Oblong leather in a Bowl

[ericasco]

Look, I like football. A lot. I did not like this year's Super Bowl for approximately 7 reasons:

1. It was in Miami. When was the last thing something good came out of Miami?
2. It was played in a sloppy fashion.
3. The Colts were in it.
4. The Colts won it.
5. Peyton Manning's head did not get separated from his body and roll down the field still encased in

Comments

[tsmaster]

A "suicide bomber" is someone who straps a bomb to him- or herself, walks far away from all other people, and blows him- or herself up. That's a suicide. If you strap up and walk toward people, well, you're just a bomber. And, if you happen to blow up around other people, a murderer. I have a bit of a problem with this distinction, and think it creates a false dichotomy.

Yeah, sort of.

If you detonate your bomb when you're far away, you're just a bomber. If you're inside the blast radius, you're a suicide bomber. I can see a benefit to having a way to distinguish the kamikaze-like dedication to one's mission. Would "kamikaze bomber" be confusing? For a long time, I thought that the definition of "assassin" was one who didn't expect to come back from his mission, but I can't recall why.

[ericasco]

I can see a benefit to having a way to distinguish the kamikaze-like dedication to one's mission. Would "kamikaze bomber" be confusing? For a long time, I thought that the definition of "assassin" was one who didn't expect to come back from his mission, but I can't recall why.

Here's the thing: Kamikazes flew their warplanes into warships. For me, this is the equivalent of a soldier charging a machine gun nest, even though you might survive the latter. At a certain level, every member of an armed force goes out with some expectation that he or she might not be coming back.

People who strap explosives to themselves and walk into the local mall are killing civilians, plain and simple. Committing suicide occurs during the act of mass homicide. If they stuck around to stand trial, they would be charged with multiple murders. They commit murder on civilians. We don't have a separate phrase for "murder bombing", which is really what this is.

It isn't suicide if your intention is to kill other people. That's all I'm saying.

[markalope]

I agree on all points. It's a sad day to have to say that the K-Fed ad was by far the most amusing.

[nannygirl]

Have you been in the schnapps again???

I can't believe you're complaining about that lovely Superbowl. When the frickin' White Stripes played at your party 'n everything!! So it was the toddler version. Whaddya expect for $4 an hour?

I agree re: Peyton Manning's severed head. Denis Leary does a routine where he talks about drinking beer out of Barry Manilow's skull. I propose Monsieur Manning's head would be the perfect vessel. Your thoughts, please.

The schnapps doesn't drink itself, now does it?

[ericasco]

I would not sully even the foulest beer by putting it in Manning's big melon. Putting it on a pike outside the city limits of Foxboro might be appropriate.

The NFL is dead to me...

[scoreboard]

...because if they kept forcing this slack-jawed yokel straight out of Deliveranceon me when he shat the bed in every significant game and blamed it on everyone else, what the hell are they going to do when his team's won a ring and he gets the fellatious fillip of an MVP award (which SO should have gone to the RB)? I'll tell you what they're going to do - they're going to make him out to be Montana, Unitas and Graham all rolled into one and we will NEVER GET AWAY FROM IT, when in fact he has earned the right to be considered in the same breath with Mark Rypien and Trent Dilfer.

They can do what they want, but I'm not buying into the myth of the white T.O., and I'm sure as hell not paying DirecTV $200 for the privilege of being propagandized. I'll listen to Sonny and Sam on the way back from Mass and take my football as God intended it: from a couple of borderline drunks without a safety catch.