# ‘Twas the Night Before the Super Bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418 "2009-01-28T19:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/1 "2009-01-28T19:19:20Z")
‘Twas the night before the Super Bowl, when along the gulf shore, Steelers fans were praying for “just one more"… ``` Written by: A.K. Young 01-23-09 ``` [Rest of poem removed. Please link to the original; do not post full text of others’ work on this forum. - FD] ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/2 "2009-01-28T19:29:34Z")
Who’s A.K. Young? I dig it!!! Although I would change the quote in the second line to, “_please_, just one more!” because it seems to flow better, IMHO. The rest is great! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/3 "2009-01-28T19:55:10Z")
_sniff_ May I pass this along? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/4 "2009-01-28T20:00:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > _sniff_ May I pass this along? It’s been emailed and posted all over the place already, why would you have to ask for permission? ---
**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/5 "2009-01-28T20:59:56Z")
I don’t know, it came with it on there already and if it is his, I want him to have the credit. > [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Who’s A.K. Young? > > I dig it!!! Although I would change the quote in the second line to, “_please_, just one more!” because it seems to flow better, IMHO. The rest is great! ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/6 "2009-01-28T21:09:10Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s been emailed and posted all over the place already, why would you have to ask for permission? Some of us have trained our email contacts not to forward us crap. That’s what we come to MPSIMS for. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/7 "2009-01-29T04:51:36Z")
And “North Shore”, maybe, instead of “gulf shore”, since Heinz Field is on the North Shore. I also plan not to e-mail this to anyone, merely to post it to other boards. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/8 "2009-01-29T05:01:14Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And “North Shore”, maybe, instead of “gulf shore”, since Heinz Field is on the North Shore. > I also plan not to e-mail this to anyone, merely to post it to other boards. I think Gulf shore refers to the Gulf coast of Florida, where many Steelers fans live or have migrated for the week. The area near Tampa is specifically referred to as the Gulf Coast, area north of Tampa is called the Nature Coast, etc. I think the tourism boards come up with these names. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/9 "2009-01-29T05:03:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And “North Shore”, maybe, instead of “gulf shore”, since Heinz Field is on the North Shore. > I also plan not to e-mail this to anyone, merely to post it to other boards. The North Shore ain’t in Pennsylvania, babe. Crap poem. ---
**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/10 "2009-01-29T13:44:16Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > The North Shore ain’t in Pennsylvania, babe. > Crap poem. Actually, it is. I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/11 "2009-01-31T02:46:00Z")
True, **ShibbOleth** , I guess I’m just a hometown gal at heart. > [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > The North Shore ain’t in Pennsylvania, babe. > > Crap poem. [Oh really](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Pittsburgh))? :dubious: [Here’s a link to said “crap poem”.](http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42860) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/12 "2009-01-31T04:19:42Z")
Have the Stealers sent their commission checks to the refs yet? It’s pretty important for them to win this game… ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/13 "2009-02-01T06:36:08Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Have the Stealers sent their commission checks to the refs yet? It’s pretty important for them to win this game… I sure hope so, because it will definitely be worth it, if only to hear three more years of ill-informed whining like this! Sixburgh! Everyone: Here we go, Steelers, here we go! Pittsburgh is going to the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-the-night-before-the-super-bowl/483418/14 "2009-02-01T06:42:42Z")
The greatest thing about the Super Bowl is that, every once in a long, long while, if you’re lucky, you or maybe your great-great-great-grandkids get a 50% chance to find out the answer to the question: “Just how embarrassing is it to lose the Super Bowl to the Arizona freakin’ Cardinals?” Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist P.S. Cards take it 45-35.