Kanadesaga

oh well, they're no fun, they fell right over. avatars y sigs, senor dave?

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poetrychic

you do realise that if when the giants lose you have to change your avatar to a loser one for a week? just making sure you know this is a betting thread

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"it was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation, yes we can!"

Noob920

You sure know how top put a negative spin on things....

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Originally Posted by BillCosby

I am usually a nice easy going person........ Although ever time I drive by that bar my Xwife cheated on me @ I get a bit troubled.........

But I am sure that is not the reason I kick that damn dog after........

Seems like he deserves it when I take that route home......

Kanadesaga

yes, well it is an honor thing. Some have taken part, then welched, then had the audacity to play again. Some have no shame.

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Kanadesaga

The Miracle Mets baby! the Amazin's!

Lightning can strike twice.

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CosmicRocker

LOL
Not something I want to be reminded of being a Baltimore Orioles fan in 1969

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Traveling Wilburys (l to r)

Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison

poetrychic

true character always shines in the end

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"it was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation, yes we can!"

Sean

I never bet but I'm seriously thinking about putting $100 on the Giants just because of the payoff.

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CosmicRocker

Super Bowl Sunday
Urban legends of the Super Bowl
By David Emery, About.com


In an LA Times article a few years back, renowned folklorist Alan Dundes ventured to explain why Super Bowl Sunday has become the focus of so many larger-than-life "urban beliefs" in the United States — beliefs such as:
Every year on Super Bowl Sunday the water systems of major cities are in danger of collapsing because of so many simultaneous toilet flushings at half-time (FALSE).

More women are physically abused by spouses and boyfriends on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year (DISPUTED).

Two-thirds of all the avocados sold yearly in the United States are purchased during the three weeks prior to the Super Bowl for making guacamole dip (EXAGGERATED).

There are more pizza deliveries made during Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year (TRUE).

Disneyland becomes a veritable ghost town on the day of the Super Bowl because so many Americans are planted in front of their TV sets (FALSE).

The stock market predictably fluctuates up or down the Monday after the Super Bowl depending on which league wins (PARTLY TRUE).

Wrote Dundes: "Every culture's legends express that culture's values. Super Bowl legends usually involve numbers and a sense of enormity. The idea of big numbers, of being bigger than other people, is very American."

Or maybe we're just prone to exaggerate. Who isn't?

Sewage systems collapse?

Pumped up though they may be, Americans' cherished Super Bowl beliefs aren't entirely without foundation, Times reporter Tony Perry concluded. Take that story about water systems collapsing. As it happens, a Salt Lake City water main did burst open right in the middle of the Super Bowl broadcast back in the '80s. But though news stories at the time attributed the mishap to an excess of toilet flushings, no evidence has ever been found to confirm that. See Perry's article, "Super Bowl Lore Part of the Game" and Public Utilities Director Leroy Hooton's account of what really happened in Salt Lake City.

Increase in spousal abuse?

The allegation that violence against women increases on Super Sunday, first raised by the watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, remains controversial because the only evidence ever put forth to support it was anecdotal. Cecil "The Straight Dope" Adams tells the skeptical side of the story in a column dated April 2000 and About's own Buddy T. rebuts the skeptics in his 2001 coverage of what has come to be characterized as a "good ol' boys' backlash."

Spike in avocado sales?

Without question, the Super Bowl is one of the major events accounting for the largest share of avocado sales annually -- 49.5 million pounds is this year's estimage for big game sales -- but not the major event. According to the California Avocado Association, Cinco de Mayo ranks first in avocado sales for the year, followed by Memorial Day, and Super Bowl Sunday comes in third (CBS News).

Most pizza deliveries in a single day?

True. Domino's alone expects to deliver more than 1.2 million pizzas on Super Bowl Sunday this year, a 30 percent increase over normal Sunday deliveries. Papa John's projects a 50 percent increase. "Pizza has become to Super Bowl Sunday what eggs are to Easter. Or candy canes to Christmas," reports USA Today. AP has some numbers.

Disneyland / Disney World become ghost towns?

False. Business at the theme parks is slower on Super Bowl Sunday than on typical weekend days in January, but "not much slower," a Disney spokesperson has been quoted as saying (MSNBC).

Super Bowl outcome a stock market indicator?

To date, it has been accurate more often than not, says Forbes. "The theory holds that when a team from the original National Football League wins the championship, stocks rise," explains Forbes writer John Dubosz. "When a team from the now-defunct American Football League wins, that's bearish." The so-called Super Bowl Indicator has an astonishing 85% success rate -- not that I'd recommend staking your portfolio on it.

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Traveling Wilburys (l to r)

Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison

Black_Knight

Belichick just found a sneakier way to cheat, he's should be stigmatized like the Oakland Raiders, except that fucker deserves it since he got caught red handed. I'm surprised they didn't run him out of the league for that shit.