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Super Bowl Open Thread

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 22:01 BFH Home 0

—-Sounds like the Star-Spangled Banner is going to be a half-hour long.

—– Carnival Cruise runs a Super Bowl commercial with a JFK voiceover from a speech he made where he cites an idiotic “scientific” fact. (I guess this was the beginning of the left being the party of science.)

“All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea — whether it is to sail or to watch it — we are going back from whence we came.”

The claim Kennedy made, if he is talking about NaCl, is not accurate. We have less than 1% of NaCl in our blood, and the oceans have over 4%. But let’s not even argue this point. What makes the claim idiotic is that there are life forms still in the ocean whose blood does not match the amount of salt in the water. So what does one thing have to do with the other?

Nothing.

Kennedy couldn’t have made a more stupid quote if he had made it on November 23rd, 1963, yet the right is challenged and skewered all the time for making some debatable scientific statements.

116 Comments on Super Bowl Open Thread

  2. Never saw a Super Bowl. I’ll have read the comments to see if I’ve missed anything. I did see the kitten bowl, sound off of course. Too many people yakking. I just got done plowing our mile long driveway.
    16 inches of snow over 2 days.

  4. I’m on mute, I don’t care who wins. It’s the numbers I’m interested in. If Seahawks 2 and Patriots 1 shows up I’ll buy BFH a new pair of Nike golf shoes. And socks to match.

    — I’ll take the cash!!! -bfh

  10. @Moe Tom, space cadet Katy Perry is supposed to perform.
    She’s whacked, but I don’t know about ‘satanic’.
    And Lenny Kravitz.
    Also some ‘mystery performer’ blast from the past.
    I may take a peek with the sound off.
    Unless I forget…hehehe.
    The first quarter went real fast.

  20. I went for a walk with my mom to a local restaurant. People traffic was light and no one annoyed me today. Neat.
    My legs are killing me though. But- calories burned and I’m gonna have dessert later.

  23. @Chief — Hate NBC football coverage (among other things!). Chris Collinsworth is a legend in his own mind. UGH!

    And Al Michaels is closing in quickly on Brent Musburger.

  28. Okay, this commercial pissed me off.
    It was a commercial that followed the plight of a child who had no legs but was seen doing things that every kid with legs can do thanks to technology. He was fitted with special prosthetics created after gait analysis with programs written by Microsoft engineers.
    So, what pissed me off?

    It was narrated by a black guy who sounded like he was a militant black poet, with annunciation more associated with Critical Race Theory jerkoffs, the implication being that when you hear this dialect you should associate it with the sort of society that can produce these remarkable prosthetics, instead of what this dialect actually produces – nothing.

    Sorry.

  30. I am sorry but is there a badge of honor if you have never seen or don’t watch the Superbowl?
    I don’t get it and NO, that doesn’t earn any additional respect from me.

    The game is an AMERICAN institution.
    It damn sure aint soccer.
    Is it you are so desperate for time that you have to go to Walmart on Superbowl Sunday because it is less crowded?
    Then pound your chest ‘what Superbowl”?
    Give me a friggin break.

  31. Asteroid vs. Earth on SYFY. One Navy Captain looks like Obama.
    Going to be followed by Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, a low budget made for video follow up to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

  35. Death Wish is over. Pretty good.
    We were flipping back and forth. Watching to see if the local kid, Gary Gillam plays. #79, for Seattle. Nice kid.
    Waiting to see how long DH lasts with Katie on halftime show.
    90 seconds!

  39. I loved the open with John Legend singing America the Beautiful, a shot of a group of our military heroes (didn’t catch where they were), a fly-over by the Thunderbirds, then Idina Menzel’s powerful (but s-l-o-w) National Anthem. Considering this is NBC, it was more patriotic than I anticipated and, I thought, well done.

  41. Loco…
    My Steelers aren’t playing so no I’m not that interested. To each his own. If that makes me un-American, so be it. I’m Not!
    And I don’t go near WallyWorld after 9:00am.
    But Blacklist is on when it’s over!

  42. @LocoBlancoSaltine – No, there is no badge and I really don’t need any additional respect from you.

    There’s a few reasons why i’m not glued to THE game….

    1.) as jclady said….micheals and collingsworth annoy me to the point I don’t watch NBC football….period

    2.) If I could have picked two teams at the start of the season to not make it to the SB it would have been these two.

    3.) I don’t watch commercials…if I can help it.

