super bowl XXXVIII

the roman numerals are a bit much, don't you think? i dealt with them for "rocky I" through "rocky V," and that was fine, but with the super bowls, i think they're getting a little out of control.

i found this quote in an article concerning super bowls and roman numerals:

Legend has it that former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, now deceased, wanted Roman numerals used to give the big game more pizzazz.

i disagree about the roman numerals providing "more pizzazz." if the nfl commissioner wanted to make "the big game" more exciting, he would have cut out all of the football stuff and instead just had the following elements at some huge festival park in, say, milwaukee:

1. balloon animals
2. naked people flipping through fiery hoops
3. stuffed mushroom cap appetizers served by the entire cast of "fame"
4. the beatles, all of the beatles, together for one last concert during half time. i'm not sure if this would involve time travel or resurrection from the dead, but it would be cool either way. right?
5. a super-splash-happy-extra-long-and-windy water slide
6. the comedic stylings of brian regan
7. motorcycles
8. fireworks
9. a petting zoo of mythical creatures
10. trampolines
11. face painting
12. cuss words

cuss words always rile me up. also, they're good for me.

In 1997, Superior, Wisconsin, judge Charles Schaefer denied unemployment benefits to a woman who quit her job at Kentucky Fried Chicken. The woman said she quit because of the amount of vile language in the workplace. Schaefer ruled, "Use of vulgar and obscene language can promote group solidarity."

see? swearing helps me make friends.