Super Bowl Monday as holiday?

We're a nation that has a common passion. Nothing wrong with that. Politics isn't everyone's cup of tea. But we've danced around that one before.

Good lord, if Election Day is made a holiday, it'll triple the number of assclowns who go around asking, "Did YOU vote today? Did YOU vote today?" And a lot of people would get hurt. Ugly picture.

 

Shottie, you know I'm your boy, but you cannot seriously believe what you just wrote, do you?

It's a freaking football game, one I enjoy, but I don't care if its a shared passion or not, it ain't worth having a holiday over. If that's the case, where's our Daytona 500 day? Or first weekend of NCAA Tournament four-day weekend? Or national masturbation holiday, where we can all jerk off and get paid eight hours whilst doing it? Let's share THAT passion.

Election Day damn well should be a holiday. I'm not a big "vote or else" kind of guy, but at the same time, any obstacle removed towards preventing someone from voting is all right with me too.

AND IT'S FREAKING VOTING vs. A FREAKING FOOTBALL GAME! ONE, I MIGHT ADD, NONE OF US ARE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN!

WE ARE SERIOUSLY FUCKED IN THE HEAD IF WE DEVOTE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY BASED LARGELY ON WATCHING CLICHED SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS, THROWING DOWN TWO CRAPPY ASS WARMED-OVER LITTLE CAESAR'S PIZZAS, SHOTGUNNING A SIX-PACK OF CARLING BLACK LABEL, AND HOPING THE COORS LIGHT TWINS SHOW UP TO GIVE US SPANK MATERIAL AFTER WE'VE BLOWN OFF THE SIGNIFICANT OTHER TO VIEW MULTIPLE ANGLE CLOSE-UPS OF OLIN KREUTZ'S ASS!

ARRRGH! WE NEED PERSPECTIVE! NOW!

(Sorry Shottie didn't mean to shout. I'm fine now.)

 

Considering how the last two Election Days turned out, what you just described certainly would be more productive for our country.

 

Bub, why do you hate American football?

 

I will not rest until NIT Thursday is recognized as a national holiday.

 

Damn right, Bubbler. And I'd say the same damn thing for Steak and a Blow Job Day. Allz I need is a little bit of Sizzler and a ho' lotta suck my big, phat American love pickle.

 

New sig day.

 

What about the idea of moving the start of the NFL season up two weeks (from the beginning of September to mid September) in order to have the Super Bowl the day before Washington's birthday?

 

Who's playing?

 

I've advocated for this in the past when I had a bit of a public pulpit...America needs a holiday between New Year's Day and Memorial Day (sure, some folks in government get some days off during that period, but most of us don't) and a holiday that's not based on religion or war, IMO. And if anyone has the power to ram a new holiday into the system, it's the NFL.

 

What's this ... Super Bowl (Did I say that right?) ... of which you all speak?

 

Not to get all Whitlockian in self-referencing, but I've already weighed in elsewhere, so I'll save myself some typing:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16865062/

I have no problem with Super Bowl (observed). We could replace Presidents' Day and no one would miss it, except mattress stores.