A quick canvas of the Dome’s Corporate suites tonight will find many of these types of “football” fans. They may not know who Flacco, Lewis or Kaepernick are, but they sure know Blahnik, Choo, and Louboutin !
This is far too sexist. I meant this to be a rare find for Tank, certainly not a suggestion that women are ditzy and clueless about sports, or anything. Their husbands would be just as uninterested in the game, they just wouldn’t be willing to talk to Tank. My bad.
Actually I wasn’t thinking this was sexist, just satirical. It might’ve been a good idea to show their clueless husbands although I don’t think it would’ve been necessary. (Of course, these seem to be trophy wives, and their husbands are very likely much older, and on their third or fourth wives…having them appear like that might’ve been interesting!)
Nice that the male readers and author came to the defense of those of us who know who is playing, the QB’s, and even some finer points of the game. No hard feelings, at least IMO. The foibles of men (athletes, et al) get lampooned enough in this strip. Probably far more often than women, and on deeper failings than being clueless about the Superbowl. (SJOY is usually, if not always a man, right? And the runner up, too.) So there’s a fair balance on the whole.
It has been reported that those fancy Super Bowl suites are charging $325 per person for catering. Now you have a budget to work with for your own game-time snacks.
When I watch football my wife grudgingly watches if nothing else is on her channels (no cable). She knows the teams,only if she can see the helmets. She doesn’t usually care who wins. “I just root for whoever has the ball” is her usual comment. But I agree with the point of the ‘toon: the REAL fans can’t afford/can’t get a ticket, and are reduced to increasing corporate profits by watching the game and driving up the ratings for the commercials.
Huh, funny, my mom makes more noise than ANY one else in our house for teams if she cares for even a little. And I ASSURE you she knows and cares far more about the Superbowl than my hubby. Me, I had to be reminded it was this weekend (seems late) but as I had no real reason to turn on the TV I never saw it. I might have for one of my 3 or 4 favorite teams.
Linguist about 11 years ago
A quick canvas of the Dome’s Corporate suites tonight will find many of these types of “football” fans. They may not know who Flacco, Lewis or Kaepernick are, but they sure know Blahnik, Choo, and Louboutin !
RedRock2512 about 11 years ago
Your mistake is assuming people listen to the hype.
Bill Hinds creator about 11 years ago
This is far too sexist. I meant this to be a rare find for Tank, certainly not a suggestion that women are ditzy and clueless about sports, or anything. Their husbands would be just as uninterested in the game, they just wouldn’t be willing to talk to Tank. My bad.
Godfreydaniel about 11 years ago
Actually I wasn’t thinking this was sexist, just satirical. It might’ve been a good idea to show their clueless husbands although I don’t think it would’ve been necessary. (Of course, these seem to be trophy wives, and their husbands are very likely much older, and on their third or fourth wives…having them appear like that might’ve been interesting!)
A.Ficionada about 11 years ago
Nice that the male readers and author came to the defense of those of us who know who is playing, the QB’s, and even some finer points of the game. No hard feelings, at least IMO. The foibles of men (athletes, et al) get lampooned enough in this strip. Probably far more often than women, and on deeper failings than being clueless about the Superbowl. (SJOY is usually, if not always a man, right? And the runner up, too.) So there’s a fair balance on the whole.
Bill Hinds creator about 11 years ago
It has been reported that those fancy Super Bowl suites are charging $325 per person for catering. Now you have a budget to work with for your own game-time snacks.
edward thomas Premium Member about 11 years ago
When I watch football my wife grudgingly watches if nothing else is on her channels (no cable). She knows the teams,only if she can see the helmets. She doesn’t usually care who wins. “I just root for whoever has the ball” is her usual comment. But I agree with the point of the ‘toon: the REAL fans can’t afford/can’t get a ticket, and are reduced to increasing corporate profits by watching the game and driving up the ratings for the commercials.
water_moon about 11 years ago
Huh, funny, my mom makes more noise than ANY one else in our house for teams if she cares for even a little. And I ASSURE you she knows and cares far more about the Superbowl than my hubby. Me, I had to be reminded it was this weekend (seems late) but as I had no real reason to turn on the TV I never saw it. I might have for one of my 3 or 4 favorite teams.
AmyGrantfan51774 about 11 years ago
my team the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 :‘’’(
edward thomas Premium Member about 11 years ago
Glad for the power outage to make it a game. I thought Ravens would win, but wanted SF.
rvonluchen about 11 years ago
The Baltimore Ravens beat my team the Denver Broncos at the beginning of the playoffs. After that, I pretty much stopped paying attention.