Carnival Fantasy Chapter 3….And A British Guide to the Supper Bowl

Today, the guests on the Carnival Fantasy, like most of North America and indeed most of the world will sit down to watch the Super Bowl which features the Arizona Cardigans against the Pittsburgh Peelers. The Super Bowl is not quite the right event to mark the birth of a newer, humbler and saner America. Here’s what I know about the game.

American football has always been the Republican Party at play. It celebrates might and size. The Super Bowl is a multiple orgasm of showbiz and commerce, and the MVP — Most Valuable Player thingy — traditionally goes to Disneyland……when he should, of course, go on a Carnival cruise.

It will attract more viewers than President Obama’s inauguration, spark more heated debate than the war in Iraq and practically bring the country to a standstill. But it will pass with barely a murmur in the UK where American Football is still widely seen as a bunch of over-padded men throwing a rugby ball in the wrong direction and stopping every 30 seconds for a snack……….and that’s a shame because there are many reasons to watch this game…..here then for my British Bloggers are reasons you should watch the game
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