Am I alone in feeling rather flatfooted over all the football threads?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I've never been much for sports........

I don't have any objection to it, but .......

Still, I know next to nothing about it....

So....I feel sort of left out tonight.... :cry:

[skygazer]

1. I know what you mean

I click into them just because and it looks like English but I have no idea what anyone is talking about.

So I'm playing Spider Solitaire and clicking back and forth. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear skygazer!

Oh, I am so glad to be not alone!

It's like being excluded from a club......

Enjoy your solitaire! :hi:

[bridgit]

2. nnnnn'ope...

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear bridgit!

Thank you, sweetie!

:hug:

[AlCzervik]

3. My dear Peggy!

don't despair, i'm not much for football either, i like basketball and i never see any threads about hoops.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear chimpsrsmarter!

Thank you! I felt so alone......unloved........:cry: :scared:

But it's much better now!

I like basketball too......I understand those rules a lot more!

:bounce: :bounce:

[AlCzervik]

10. yes and basketball moves so much faster.

[Kali]

6. Dear Peggy

You are most certainly not alone. I never "got" football. Sports are more fun to play than watch and even then...:shrug: there are more fun things to do.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear Kali!

Oh, thank you!

Whew.......there are more of us than I thought!

:hug:

[u4ic]

7. I don't quite share that concern

I'm okay not knowing anything about football. Or baseball...or basketball. I know a bit about hockey.



:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear u4ic........

Well, hey, sweetie......there's room for all here!

Thanks for coming by!

:hug:

[u4ic]

40. Absolutely

you are not alone in not knowing anything about football. Or caring about it, either. :hi:

[SPKrazy]

37. Hose me!

official lounge hoser!

:rofl:

I can't stop laughing at you u4!

that beaver looking at me with the "official lounge hoser" is killing me.

:hug:

I lurve ya though!

you're funny!

[u4ic]

41. I think I'll keep him awhile

:D

[SPKrazy]

42. okay

:hug:

[av8rdave]

9. I had a fairly large superbowl party, even though neither team was one I really follow..

The whole experience was more about the people than the game. It was a good excuse to share some food and drinks with a bunch of close friends...that was about it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear av8rdave!

And I know a lot of folks did just that.......

And what fun that must be!

Good for you, being a terrific host......:hi:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. Just repeat after me...

COLTS FUCKING WON!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear Haruka!

OK....if you say so!

THE COLTS FUCKING WON!!!!!!!!!

Did they? :yoiks:

:hi:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. Yes they did.

And while I am a NY Giants fan, I am glad the Colts won. They haven't won for the entire time they've been in Indianapolis and Peyton Manning is a pretty good guy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. That's cool! And thanks.......

It's good to hear the underdogs win now and then.....

[struggle4progress]

13. Football? Tonight? What, is the World Cup on?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear struggle4progress!

American football!

Not the soccer of the World Cup!

But I suspect you already knew that........:rofl:

[struggle4progress]

31. American football? You mean, like foozball?

:shrug:

[crim son]

19. I have no interest in sports unless somebody I know is on the team.

It beats me why people sit for hours on their butts, eating and drinking and watching other people get a workout :shrug: But it does mean I'm not invited to Superbowl parties and it does mean I don't understand a darned thing anybody's posted about the game tonight. I'll get over it and so will you, dear Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear crim son!

Of course I'll get over it!

This thread is helping me do just that, sweetie.....:hug:

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Nope...

I didn't even know it was Super Bowl Sunday until my roommate left to go to a friend's house to watch it, haha.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear primate1!

I knew it was coming because of all the threads that led up to it.......

But I still felt a bit out of it.......

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

29. I didn't even notice the threads, haha.

I think I've developed sports blinders or something. :P

[TroubleMan]

23. That's alright....you're good at all the other stuff.

nt.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear TroubleMan.......

Thanks....I appreciate your calm view of this!

:hi:

[hickman]

24. I loved college sports when I was in college.

Actually it started in high school with my Fathers love for Michigan football. Then Don Moorhead left and I stopped watching.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear hickman.........

