today's tupperguddy games

before we return to our regular programming of 'killer vampire horse and iranian surfers'.... we'll cover today's two tupperguddy games that were on tv.... we don't know if they were really recently played live in the real world or if they are repeats from a year ago, nor do we care.... apparently the superbowl is played in february and if these games mentioned really were played recently, it appears some of them are considered 'off-season' while others are 'play-offs' -- not sure how all this works

the new orlean saints, from last weeks game... with quarterback drew brees -- rated number 3 in the league played the san francisco 49ers... they are probably called the 49ers in reference to a goldrush that ocurred in northern california in 1849 that led to a great expansion of immigrants and local population, partially leading to the mystique of the 'wild west' and 'westerns' where all gun-owners made the law.... we only caught the final quarter however it was immensely entertaining.... the two teams leap-frogged eachother in scoring so that first one led then improbably another led and so on until finally san francisco won at home, it seemed... very exciting quarter

the next game, we only caught some parts of, having other things to do, featured the two famous quarterbacks tebow for denver broncos and brady for new england patriots who are considered the two best quarterbacks in the league, with brady possibly being considered the best and having the best statistics.... it's unclear where the new england patriots would have their home field as new england is not actually an american state but refers to a traditional conglomeration of states that were once known as new england and which are found in the north-eastern sections of the usa north of new york state: possibly massachussettes, new hampshire and so forth.... normally a football team refers to a city, but in this case, no

anyway, whether because of subconscious preconceptions or no, it did seem that brady threw pretty well, however tebow did not seem at all to live up to the hype surrounding his existence in this particular game

of interest to novices to the sport are some of the details of the game, for example, if a player receiving the ball is encountered by three tacklers who are sure to tackle him, they will no longer be satisfied by tackling him but will seek to force the ball from his possession....

this game featured more running by both quarterbacks before throwing the ball and a player can be fouled for being tackled with excessive/unnecessary force

this is a good time to touch on the topic of brain damage and concussion.... we recall one time, in early 1999, trying to buy some marijuana from an aboriginal ghetto in sydney... our date stayed behind in the taxi and when trouble ensued she said the taxi driver showed her how he kept a gun hidden under his seat... however, he didn't use it... the trouble was the sellers, some teenage aboriginal kids were trying to sell common grass as weed... when challenged one of them responded by hitting me with a 6 inch diameter, 1 yard long log.... unfortunately, we were too slow and stupid to avoid it, he had brought it down from way above his head, overhand, captain caveman style... and connected completely

my head immediately began to gush blood and i left.... a policeman was waiting and decided to not get involved as i admitted my reasons for being there... my date and i rode home in an ambulance.... no point fooling around after that, straight to sleep... ouch....... this was easily the hardest i have ever been hit in my life... without comparison... the concussion caused pain and depression for the next day and was still notable for a day or two afterwards......

in conjunction with tremendous abuse of marijuana and alcohol, there is no question this concussion caused brain damage......

stay tuned for our next instalment of 'killer vampire horse and iranian surfers'