The balls now are smaller, 1.75" compared to 1.93". They do now have quite the same bounce as the originals due to the slightly smaller size. Here is a story about them that I just read: Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, watched his children playing with a Super Ball and then coined the term Super Bowl. He wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle dated July 25, 1966: “I have kiddingly called it the ‘Super Bowl,’ which obviously can be improved upon.” The league’s franchise owners had decided on the name AFL–NFL World Championship Game, but the media immediately picked up on Hunt’s Super Bowl name, which became official beginning with the third annual game in 1969.
They were slightly larger then (read the history) and bouncier than the present ones. Here is a great story I just read. Lamar Hunt, the person who founded the AFL in the 60’s, was at home watching his kids play with super balls. An idea came to him. The AFL was, by that time, developed enough to where they were talking about a championship game against the NFL. He called Pete Rozelle (the NFL Commissioner) and jokingly suggested that they call the game The Super Bowl. Instead of laughing, Rozelle accepted the idea. That story was on the Wikipedia history of the super ball.
Since these make-believe characters each make upwards of $60-70k per year (they are well past rookie status), and they (ficticiously) live in a house where they don’t pay a mortgage (or very little), it seems to me that they would do just fine on one salary for a while. By now, they must have at least a couple hundred thousand saved. They don’t seem frivolous at all with their money. Brad would make a great stay-at-home dad, don’t you think?
Yes, she matures a bit… a wee bit… a teensy bit. A deeper maturity happens long after the strip ends… she marries the successful man, lives in a mansion and all is well… until she discovers that her dear hubby has not only been fooling around, but also has a gambling addiction that has them on the ragged ridge of bankruptcy
Yes, Claire, love will come your way~ again and again. You will never marry, though, because you will be stuck on the Groundhog’s Day wheel of comic re-runs.
Here’s a novel idea… Imagine that Jane and Mark are imaginary characters in a comic strip… then imagine what the imaginary wedding venue looks like. Imagine Jane’s mother’s passive-aggressive interference and, of course, her kids’ reactions. We all know, however, that Mark will say some simple words that will bring light to the situation…AND they live frustratingly (and somewhat happily) ever after!!
No he’s not, Davidf42… this is a comic strip. It is not real. Of course you know this and are simply baiting the readers… sheesh!