Of course, if you grow up with it, then that makes all the difference!

I was never exposed to it as a child.......

:hi:

[TOhioLiberal]

26. I know absolutely nothing...

about football, so no, you're not alone.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear TOhioLiberal........

Thank you, sweetie.....:hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

34. Now baseball, on the other hand...

...I'm into. Especially the local team. Go Hens!

[petronius]

28. You really don't need to know much about football to join in

If you're ever caught in a football conversation/thread, just say one of the following:

"Prevent defense? Sheee-it! All that ever does is prevent you from winning!"

or,

"Jaysus Keeerist!! My 10 year old niece throws a tighter spiral than that!"

or,

"Belichek? He's smart, sure, but he's no Bill Walsh."

Or, it's perfectly acceptable to grunt, tsk, scoff or otherwise indicate that everyone else in the conversation is a blithering idiot who wouldn't know a football from a mothball. Master these simple tricks, and you'll never be left out again! :) :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear Petronius!

Oh, these are perfect!

You made me laugh as well..........And I needed to!

What a doll......thank you! :hug:

[ContraBass Black]

30. So, I hear there was a football game tonight.

Who played?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear ContraBass Black!

You too, huh?

Colts?

Bears?

Something like that, I think........:shrug:

:hi:

[Dean Martin]

51. one group of very rich guys........

versus another group of very rich guys

[zingaro]

38. Football?

Why? Was there a game on or something?

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear zingaro!

I believe that I did hear something about a game!

:rofl:

[Radio_Lady]

43. Next day -- Hi Peggy. I watched the pre-game show while packing to leave Las Vegas...

Then Billy Joel sang -- that was delightful.

The first kickoff was a 92 yard runback for a touchdown -- making Super Bowl history.

Hubby and I shared some popcorn and a couple of beers. (It was our 34th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday.)

Then, we kind of drifted into our last lovely dinner and packing mode and turned off Prince and the rest of the game.

I went swimming in a lovely pool and didn't find out who won until about 9:30 PM Pacific Time.

Football? In Miami, Florida, in the rain?

Dumb as a doorknob.

PS.

It was Husband #2, deceased last month, who would have watched the game.

And Boyfriend #2, deceased last year, who would have watched the game. (He was born in Indiana.)

See? I got all the sportsmen out of my life!

Good night and good luck!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear Radio_Lady!

I think you did it just right!

Glad you had a good trip.......

Happy Anniversary to both of you! :party:

[femmedem]

44. Is football the one with the pointy ball? n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear femmedem!

Um......

I think so!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Dean Martin]

45. you're not missing anything

all sports are way overrated. I'm not into competing to prove I'm better than somebody else at all.

And the fans act like they've personally won the thing when it's a bunch of millionaires that don't care squat for those fans that have won it.

The commercials are cool and Prince was fun to watch. Apart from that, the Super Bowl made my evening at work feel like it was 3 days long rather than 11 hours.

I'd much rather just kick back and listen to tunes!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. My dear Dean Martin!

BTW, cool username!

Thank you......

There were so many threads last night that I did feel rather left out!

And I just hate to feel that way!

I'd rather listen to music too......

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

49. that's a good word for it

hmmm...I know this is from yesterday...I felt that way a few weeks ago...it seems like there were some sports going on and people kept posting everytime a score was made. I think it was football. Pretty soon, there were like 20 different posts on sports (the same event, I think). I felt lost. Luckily I worked all evening last night so I missed most of that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. My dear idg!

Yeah, flatfooted really described me last night!

It seemed as though every other thread was about the Super Bowl...*sigh*

Oh well......it's over now......till next year!

:hi:

[Robeson]

52. If you ever have any football questions, feel free to ask me, Peg...

...:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. My dear Robeson!

Awww.......you are a sweetheart! I mean that.......

I have so many questions that it would be like teaching a class to help me..........

But that was awfully sweet of you......:loveya: :hug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. I hate spectator sports, personally. I understand the need to belong, but I don't really care.

[BikeWriter]

55. You know Jello, don't you, Sweety?