OK, am I the only person in the lounge who did NOT watch the game

[Shine]

or, further, doesn't CARE about it???? :hide:

Probably.....
:eyes:

NON sports fans of the world, UNITE!! :)

[progmom]

1. howdy

didn't watch the game. :hi:

[Shine]

6. Howdy, pardner!

good, me either.
:pals:

[LeftyMom]

2. nope

I don't give a rat's hindquarters about college ball.

[Shine]

8. Yeah, I feel that same way about most televised sports events.

not my thang.
:thumbsdown:

[Initech]

3. I didnt watch much of it, but I really didnt care either way.

[Shine]

Strangely, my mother is a football freak.

obviously, it was not inherited.

:hi:

[swag]

4. Game?

[Shine]

13. Exactly.

:rofl:

[FuzzySlippers]

5. I wouldn't have known there WAS a game

if I hadn't been cruising the lounge.

[Shine]

14. That's pretty funny.

Well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who isn't on the Organized Sports Bandwagon.

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Me neither, actually.

[FuzzySlippers]

37. Well of course not.

Do you even have TV in Newfoundland?:P

[ghostsofgiants]

43. We have radio. It's like TV if we flick through Sports Illustrated quickly

[FuzzySlippers]

44. .

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. Dude, you live in Newfoundland

and you don't follow the Newfs?? :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

55. I get all the Newfs I need...

From Gazeebow Unit.

[Oeditpus Rex]

48. Neither would I

I watched so I wouldn't feel left out. :blush:

[Zookeeper]

7. What game? What sport?

Spectator sports: :boring:

[Shine]

15. I'm with ya, friend.

:pals:

[politicat]

9. Nice to see another not-sporty type!

I spent the evening futzing with my computers and my palmtop and having a lovely twosome time with my husband. So much better for me than something that really seems to be no more than ritualized warfare.....

[Shine]

16. Yes!! "ritualized warfare"

Good one. Exactly right.
Not my scene...
:hi:

[sundog]

10. not a fucking clue

i think it's football :shrug:

[Shine]

18. Yeah, whatever.

:eyes:

[REP]

11. Game? Huh?

I'd rather watch paint dry.

[Shine]

20. LOL!

or grass grow.
or my cat cleaning itself
or water boil
or.....

:rofl:

[auntAgonist]

12. um what game?

I don't follow sports at all.

:hi:

:hug:

[Shine]

21. I'm with ya, sister.

:pals:

[texanwitch]

17. I didn't know there was a game.

I am not into sports or watching the games.

[Shine]

23. Oh good!

I'm suddenly feeling so validated by all the responses of fellow NON sports fans!!

I was feeling so alone and isolated....

:)

[texanwitch]

28. You are so not alone. Most people I know are not into sports.

:pals:

[Shine]

31. Thanks, sweetie.

:hug:

[SW FL Dem]

19. Hubby had it on, but I changed the channel as soon as he left the room

I had absolutely no interest in the game.

[Shine]

26. LOL!

Yeah, take control of that remote as soon as he leaves the room. I do the exact same thing. :thumbsup:

Luckily, I'm married to a man is also is NOT a sports fan. Thank god.

:hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

22. I heard something about a sporting event tonight .........

[Shine]

27. It's all over the internets.

and the lounge..... :evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

24. I didn't even watch TV, let alone the game.

[Shine]

29. Right on!

:applause:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Only time my TV ever gets turned on these days...

Is wednesday nights for Lost. And since lost doesn't start new episodes until next Wednesday, no TV for me tonight.

[Shine]

34. Well, there ya go.

we all have our vices.

Me? I watch "Sex in the City" reruns on Tuesday nights.

:)

[SmileyBoy]

30. I only watched the last quarter.

But I don't care about I-A football, if it's any consolation.:)

[Shine]

32. See? Now I don't even know (or care) what the hell "I-A football" means!

heheh.
:evilgrin:

Thank god for differences, eh, SmileyBoy??
:hi:

[JVS]

35. I was watching MST3K because I don't care about the conferences...

that were represented at the rose bowl

[Shine]

39. I have no idea what you're talking about.

"conferences"? "MST3K"??

:wtf:

You're speakin' another language. Me no speak sportese.
;)

[JVS]

45. You never heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000?

Google it

[Shine]

47. Nope.

don't watch much TV.

[NMMNG]

36. What game?

I never have had an interest in sports, unless you count the occasional womens' ice skating and gymnastics that I watch. My roomie watches football and baseball regularly, and I always find something else to do when she's parked in front of the tv, screaming and cursing. Fortunately my friend Mike dislikes sports as much as I do, so I never have to worry about encountering them when we're together.

[Shine]

40. I'm the same way.

I'm lucky to be married to a man is isn't a sports freak, either. Good thing.

:hi:

[LSK]

38. why do you hate America?

:hide:

[Shine]

41. LOL!

:rofl:
Silly....

[Zookeeper]

42. Since I'm with sympathetic souls, here's my sports rant....

Why do fans think the team they are rooting for actually has anything to do with their hometown or them? Professional athletes are MERCENARIES! Winning is about which owners are willing to spend the most money to get the best mercenaries. Now, if players were required to be natives of whatever town, state or region they are representing, that could have some relevance.

And what about the "World Series?" I haven't noticed any baseball teams from Berlin, Calcutta, Singapore or the Ivory Coast competing in that.

And what's with all the homophobes who enjoy seeing men run around in skin-tight pants, tackling each other and slapping each other's butts?

I suppose the whole thing is relatively harmless, unless your team wins big and the fans riot in celebration.

:rant:

[Shine]

46. Yeah, girl!! Testify!!

Good rant! :thumbsup: YOu raise some really excellent points about the mercenary aspect to professional athletes.

I suspect that one of the reasons people are so attracted to the spectator sports thang is because they enjoy the feelings of comraderie that are generated by the whole "team" experience. Maybe, for a lot of them, that's the ONLY experience they have in their lives of feeling connected to something bigger than themselves. Hey, whatever, right? Who am I to judge? To each, their own, I say. :eyes: It can definitely get out of hand, though, as in rioting.

In any case, I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my opinion. See? We all just want to feel connected. THAT'S what it's all about....

Hmmmm.....

[Zookeeper]

50. Shine, good for you for being so wonderfully non-judgemental...

and understanding toward sports fans. Unlike me and my cranky rant.:spank:

When it comes down to it, I don't really care except that I would like to see people pay a little more attention to the "real" issues that affect all of our lives.

[Shine]

54. Hey, I LIKED your rant, Zookeeper! Good stuff.

Cranky serves its purpose sometimes, too.

:pals:

[hfojvt]

51. sheesh, it's just college football

and without a big ten team in the Rose Bowl, who cares?

[Shine]

53. Exactly. Who cares??

Heheh. :evilgrin:
for what it's worth, my mom, who is an AVID football fan, sez she likes the college games better.

whatever.

thank goodness for differences, I say.
:hi:

[shanti]

52. i watched it de facto

cause my son and his friend were. usc lost :(

not really a football fan, i do love basketball tho.

[Shine]

56. Oh well.

another game, another score....

life goes on...
:hi:

[bumblebee1]

57. NO

I have a second shift job. That doesn't leave much time for watching sports during the week.