE: “Despite our supposedly wonky ISP.” —ISP equals Internet-Service-Provider; in our case RoadRunner via the cable. Last July my macho, blowhard brother-from-Boston visited, and set up a wireless Internet connection to my wireless router. His Internet reception was spotty, so he loudly blamed our Internet-Service-Provider (ISP).

The “Mezz” is the Canandaigua Daily-Messenger newspaper, from where I retired two years ago. Best job I ever had. We still get the Messenger free, me as a retiree.

RE: “Billy-Goats or the Iggles.......” —“Billy-Goats” are the Buffalo Bills, “Iggles” the Philadelphia Eagles. “Iggles” is how Philadelphians pronounce it, and I’m from the Philadelphia area. “Pasties” are the New England Patriots. My siblings called them the “Patsies,” and my loudmouthed macho brother-from-Boston misspelled it “Pasties.”

The “blowhard” is my loudmouthed macho brother-from-Boston “Jack,” who noisily badmouths everything I do or say. He loudly claims the superiority of his beloved “Pasties” proves that I am inferior.