    4.) I definitely won’t watch the half time ‘extravaganza’

    5.) Rarely is the game as good as the previous playoff games….which I occasionally watch

    6) I have better things onhand tonight…her name is Susan

    YMMV

  43. Also BFH the commercial you refer to was shown right after a touch down and before the extra point was kicked. Like, fuckit,let’s show the commercial, he ain’t gonna miss that kick.
    I tell you guys, everything American that I ever learned, is being fucked with. T H E Y, are destroying everything

  44. Not really lookin to stir up shit.
    Just kind of feel like BFH when some smartass says:
    “never heard of him” about a post.
    You don’t want to make Fur angry…

    BTW, Al Michaels is a very smart, funny, respectable, conservative.
    The best in the business.
    Not afraid to say something non-PC.

    Go back to sleep..giant..you aint playin tonight…

  45. @Loco – I agree, Michaels is the best (and Patriotic too). Collinsworth explains the intricacies so all can understand.

    It’s been a great game so far, except we’re down 3 (for now).

    Oh, I’ve still got tears in my eyes from the Budweiser lost dog commercial.

  47. Hey, don’t drag me into this!!!

    But I have to agree, there is something slightly off-putting about someone saying I’ve NEVER done this or done that, when it’s something extremely popular.

    I’m not saying I haven’t made similar proclamations…

    For instance, I’ve never banged a dude.

  52. Idina Menzel? Seriously?

    She’s had leading roles in two Broadway musicals, and I’ve heard snippets of her songs in radio commercials. She doesn’t sing so much as screech. I don’t even want to think about how this no-talent clown butchered our national anthem.

  59. Blanco,

    I’m funnin’.
    I agree with you.
    It’s a little snobbish, like when people used to say “I don’t own a television machine.”
    Ya, well, good for you.

    I don’t live for the Superbowl. There have been years I didn’t watch and I didn’t miss it.
    But it IS a purely American event. To act like there is something cooler about not participating is like crowing over participation in an obscure activity. It’s purely hipsterism.

    “Superbowl??? No. We have a National Log Throwing Championship party…”

  70. Go Hawks! 🙂 I have a bad feeling though since New England seems to move the ball down the field too fast!

    So, saw a commercial for a new show, “The Slap”. Seriously?

    None of the commercials impress me so far and the Jeep one was depressing.

  96. Tom Brady – 3rd time Super Bowl MVP, ties Joe Montana
    4th Super Bowl win, ties Montana & Bradshaw
    Most Super Bowl touchdowns
    International Super Model wife who makes more money than him

    …let the penis envy begin…

  104. We went to a party that was cancelled due to the Blizzard of 2015. Our friend left a message this morning, problem is, most of us drive Jeeps. So we all met up anyway, minus those who don’t have a Jeep.

  105. Thanks Pete Carol for making about the stupidest fucking call anyone could possibly make given that the Pats had the ‘Hawks receiving game virtually shut down all the second half. WTF were you thinking?… Lynch was born for situations like that. He comes through in those situations virtually every time. Goddammit… I hate it when coaches have brain farts like that. They completely overthink the problem and try to be too clever by a half and end up blowing the whole game in an epically stupid manner. Jesus.

  106. Got sick of the government (our tax dollars) funded commercials (loved the Bud-lost dog commercial the best). The nbc commercials convinced me why I don’t watch nbc.

    Now, back to the Western Channel (ooh, Ann Margaret/John Wayne).

  110. Halftime was a snoozefest.
    Katy Perry – pop
    Missy Elliott – rap
    Lenny Kravitz – rock

    Anyone born before 1985 probably could care less about that boring entertainment.

  111. If you told the Seahawks:
    Fourth quarter, you are down by four at the three yard line with thirty seconds left and a healthy Marshawn Lynch and one time out, would you absolutely LOVE that scenario?
    Duh?
    Pats were toast, and they got the same gift that Green Bay gave Seattle.

    Pay It Forward, 12th Man?

  115. I always hate when the game comes down to a “bad” call. Frankly, if they gave the ball to Lynch and he scored then Belli would have been the goat for letting all the time run off the clock. Cause if the hawks scored, then then the Pats had no time left to drive for the field goal. Or instead of taking it to the last play, how about the first half. Brady missed opportunities the could have put the game away along with the interception and Wilson missed a lot of them as well. And then the Pats fell apart at the end of the first half, otherwise they could have sealed the deal early on or …. maybe the hawks or ….

  116. My favorite all time quote about that one play: This was after the Washington Redskins were destroyed by the Chicago Bears in the 1940 Championship game:

    Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh was interviewed after the game, and a sportswriter asked him whether the game would have been different had Malone not dropped the tying TD pass. Baugh reportedly quipped, “Sure. The final score would have been 73–7.”

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