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Offline southendmd

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Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« on: February 07, 2010, 11:50:29 am »
Superbowl, Schmooperbowl

Clueless about football?

Can't tell a tight end from a touchdown?

Couldn't care less about half-time?

Disinterested in $90,000-per-second TV commercials?

Don't know what a wardrobe malfunction is?

You're not alone, friend!

Tell us what you're doing today!
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 11:57:24 am »
I'll start.

Luckily, we're not snowed-in where I live, and it's a beautiful, sunny yet cold day.  I'll be out and about doing errands.

Later, a healthy dinner, and, courtesy of Netflix, a viewing of:

North by Northwest!!  That wonderful Hitchcock film featuring a handsomer-than-ever Cary Grant with Eva Marie Saint, the incomparable James Mason, and starring SUSPENSE!


One of several posters.


The famous faux Frank Lloyd Wright house.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfmTpmIUwo[/youtube]
Slightly bizarre trailer hosted by Hitchcock himself.


Cary and Eva.
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 01:05:01 pm »
A great choice, Paul!

I am not a football fan but I - correctly I am sure - predicted the Saints as favorites to win. We'll see. I won't be watching because I can't sit still for televisions.

I'll be catching up on the many chapters of stories I haven't written during the weeks of my medical crises and relocation to DC, taking photos of the ridiculously epic snowbanks outside the window, and hemming my newly fitting pin-stripe dress pants that are three sizes smaller than the last pair I gave away.  YAY!

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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 01:29:50 pm »
I'm completely clueless about football. I DO know what a wardrobe malfuntion is though.  :laugh:

But the superbowl doesn't go unnoticed here. There was a two page article in our weekend newspaper. I haven't read it, might do later. The title is 'American football is a passion, the Superbowl is an orgy'.  ;D That sounds interesting.

Enjoy the movie Paul.

Stay warm Louise!




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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 01:32:16 pm »
Great idea for a thread, Paul!  It is gorgeous in Boston today. I have been up and about since nine. I went to Meeting and now I have a few errands and chores.

My beloved will be over this afternoon, and we plan to take an urban hike, followed by a viewing of The Dark Knight, which he hasn't seen. ;)
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 02:28:25 pm »
hey Lynne, if you haven't seen "Wolverine"it is out on DVD and I saw copies of it in the Safeway.  I enjoyed it with a rewatch of the X-men series.


And staying warm is NOT a problem today - we have bright sunshine beating down and I am just getting settled in to writing another chapter of "Agents of the Law"
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 02:55:43 pm »
Hmm.....tough choice..... but given the choice between superbowl (whatever that is) and schmooperbowl, I think I'll go for the latter. Not that I know what that is either, but somehow it sounds more familiar and friendly.   ;D

No, I didn't know what a wardrobe malfunction is either, but I looked it up...  ;)

I can think of another meaning of it, with a BBM connection. Wardrobe = closet; malfunction = something being used in a wrong way; a closet being used to hide one's homosexuality (a closeted gay) = a wardrobe malfunction!!   ;D

And please don't ask what I've been doing today, lest I get a nervous breakdown.
I'm moving, and it's hellish!! Although today I actually managed to get a little further with it all. Yay me!!   ::)  ;D
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 03:52:51 pm »
No no no a "wardrobe malfunction"is the term used during the infamous Super Bowl of 2004 to describe what happened when Janet Jackson showed off her nipple jewelry on national television and of course, her nipple at the same time.  I think they also call it "Nipplegate." The network was fined many millions of dollars for that incident.  Nowadays the term "wardrobe malfunction"is in common use as a euphemism for nudity.

"Wardrobe"in this case means a piece of clothing, not the closet it comes from.  A person's "wardrobe"is their collection of clothing.
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 04:04:07 pm »
Quote from: louisev on February 07, 2010, 03:52:51 pm
No no no a "wardrobe malfunction"is the term used during the infamous Super Bowl of 2004 to describe what happened when Janet Jackson showed off her nipple jewelry on national television and of course, her nipple at the same time.  I think they also call it "Nipplegate." The network was fined many millions of dollars for that incident.  Nowadays the term "wardrobe malfunction"is in common use as a euphemism for nudity.

"Wardrobe"in this case means a piece of clothing, not the closet it comes from.  A person's "wardrobe"is their collection of clothing.
I think that´s what Sonja found when she googled it. The BBM reference was a creation of her own, like she wrote.
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Re: Not a football fan? What are you doing today?
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 04:28:06 pm »
Louise, like Monika said I created the BBM reference myself. I thought it was a funny "alternative use" of the phrase.

But thanks for the explanation of the origin of the term, that's interesting! (and funny)
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