I just don’t.
In fact, the only time I’ve ever watched ANY PART of the Super Bowl was when I flipped the channel JUST in time to see Janet’s “Miss Jackson if you’re nasty” big show of her ‘girls’ with Justin Timberlake. (I have awesome timing, no?)
While I don’t enjoy it, I’m not a hater of people who enjoy it or anything.
IN FACT, I even texted someone who was busy planning their Super Bowl party that I hoped they’d “have a great Super BOWEL tomorrow!”
I know.
I’m a winner.
Sigh.
HEY, IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS HERE, PEOPLE!
So, in the end (pun TOTALLY intended), I’m glad so many people come together and have a great day cheering on people running around a field with a ball, but I am perfectly content doing my own thing today.
Which I am hoping translates to Diet Coke, chocolate and a long nap.
Awesome.
So, what about you? Do you shun the Super Bowl or are you a rabid fan?
I’m in it for the snacks that my husband is out getting right this minute. :) Apart from that, meh.
Im not a fan, but love getting together over it and chatting and having junk food :)
I THOUGHT about being in it for the snacks but seriously, I’ll just go to the gas station and pick up munchies to watch all the shows stored in my DVR!
Not at all for me. We’re going out to eat at 7:30pm (should be deserted!) and then I’m coming home and watching… god knows what. I only know of one of the teams playing because of an SNL skit from last night. Should be a nice evening!
Occasionally I’ll turn on the Puppy Bowl just to torture my boyfriend. Otherwise we watch whatever crappy programing we can find, that has nothing to do with men beating the crap outta each other, and veg out.
I couldn’t care less about the Super Bowl EXCEPT in that I dig pageantry, seeing the work of media/ad people on a national scale and it gives me an excuse to have party food and make my children hang out with me. Building family memories through forcing them all to watch a sport that none of us enjoy. They look forward to it too.
Hahah, it’s really that big event over there? It seems just a little bit weird. But I guess it’s okay. I’ve never actually understood the rules of both American football or baseball. (Well, I was even wondering if they have rules… like cricket. Or polo. Personally, I think the objective of polo is to look good on a horse.) But I’m not that big on sports anyway ;) The only ones I enjoy a little bit watching are Formula 1 (and, God, I pray for Robert Kubica! I hope he’ll be alright and will go back to racing one day. It would be a great shame to loose him! Especially that he’s the only Polish F1 driver, and a darn good one, too…), Ski Jumping and… strongmen championships xD Though I don’t have a TV, so I can watch ‘em only when I’m visiting my parents ;)
ciao,
Amy.
Think of it as the Worlds Cup, but boiled down to one day rather than spread over two or three weeks.
That is one I don’t understand watching – soccer/futbol. I keep being told that it is an exciting, action filled game, much more exciting than American Football. Hmmm….two seconds of action, some guys running down the field, then two minuets of standing around, waving hands and pointing around the field. Then little flurry of activity, all of maybe 5 seconds, then more standing around pointing, looking around, and hand waving.
Hahah, my thoughts exactly ;) I don’t understand soccer either. Once, in Primary School, I think, they made us watch a live match of soccer during a lesson of.. something, I don’t remember. I was bored to death! I think only boys were really enjoying the match. It’s usually that way, isn’t it? ;)
I don’t know if even shrunk to one day, World Cup would make that much fuss in Poland. Hm… maybe if Polish temat ever have a standing chance in World Cup ;) But I’m afraid that won’t happen very soon xD
regards,
Amy.
But when you have bigos, who needs soccer?
I don’t care about the game either and, truth be told, I don’t really care about the commercials. I hate feeling like such a crank, but there it is.
I’m with you, I don’t care about the Super Bowl (or any other sports really). I don’t even know what time the game starts. My husband just let me know he is working overtime today (big shocker, people called in sick today), so I will be home with the kids, watching anything except the game. I do wish I had snacks here though. :)
Honestly, I grew up in an entire family (both sides) of Cowboy fans. I HATED football because I hated how they were. Cowboys this and Cowboys that. They never stopped. And this went all year long, not just during football season. So I didn’t care.
However, now my husband and I are both Steelers fan and have been for the last ten years or so and while we’re not crazy fans, we do enjoy following our team and cheering for them today.
If it weren’t for the fact that I can find Mountain Dew on sale during the pre-game week, I’d probably have no clue it was even on. I still have no idea who is playing.
I’m a big sports fan. I’ve never missed a Super Bowl, and I’m not starting today. You can all sneer at me derisively now.
The best thing I ever did was marry a man who doesn’t like sports. Well, that, and having my 4 year old not know what a football is (though he can name every planet!).
I am currently watching “girlie” movies and my husband is forwarding over the game to get to the commercials…
Well, see, I am in a mixed marriage. For those of you in or around Ohio, you know how bad the Browns/Steelers rivalry is. I come from a Steelers family, but married a Browns fan – rabid Browns fan, actually. How on earth one can still be a fan of the Browns is beyond me, but my guy is in there cheering his guts out for Green Bay simply because he hates the Steelers that much. Doesn’t make sense to me, we live an hour from Pittsburgh, but there ya go. So, I am secretly rooting for the Steelers, so as to not put my marriage in jeopardy, and enjoying the food.
I’m from PA so rootin for the Steelers. Tho it’s nor looking good right now. I have it on more for background noise then anything else.
we watched it at my house….mostly because my husband is into the commercials.
But I would have enjoyed it a lot more with some chocolate and a nap.
For my husband and I, it’s an excuse to nosh on yummy food and watch commercials. We both know the finer points of football, thanks to sports addicted dads, but don’t know any names of players or which teams suck or who got probation so he could play…
The game was on at 3 am here. I refused to stay up to watch. Although, I miss the commercials.
I don’t “get” football. Isn’t it just one group of fat guys jumping on top of another team of fat guys? Oh, and randomly slapping dudes on the ass? Seems like much ado about nothing to me…
I’m just interested in the commercials. And honestly, only partially.(We were up at my parents’ yesterday for my youngest’s 5th birthday) My dad ran in and turned it on yesterday, then he and my husband took off to play ping pong, so my mom and I were watching it and I commented, “You know, this is so weird, they’re up there playing ping pong, while we’re watching the Super Bowl. There’s something wrong with this.” So we’d talk through the game, but pay attention to the commercials like they were telling us where the mothership had landed.
Yea, just for the commercials. Football is football, meh. My wife was in there cheering thought.
Me – didn’t watch – in a period of life with no TV – and my team lost the game before the Super Bowl – so football no longer exists – till next year.
But I must say – between the new Ninja avatar – and your now publicly expressed dislike of AMERICA’s GAME – I’d be looking over your shoulder for CIA operatives.
And don’t worry I’m not one.
Really I’m not. Really.
Seriously – pretend I never said that. I’m not here. I was never here…
It’s tradition in our little (well not so little, seven people, actually) family to go to an amusement park on Super Bowl Sunday. They’re always empty which means you can get on any ride in a timely fashion and the weather (in Southern California) is perfect. It’s a win/win for us. We may be one big non-football watching family, but the kids LOVE their Super Bowl Sunday!!
just means Diet Pepsi is on sale so I can stock up. It is a day of dainty foods and Chick flicks.
I’m in it for the beer and chili and the commercials. I also love the half time show.
Now off to have leftover chili and beer!
If the Titans ever make it to the Super Bowl I’ll be happy but so far not so good on that front!
We’re multi-denominational around here. Meaning, I booked a massage and left my daughter home with my husband to watch the game. This way she can make her own decision when she’s older ;)