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Super Bowl Monday Sports - Football
Mon, Feb 6th, 2006 | 10:25am | Sports - Football


According to the Detroit Free Press, "a 2005 survey by Harris Interactive conservatively estimated that 1.4 million U.S. adults call in sick the day after the Super Bowl. Most likely to call in sick: males ages 25-44 who live in areas where the championship teams have strong followings." It's supposedly the biggest "sick" day of the year.

That's one of the reasons for the SuperbowlMonday.com site which is trying to petition to make it a national holiday. Of course it will probably never happen, but we can try!

Update: As for the ads, it was a battle for mediocrity. It seemed like very few commercials were trying to stand out. See all the Super Bowl commercials on Google Video. I liked the Bud "Secret Fridge" and "The Wave" ads, as well as the FedEx ad.


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  • I did
    Posted by: junosand on Feb 6th, 2006 | 2:56pm

    I think I should deserve some special award for going to a bar at 12:15 am to make sure that I got a seat for the 1:30 am kickoff. I got tired during the extended halftime, but stuck it out until 5 to watch the whole game. On METV (Middle East TV), they even aired the American commercials.

    There was no way in hell that I was going to wake up an hour after I got home to go teach today.

    • [Untitled]
      Posted by: niraj on Feb 6th, 2006 | 3:13pm

      Were there many people at the bar? That is quite impressive, staying up to watch the whole thing. So you're taking the day off?

      • Uh, Yeah
        Posted by: junosand on Feb 6th, 2006 | 3:49pm

        Dude, remember, I'm 8 hours ahead of you. My day is almost over. I definitely took it off.

        The bar was standing-room only when the game started, but at halftime (3 am), probably 1/3 of the people left. There was still a nice crowd at the end though. Most people were rooting for the Steelers.

        • [Untitled]
          Posted by: niraj on Feb 6th, 2006 | 4:26pm

          Ah, of course. The estimate here is 1.4 million people took the day off of work...I wonder how many it is in Israel. You might have been 1 of 400 :)



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