The Superbowl's starting, quick pass the hallucinogens!
Went snowboarding at Bretton Woods yesterday, which due to the Stupidbowl, was completely desolate for the first half of the day. I have pictures looking backwards on the chairlift with not a soul on a chair. Same for the view in front of us. It did get a little more crowded after lunch but never in my life have I seen a resort so empty on a weekend day. What a beautiful thing.
After we finished up riding, my friend and I headed south on Route 16 and started to pub crawl. Let me remind you that we are in a totally rural area, way out in the sticks. The second bar we hit on the way back to the city was pretty divey. We're sipping our beers at the bar with three local guys when the Superbowl came on the big TV screen right above us. We started kind of watching the pre-game festivities, and before long, we are all in hysterics watching this freakshow. If you saw it, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you missed it, let me try to explain this insane over-the-top spectacle of awfulness.
The first thing that came to my mind was the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Remember how bad that was? Well my friend, this trumped the gayness of the Olympic opener. The Cirque du Soleil-supplied madness featured referees galloping on giant flamingos . . .
. . . and flying acrobat dudes in multi-colored unitards. There were giant swingsets and trampolines and gymnasts throwing each other through the air. There were lots of weirdly shaped flourescent nonsensical props and banners and streamers that reminded me of leftovers from the set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was just way too much muchness. We were laughing so hard that the bartender came over to see what was so funny, and he too became sucked in by the horrendous debacle.
[ADDENDUM: YouTube keeps yanking the "copyrighted material," so try one of these alternative links to watch it:]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jic5vafBSgA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkyP2FeEYnk
As funny as this all was, the best thing I heard all day came from one of the local guys. He was a big, burly guy with a huge beard and a bigger belly. As we're all glued to the screen laughing our asses off, he says, "Hey, doesn't someone owe me some Window pane right now?"
After we finished up riding, my friend and I headed south on Route 16 and started to pub crawl. Let me remind you that we are in a totally rural area, way out in the sticks. The second bar we hit on the way back to the city was pretty divey. We're sipping our beers at the bar with three local guys when the Superbowl came on the big TV screen right above us. We started kind of watching the pre-game festivities, and before long, we are all in hysterics watching this freakshow. If you saw it, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you missed it, let me try to explain this insane over-the-top spectacle of awfulness.
The first thing that came to my mind was the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Remember how bad that was? Well my friend, this trumped the gayness of the Olympic opener. The Cirque du Soleil-supplied madness featured referees galloping on giant flamingos . . .
. . . and flying acrobat dudes in multi-colored unitards. There were giant swingsets and trampolines and gymnasts throwing each other through the air. There were lots of weirdly shaped flourescent nonsensical props and banners and streamers that reminded me of leftovers from the set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was just way too much muchness. We were laughing so hard that the bartender came over to see what was so funny, and he too became sucked in by the horrendous debacle.
[ADDENDUM: YouTube keeps yanking the "copyrighted material," so try one of these alternative links to watch it:]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jic5vafBSgA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkyP2FeEYnk
As funny as this all was, the best thing I heard all day came from one of the local guys. He was a big, burly guy with a huge beard and a bigger belly. As we're all glued to the screen laughing our asses off, he says, "Hey, doesn't someone owe me some Window pane right now?"