Here is an updated version of a blog I wrote back in October after a bad weekend of football. This one has been tweaked with last night's heart-wrenching loss in mind:
Top 10 things about being a Vikings' fan:
10. Constant disappointments during playoffs always make other little achievements (like remembering to take both the garbage AND recycling out or successfully getting all of the lint out of the screen in the dryer before each load) seem much more significant.
9. "Wait until next year!" is much easier to get excited about after each season than "Can we repeat?"
8. Those of us with allergies to the material they use in the covers of the Sports Illustrated "championship" special issues never have to worry about that embarrassing rash.
7. Another disappointing season gives us something other than the meteorologists to gripe about during the winter months.
6. Super Bowl Sunday parties are so much better here than elsewhere because we can focus all of our time and energy on food/drink preparation and setting up the numbers board instead of worrying about the game.
5. We never have to experience the "dark period" that comes the week after losing another Super Bowl. Our "blackout" takes place long before then.
4. We never have to listen to that annoying Queen song over and over.
3. Don't have to worry about dangers of contracting frostbite during Super Bowl victory parade although, should we ever win one of those games with a Roman numeral, there is the risk of hell actually freezing over.
2. Ice fishing house owners on our 10,000 lakes never have to worry about getting them tipped over during post-Super Bowl riots.
1. We'll never have to fret about our team get sucked into any lengthy, meaningless debate about about the greatest NFL team of all time.
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When is the book coming out?? There could be a chapter, Leo and me, when this madness all started. Now you have to console your son like Grandpa used to do to you.
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