Step up and pick a winner (Super Bowl prop bets)

@Targaryen
First quarterback not named Manning to appear in a commercial or otherwise voicing an opinion about the game?

@Targaryen
“First celebrity”
Hope politicians don’t count as celebrities, though they like to be celebrated.

@Targaryen
Worst-choreographed end zone dance of this game?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Worst-choreographed+end+zone+dance

@Cerridwyn Watching the Olympics - figure skating, skiing, luge.

@Cerridwyn I’ll probably watch some Olympics, I have some organizing and cleaning to do as well.

@Cerridwyn
I’m prepping and cooking freezer meals to prepare for my ulnar shortening osteotomy surgery on the 16th. Since I’m right handed and that’s the arm I’m having surgery on, im gonna be pretty limited as to what I can do the next 10 weeks while I’m in a full arm cast.

@yakkoTDI Boy, I wish I understood sportsball as well as you, Yak!

@yakkoTDI But the Oilers have better bowlers.

@narfcake Here’s the image you requested for “the Superb Owl”

@mediocrebot @narfcake interesting, no football context given in the request. Just inferred from the topic or anagram?

@phendrick
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

/showme a superb owl that has nothing to do with football.

@narfcake Here’s the image you requested for “a superb owl that has nothing to do with football.”

@narfcake I have a superb owl sweatshirt that I think I got from Woot.

@mediocrebot @narfcake Hmmmm.

/showme a superb owl eating a burrito and watching the super bowl.

@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “a superb owl eating a burrito and watching the super bowl.”

@cbilyak This one?
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/superb-owl

@cbilyak @narfcake Most indubitably, my dear Watson!

@narfcake no, it is a different one. I’ll have to dig it out of my closet and snap a photo to share.

@cbilyak @narfcake
Owl must have been sitting in a sports bar somewhere. Otherwise he’s seriously ignoring the TV behind him.

@chienfou @narfcake this is my shirt.

@cbilyak @chienfou @narfcake
Oh! I like that!

@cbilyak @chienfou @narfcake @therealjrn Here’s something from 2022 from my satire blog.

Ornithologists Disappointed That Superb Owl Sunday Was Failure Once Again

CINCINNATI AND LOS ANGELES – Owl enthusiasts were unsuccessful again this year in getting together to pay tribute to their favorite bird on what they have dubbed Superb Owl Sunday. The disappointment amongst the amateur and professional ornithologists was the Monday morning topic around office water coolers and elsewhere throughout the nation.

In Cincinnati, bird watcher Frank Greathorn had put together a “vote for your favorite owl” bracket and had arranged for his local group to have its yearly Superb Owl Sunday meetup at the local Hooters restaurant to announce the winner. As members arrived, wearing shirts emblazoned with likenesses of their favorite owls, they found that there were not any available tables and the bar area was standing room only. While speaking to the hostess, Greathorn could hear unusually raucous cheering and yelling at the televisions that seemed to be the focus of attention for the rowdy patrons.

Andrea “Snowy” Wheitoul of Los Angeles, a fan of the silent noctural birds of prey, was frustrated in her attempts to organize a Superb Owl Sunday potluck dinner and Powerpoint presentation for her friends at one of their houses. All of the women said that their husbands, boyfriends, or roommates had already planned to have their friends over to watch something or other on TV, eat nachos and wings, and get wasted on light beer.

Similar situations were seen in cities and towns all across the country. Bars and restaurants, especially those with TVs, were said to be have been packed. Empty boxes from big screen TVs were curbside at houses where people who seemed to completely misunderstand the meaning of Superb Owl Sunday had gathered.

Greathorn was dumbfounded as to why their traditional date of the first Sunday in February, postponed a week this year because of the pandemic, wasn’t like all the other uneventful Sundays in winter. He was reluctant to change the date, however, because “everyone has set the day aside since we first celebrated the Superb Owl with our humble beginnings in L.A. 56 years ago.”

“Who would have thought this would happen? Who, who, who?” Greathorn moaned.

@cbilyak @chienfou @narfcake There is a giant mirror off screen, so owl just has to keep in mind that the image is reversed.

@cbilyak @cfg83 @chienfou @narfcake My TV is set up right below a “window” that looks out from the kitchen to the living room. I have a mirror across from it. I can look out & watch TV when I’m washing dishes or whatever! It’s confusing for baseball, though - running to 1st looks like running to 3rd.

