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Super Bowl Recap
by Preserved Killick
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Which things went downhill the minute we left Captain Madden's land-
yacht. He drew red emphasis circles all over our map of San Diego
until it became useless as a means of direction-finding, so were
forced to navigate by the bars. My companion Padeen, formerly a
loblolly boy to Dr. Maturin and tooth-yanker from below-decks, and I
staggered from one emporium of iced-up margaritas to another, feeling our
way toward the stadium. In the gutter outside Senor Gulpy's, we found
former midshipman Jimmy Kimmel retching into the street. "Belay that,
squeaker!" I bellowed. "Juggies," was all he could gasp before collapsing
in the dust, eyes rolling. We finally made it to the stadium and the game
itself is now a blur. I believe a team called the Studs beat the salty
mucous out of a team named the Goats.
There was a shocking amount of violence, of which I approved
wholeheartedly. Helmet cracked helmet, helmet cracked kneecap, feet
kicked faces -- what joy! I slapped Padeen in an ecstasy of battle.
He then punched me in the temple with unallayed enthusiasm and I
decided we were quite even. The Goats had fans who got themselves up in
the manner of fat goth women, which we found quite enticing. Padeen had
hot dogs delivered to several of them, and blew kisses when they turned to
thank us. He is quite the dear fellow. It would seem that each team
feels it has a claim to a buccaneering tradition, but my understanding has
always been that San Francisco, the home of the Goats, has been famous
only for a deviant, burgling kind of piracy. Seeking relief under the
stands after a few hours, we lit a spirit lamp and toasted some cheese and
uncorked a filched bottle of the Captain's madeira. What a load of noise
then came from the field as we started in on our wittles! "Which it's a
miss, yelping into a dong," I told Padeen as I peered from under the
boards. "But why does she require six guitarists?" he asked, transfixed
by her quivering white dugs. I had no answer, no answer at all. Which I
think she may have been a singing Canadian spy. The place was full of them!
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