This whole Super Bowl thing has gotten so big that it seems to have turned itself into a national holiday.  Except, unlike the holidays that the government picks (i.e., President’s Day, Columbus Day), people actually celebrate this one.

It practically has it’s own holiday season – for the entire week preceding the Super Bowl you can’t turn on a TV or radio without hearing what some ‘expert’ thinks, what it costs to run an advertisement, or some other crap.  It even challenges the religious holidays for its number of semi-believers.

Person1:  “I only go to church on Christmas.”

Person2:  “I just watch the Super Bowl for the commercials.”

Which brings us to the absolute worst part of the Super Bowl holiday season:  the next day, when everyone discusses the damn commercials.  There’s nothing more tedious than that conversation.  But there’s no way to avoid it.

Co-worker:  “Which was your favorite ad?”

FG:  “The one where the co-workers are all stupid jackasses.”

Co-worker:  “You mean monkeys?”

FG:  “Oh, that’s right.  I must have been thinking of real life.”

Happy holidays.

-FG

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