I'd have gotten this out yesterday but
heavy rains and generally stormy conditions
made connecting with the internet a virtual
impossibility. This morning the sun is
shining and all is calm, and I connected
at the first push of the button.
I have several bets going on this game, but
most of them are small time deals. I even have
a bet with an eight year old whose hero is Tom
Brady. That bet goes like this:
If I win, and I will win, he has to wear an Eli
Manning jersey to school on Monday and be
photographed wearing it. If he wins, and he won't,
I have to wear a Tom Brady jersey to work on
Monday, and be photographed wearing it.
I like these kind of bets even better than just
straight money, although there isn't anything
wrong with picking up a few extra bills on Monday
for doing nothing more than running your mouth.
(Hey...isn't that what I do anyway?)
Yeh, I like the friendly wager, where folks have to
ante up and show that they really believe in what
is flapping out of their lips.
So here it is in black and white:
Giants 35, Patriots 31.
And I guess we'll just have to keep on listening
to those 1972 Dolphins until somebody goes
undefeated, or the Dolphins go to that great big
Football Heaven.
Yes, I'm going with the upset against all advice,
because that's just the way I am. I'm just generally
contrarian, and this pick fits in nicely with the rest
of my life.
Remember, the Giants in the upset of the century,
and Eli has a sensational game.
You heard it here first, on WRIR, Whelanator
International Radio.
It's still just a concept, but you can say you were
listening to WRIR when it was still in print.
From the big saddle,
Jim Whelan
P.S. I having a special phone put in just to field
calls from distraught New England fans on Monday,
sort of like a crisis line. You'll be able to get all
the help you need for a few days.Courtesy of me,
the Whelanator, and the company, The James R Whelan
Agency. It's the least we could do.
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