1.29.2005
superbowl wager
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell have, according to a Boston Globe Story, finalized their bet for the Superbowl. This has got to be the dumbest wager ever made. The losing governor will travel to a home basketball game and sing the national anthem wearing the winners' football jersey. Or, at least, Romney will. Rendell will be sending his wife, who is a trained opera singer.
Problems with this wager:
1) This is not a bet within the world of basketball. This is football. If someone wants to sing at a game, have them sing at next year's Philly-New England matchup. Not at an NBA game.
2) Romney rejected Rendell's offer of cheesesteaks, saying that they're too unhealthy. Mitt will be at home during the superbowl drinking his soy latte and eating vegetarian bean dip? This is the Superbowl - the one day that unhealthy snacking is the only thing on the menu. I plan to be eating pizza, greasy kebabs, hoagies, crisps of all varieties, candy, peanuts, and drinking lots of American beer. This is also the only time in Oxford that I will be drinking American beer. ew. Nevertheless, a sporting wager should always be about food. Or personal humiliation, for which, see the next point.
3) If you're going to make a bet, you should have the guts to carry it out yourself, not to send your wife. Boo.
We can only hope that Mayors Menino (Bos) and Street (Phi) can come up with something more creative. Menino has always been really good with sports wagers. The wager he made against Anaheim was excellent, from the Bostonian point of view - what Anaheim shipped us was pretty awful (oranges, peppers, wine and beer?). He was magnanimous in his bet with Bloomberg over the ALCS, as was Bloomberg. And while he was incredibly generous in his wager with Mayor Slay of St. Louis, the goods which ended up coming to Boston following the breaking of the curse were pretty terrible. Furthermore, I'd have to imagine that Menino isn't one to refuse a nice, steaming cheesesteak. Plus, last year's exchange with Carolina was excellent.
Romney and Rendell are lame. That's all I can say. Lame.
Problems with this wager:
1) This is not a bet within the world of basketball. This is football. If someone wants to sing at a game, have them sing at next year's Philly-New England matchup. Not at an NBA game.
2) Romney rejected Rendell's offer of cheesesteaks, saying that they're too unhealthy. Mitt will be at home during the superbowl drinking his soy latte and eating vegetarian bean dip? This is the Superbowl - the one day that unhealthy snacking is the only thing on the menu. I plan to be eating pizza, greasy kebabs, hoagies, crisps of all varieties, candy, peanuts, and drinking lots of American beer. This is also the only time in Oxford that I will be drinking American beer. ew. Nevertheless, a sporting wager should always be about food. Or personal humiliation, for which, see the next point.
3) If you're going to make a bet, you should have the guts to carry it out yourself, not to send your wife. Boo.
We can only hope that Mayors Menino (Bos) and Street (Phi) can come up with something more creative. Menino has always been really good with sports wagers. The wager he made against Anaheim was excellent, from the Bostonian point of view - what Anaheim shipped us was pretty awful (oranges, peppers, wine and beer?). He was magnanimous in his bet with Bloomberg over the ALCS, as was Bloomberg. And while he was incredibly generous in his wager with Mayor Slay of St. Louis, the goods which ended up coming to Boston following the breaking of the curse were pretty terrible. Furthermore, I'd have to imagine that Menino isn't one to refuse a nice, steaming cheesesteak. Plus, last year's exchange with Carolina was excellent.
Romney and Rendell are lame. That's all I can say. Lame.
