Really? The number's that low?
I had a “weird Fact of the Day” yesterday that kind of blew my mind. The fact was that only 35 percent of Americans—just over a third of us—yell at the TV on occasion, mostly during sporting events. It blew my mind in two ways—the first being that the numbers seemed low.
The second was this—35 percent of Americans are Detroit Lions fans?
That may seem like a (cheap) joke, and it is. But there's a little truth behind that joke. Thanks to my dad (hi, dad!) I was brought up to be a Detroit Lions fan. Of course, in the early part of the century they became so bad that whenever I would watch them I'd spend most of the game yelling at the TV. It got to be so bad, in fact, that Loraine told me I had to find a new team for which to cheer, if only because she didn't really want to keep listening to me yell at the TV every time the Lions screwed up.
You know...basically every single play.
So I chose Indianapolis and the yelling at the TV stopped, only occasionally to return each and every time they played New England and the evil Tom Brady. And mostly, now, I don't yell at the TV at all. But it's funny. Since we've started following RB Leipzig and watching their matches, I notice the person with whom I watch the games will occasionally shout at the TV, much like I did back when I was watching the Lions.
But don't worry. I won't make her choose a new team.
8-)
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Finally, I was saddened to hear of the passing of one of our long-time listeners. Eddie Stull--”Eddie from Gwinn”--died unexpectedly this past weekend. Eddie was a fun caller, and I'll miss his contest answers and occasionally interesting Instant Requests.
Our thoughts go out to his sister Kathy and his entire family.
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