OT: So I just realized yesterday...
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OT: So I just realized yesterday...
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OT: So I just realized yesterday...
that on my favorite sports day of the year, the day of the NFL Draft, I'll be sitting in church for the wedding of a co-worker.
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Here comes the Optimist approach:
How long will the wedding last? An hour? That's the equivalent of about 5 picks in the first round. However, when does the wedding start? Your problem will be that the Packers might be drafting during that time.
Draft starts at 10 AM Central time. Average of 11.25 minutes per pick (using the assumption that the first round of the draft takes 6 hours), the Packers will draft around 12:45 PM. If the first round only took 5 hours, then that's about 9.38 minutes per pick, so they'd pick around 12:20 PM.
Here's hoping the wedding starts at 1 PM ...
I know that it's not JUST about the Packers pick ... but if the wedding starts at 1, then you'll at least be able to have the fun of watching who starts falling to the Packers when they pick ...
How long will the wedding last? An hour? That's the equivalent of about 5 picks in the first round. However, when does the wedding start? Your problem will be that the Packers might be drafting during that time.
Draft starts at 10 AM Central time. Average of 11.25 minutes per pick (using the assumption that the first round of the draft takes 6 hours), the Packers will draft around 12:45 PM. If the first round only took 5 hours, then that's about 9.38 minutes per pick, so they'd pick around 12:20 PM.
Here's hoping the wedding starts at 1 PM ...
I know that it's not JUST about the Packers pick ... but if the wedding starts at 1, then you'll at least be able to have the fun of watching who starts falling to the Packers when they pick ...
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Reggie White wrote:Here comes the Optimist approach:
How long will the wedding last? An hour? That's the equivalent of about 5 picks in the first round. However, when does the wedding start? Your problem will be that the Packers might be drafting during that time.
Draft starts at 10 AM Central time. Average of 11.25 minutes per pick (using the assumption that the first round of the draft takes 6 hours), the Packers will draft around 12:45 PM. If the first round only took 5 hours, then that's about 9.38 minutes per pick, so they'd pick around 12:20 PM.
Here's hoping the wedding starts at 1 PM ...
I know that it's not JUST about the Packers pick ... but if the wedding starts at 1, then you'll at least be able to have the fun of watching who starts falling to the Packers when they pick ...
I've been trying to do the math since last night. Each time the result is I don't see anyway I'm able to be in front a of a TV when the Packers pick. The wedding is a half hour away and starts at Noon.
I think one solution is I find a person with TV or DVR and I watch what I miss when the wedding is done. No internet or sports radio until I'm caught up.
What sucks is I like the conversations around here a lot when that's going on.
My other option is I simply don't attend the wedding. I've got a pretty good excuse. She knows that I'm looking into taking another job and that I'm going to visit the company that week. I could just say that it happens to happen that Saturday. It's slimy but I'll make it to the reception, which is all she cares about anyway.
I'm thinking that route is the one I'll probably take. I can't miss a minute of the sporting event I look forward to most.
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I think one solution is I find a person with TV or DVR and I watch what I miss when the wedding is done. No internet or sports radio until I'm caught up.
When my buddy missed the Badgers title game,i taped it and he told all the guys at the wedding,if anyone tells me the score i'll bash you in the face.
He managed to go the whole night not finding out and the next day he never turned on the TV or radio.Then he came by my place and watched it,i had fun with it because i knew what happened and i'd drop fake hints.
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Yikes. Sorry, DB.
Did that make anyone else think of the Simpsons episode where Homer sneaks the headphones into church? Seriously, though: just get a Sirius portable player, an over-the-ear headphone, run the cable down the back of your tux, and keep your mouth shut and you'll be golden...
Did that make anyone else think of the Simpsons episode where Homer sneaks the headphones into church? Seriously, though: just get a Sirius portable player, an over-the-ear headphone, run the cable down the back of your tux, and keep your mouth shut and you'll be golden...
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My other option is I simply don't attend the wedding. I've got a pretty good excuse. She knows that I'm looking into taking another job and that I'm going to visit the company that week. I could just say that it happens to happen that Saturday. It's slimy but I'll make it to the reception, which is all she cares about anyway.
There you go. Thats the best way to go about it. Theres no way you can go to this thing man. You gotta be around here on draft day so we can have some conversations.