@Kyeh
Ow! That makes my brain hurt!!

@cfg83
I kind of figured maybe he just sat at the bar and was swiveling his head around to watch the game but turned forward for the picture!

@chienfou YEAH! When the meh “videome” (or “playme”?) comes online, we can redo it.

@chienfou Oh, most of the time it’s fine, for news stories & such. (But I can read backwards, just not as fast.)

@chienfou @Kyeh When I lay down on my side in my bed, I watch the TV in the mirror. I’m not far from sleep at that point, so I don’t need subtitles.

@chienfou @therealjrn No TV allowed in my bedroom!
My phone is bad enough; I shouldn’t have it there either.

@Kyeh @therealjrn
The ceiling fan (which has a remote control) is the only piece of tech in our bedroom.

@MrGoodGuy Here’s the image you requested for “a realistic Seahawk lifting a Patriot Soldier and dropping him in a trash can in the end zone of …”

@MrGoodGuy Here’s the image you requested for “a realistic Patriot Soldier using his Civil War musket to trip up a Seahawk running and trying to…”

@mediocrebot meh. Can’t tell if he scored or not. Gonna need an expedited review!

@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy Hmmm, I think the Patriot is stepping on the dude’s foot. Is that a fOWL?

/showme Referee Owl at super bowl is calling fOWL on Patriots defender.

@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “Referee Owl at super bowl is calling fOWL on Patriots defender.”

@cfg83 @MrGoodGuy The Patriot is in a Revolutionary War uniform, so he would be carrying an 18th century musket, not a Civil War (19th c.) one. @mediocrebot didn’t depict the musket very well. The barrel looks to likely have an octagonal shape, typical of 18th c rifles, not muskets, and the barrel band isn’t one I’ve ever seen on an 18th c musket (maybe rifles use that design?).

@mediocrebot did do a very nice job on the uniform, except I wouldn’t have put white trim on the hat and would have put him in shoes (much more common) instead of boots.

Yes, I’ve been an 18th c colonial reenactor for a long time.

@ItalianScallion @mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy I am glad you took this showme to the mat. I think the Pats should LOSE because they do not know how to wear the uniform that you hold dear.

@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy

@cfg83 looks like you’re getting your wish. Not being a football fan, I don’t really care. Hmmm… I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Patriots player in an 18th c Continental Army uniform. I’ll have to ask some of my friends that are in the End Zone Militia at Pats home games…

@ItalianScallion @mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy I think the Pats should invite your crew to at least ONE halftime show. Too bad there isn’t a team named the RedCoats. Hmmmm, if Canada had an NFL team, then maybe you could make it work.

/showme George Washington yelling “GO PATS” while the New England Patriots face off against the new Canadian NFL Team called the “Red Jays”.

(Sorry George, I just wanna see what showme does)

@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “George Washington yelling GO PATS while the New England Patriots face off against the new Canadia…”

@cfg83 @mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy It would have been nice if they had invited the End Zone Militia to one of their Super Bowl appearances, but the gun thing might have not gone over well on a national stage. The EMZ marches to the end zone and fires their muskets – just powder, of course – every time the Patriots score. Here’s an old video

@phendrick

@phendrick You are a sound wagerer.

@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “Cute mouse picking his nose.”

@werehatrack Did someone say pickles!?!?

@cfg83 Are those paintball caliber, by any chance?

@werehatrack I think so. Getting shot into the mouth wouldn’t be that bad.

@werehatrack Hmmmm.

/showme First person with clear face mask except an open circle at the mouth. Second person is shooting cheese ball from yellow plastic toy gun into mouth of first person.

@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “First person with clear face mask except an open circle at the mouth. Second person is shooting c…”

@mediocrebot We have a winner.

@cfg83 @mediocrebot
Oh…my!

@mediocrebot @therealjrn

I say insurance

@medz I’ll go with beer.

@therealjrn it was alcohol, I count it!

@therealjrn I bet earth destroyed, but we find a new home

@medz @therealjrn I read the book.

I provide no spoilers.

@medz I kept wondering what that sound was!?? Thanks, and YES THEY PLAYED THE FOGHORN MANY MUCH TOO MUCH TIMES!!!