Sure! Girls do football. They just do it weird.On Super Bowl Sunday, 2008 the girls of Apartment 3R decided to have some friends over to watch the New York Giants battle it out against the 14-0, New England Patriots.
In preparation, Jean and I went to the grocery store to buy snacks and ended up bringing home several grocery bags as well as a frosted GIANTS cake. Laura later met up with us to do some beverage shopping and at around 6:30 pm, outfits were picked out, hair was curled, the food table had been rearranged 3 times (by each of us), and the TV antennae had never worked so beautifully.
Yes, I said TV antennae. It's not that we hadn't thought about hooking up cable and/or buying a new, flat screen TV... Jean even spent several minutes looking at bestbuy.com and almost shelled out the $60 for expedited shipping! But when it came down to it - it just wasn't worth the hassle.
In the end, we had a terribly good time. The game was riveting and we didn't even notice the melted candle wax on the screen.
To justify my desire to write this entry, here are a few fun conversations that were had between the girls of Apartment 3R and their friends during this wonderful "Super Sunday" (p.s. some material may be exaggerated for humor's sake):
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Laura: "Is Joe Buck his real name? Isn't that a character from Midnight Cowboy? Isn't it a generic term people use in the South when referring to a simple guy? You know, 'He's just a regular ol' Joe Buck'?"
Courtney Sullivan: "I don't know... but he has a reeeeally weird face."
Jean: "Yeah, I don't like his face."
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Laura: (seemingly out of the blue... but while eating blue chips and homemade guacamole), "Did you hear about that lady that grew into her couch? Like she got so fat she BECAME her own couch?"
Jean: "Steph, you should probably be writing these down."
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(While watching the New York Giants starting line-up)
Jean: "Oh yes, another top name for the NY Giants is Plaxico Burress."
Stephanie: "Yeah, he's a bad ass. He is one crispy [n-word]."
Jean/Laura: shocked silence
(except I really used the n-word. Without even thinking. My only excuse is I lived with a major New York sports fan for 4 years... and I suppose he rubbed off on me). Sorry Plaxico.. I meant it lovingly.
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Laura: "Who do you like better, Tom Brady? or Eli Manning?"
Jean: "Eli Manning"
Stephanie: "Tom Brady."
-LATER-
Stephanie: "Actually, I love Payton."
Jean: "You just love him because he's funny."
Stephanie (under her breath): "Well, yeah."
-Later-
Laura: "Wait, who's that?"
Stephanie/Jean: "That's Eli!!!"
Laura: "Oh, I like him."
-Later-
Jean: "Weeeell, I guess since Gisele is dating Tom Brady and I totally trust her taste - I'll go with Tom Brady."
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(While watching a commercial, I guess)
Becky: "Which came first the double popsicle or the double guitar?"
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Stephanie: "Isn't it interesting that both of the teams are Red, White, and Blue... just in different ways? I wonder if that's ever happened before!?"
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(After some boys had arrived at Apartment 3R to watch the game)
Jean: "Wait, did they just get a touchback?"
Stephanie, "No. That was a safety. A touchback is when the ball is ruled dead on or behind a team's own goal line, generally after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble. While a Safety can mean one of two things:
A: A two-point score by the defense that occurs when one of its players tackles an opponent in possession of the ball in his own end zone.
or
B: A defensive player who lines up in the secondary between, but generally deeper than the cornerbacks.
In this case it was the second example. Right guys?"
Jean and Stephanie exchange dirty looks. Males continue to watch game without noticing.
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Laura: "How old do you think Tom Petty is?!"
Courtney Sullivan: "62!"Jean: "65!"
Becky: "67!"
Stephanie: "Oh... he's gotta be 70 by now!"
Laura (after checking the internet): "You guys, he's only 57."
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Laura: "Quick, how old do you think Richard Simmons is!?"
Jean: "Dead!"
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