# I'm not watching the Superbowl and you can't make me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999 "2009-02-01T17:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/41 "2009-02-02T14:43:02Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > You should go out and loot. Maybe kill a homeless man. Nobody’s going to care in pittsburgh today. I think I might be able to go out and loot today, if I wanted to. I seem to be the only one around at work. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/42 "2009-02-02T15:18:34Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I think I might be able to go out and loot today, if I wanted to. I seem to be the only one around at work. That’s because they’re all out looting. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/43 "2009-02-02T15:36:04Z")
Another board I’m a member of has a thread called _I’m as interested in the Super Bowl as I am the reproductive cycle of the Bot Fly_ I looked up the bot fly on wiki, and I can now honestly say that I’m more interested in the bot fly than the Stuper Bowl. Now how do I get all my coworkers to shut up about the game and discuss parasitic reproduction? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/44 "2009-02-02T15:58:42Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > That’s because they’re all out looting. Some of them did, actually. Or at least they broke some store windows near where I work. I’m going to go see if I can see the damage when I go out to get lunch. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/45 "2009-02-02T16:15:37Z")
What are these Super Bowl advertisments of which you speak? 😕 We didn’t have them here this year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/46 "2009-02-02T16:19:35Z")
I was playing computer games, various zombie mods for Half Life 2. Braaaiiins! Football doesn’t have them. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/47 "2009-02-02T19:14:58Z")
I saw the opening (Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson) and the ending (the last 5 minutes). Thanks to Doctor Who and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I missed most of it. My little kids, who were rooting for the Cardinals, were moping about this morning. It was so cute. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/48 "2009-02-02T21:51:04Z")
I went to a home-and-garden shop and looked at tile. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/49 "2009-02-02T21:59:22Z")
I was able to see some damage, in the form of a boarded-up store window. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/50 "2009-02-02T22:15:14Z")
I like watching football and I watched the Superbowl. But no problem if it doesn’t interest you. It’s a free country. But what’s the deal with it being homo-erotic? I don’t see it. Football may appeal to our competitive tribal instincts but I don’t see any gay appeal in it. Now pro wrestling - that’s homo-erotic. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/51 "2009-02-02T22:33:41Z")
I had no interest in watching the Super Bowl. I actually requested to work last night, knowing it was going to be slow. I spent most of the evening at work, reading a book. I don’t even have that much interest in the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999/52 "2009-02-03T00:35:45Z")
I have to confess that I saw the last 45 seconds, which was apparently the only interesting part of the whole thing. I turned on NBC because I didn’t want to miss The Office, which came on right after. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-watching-the-superbowl-and-you-cant-make-me/483999.md?page=2)