Driving through Kaua‘i last Sunday afternoon was an eerie experience. It looked like a legion of zombies was ready to emerge from alleys and buildings, taking over the deserted streets. That would be the time to step on the gas,
Driving through Kaua‘i last Sunday afternoon was an eerie experience. It looked like a legion of zombies was ready to emerge from alleys and buildings, taking over the deserted streets. That would be the time to step on the gas, with hordes of living-dead throwing themselves onto windshields and car roofs.
Fortunately it was just a harmless, once a year phenomenon. Whenever the Super Bowl is on, everyone vanishes from plain sight to find excitement in front of a TV, preferably a large one in a bar or restaurant, with hard-working staff providing lots of beer and fun.
We checked out lots of Super Bowl parties, and saw many happy people, drinking, eating, screaming, throwing their fists in the air and being completely obnoxious, all in good spirits. But even more impressive was the positive energy from bar and restaurant workers, doing an excellent job always with a smile stamped on their faces.
An Egyptian proverb some 4,000 years ago said, “the mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer.” Fair enough, but the proverb missed something; the mouths of perfectly contented women need to be filled with beer too. Super Bowl is when all the football-hating wives and girlfriends suddenly have an appreciation for the game.
In the end, in a divine turnover, the Saints stormed over the Colts, overcoming a 10-point deficit, in one of the most exciting Super Bowl games ever.
