Super Bowl XLIII/43 (Page Three)

The Food Continues To Come Forth

Skilled Staff Make It A Delightful Afternoon

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We kept these guys busy busy busy

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The Monopoly Play Money served the purpose, we kept dropping the Jelly Beans... Thanks Bob and Anna

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Ernie is trying out for the TV Show... She is much better than Vanna White

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"Now here is how it works... I win, you lose!"

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Big smiles everywhere

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What does she know that we do not?

What A Beautiful Day In Seal Beach

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Mitch joins the ladies!  Who is Mitch?

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He is getting the dope directly via the wireless

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Zachary sneaks outside

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Life does NOT get better than this!

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Mitch Lind  and Greg Leach

Back To The Party

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"M-m-m-m-m-m  Shall I deliver these or drink them directly?"

Did you know? Guzzle means to drink (or, sometimes, eat) quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gust; said especially of alcohol consumption. Possibly imitative of the sound of drinking greedily; or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“‘to pass through the throat’”), from goiser (“‘throat’”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“‘throat; a bird's crop’”).

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Must be a score... Almost everyone is applauding

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Caugh red handed with his sixth bowl of chili

Did you know? Chili con carne (often known simply as chili) is a spicy stew made from chili peppers, meat, garlic, onions, and cumin. Traditional chili is made with chopped or ground beef. Variations, either geographic or by personal preference, may substitute different types of meat and may also include tomatoes, beans, or other ingredients. The name "chili con carne" is a variation of the Spanish chile con carne, which means "peppers with meat." Chili con carne is the official dish of the U.S. state of Texas. It can be found worldwide in local variations and also in certain American-style fast food restaurants.

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"Come on, I WAS going to pick that block!!!!"

Food Food Everywhere

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This about the sixth full pan delivered to the table so far!

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Hot wings made a real hit

Did you know? Buffalo wings, hot wings, chicken wings, or wings are chicken wing sections (called wings or "flats") and wing drummettes that are deep fried and then coated in sauce. Traditional Buffalo style chicken wing sauce is composed of two ingredients: a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter.Buffalo wings are named after their city of origin, Buffalo, New York. The local residents of Buffalo generally refer to them as "wings" or "chicken wings" rather than "Buffalo wings." The appellation "Buffalo" is also now commonly applied to foods other than wings, such as chicken fingers, chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, etc, that are seasoned with the Buffalo-style sauce or variations of it.

 

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On the healthier side....

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These guys are doing the raffle tickets... I think they are Larry, Moe, and Curly

 

Did you know? The Three Stooges started in 1925 as part of a raucous vaudeville act called 'Ted Healy and His Stooges' (a.k.a. 'Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen', 'Ted Healy and His Three Lost Souls' and 'Ted Healy and His Racketeers'—the moniker 'Three Stooges' was never used during their tenure with Healy). In the act, lead comedian Healy would attempt to sing or tell jokes while his noisy assistants would keep "interrupting" him. Healy would respond by verbally and physically abusing his stooges. Brothers Moe and Shemp were joined later that year by violinist-comedian Larry Fine, and Fred Sanborn joined the group as well.

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Higher mathmatics, obviously

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Carry the one, borrow the three, multiple by the outside temperature

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"Dang.... It worked!  It's a miracle!"

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"Score, what score?"

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She won the raffle... This is a good sign

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"Looking good!"

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These guys are happy about the score.... Golf score??

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James is into the chili again!

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Good stuff!

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He will pay for it tomorrow!

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Vicky is telling a good story...

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Vernoica takes excellent care of her tables!

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Those glasses are starting to look empty

Did you know? Beer glasses come in many shapes and sizes!

  •  Handle - 425mL New Zealand beer glass
  • Jug - 750- 1000mL served at pubs in New Zealand
  • Middy - 285mL (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass
  • Pint - either 16 or 20 fl. oz. (473 or 568 mL resp.) glass, generally used for beer or cider (The larger glass is also known as an Imperial Pint, named for the British Empire in which it was widespread.)
  • Pot - 285mL (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass
  • Schooner - 425mL (15 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass
  • Pilsner glass, for serving Pilsner beer
  • Pint glass, for serving an Imperial pint of beer or cider
  • Pony glass, for serving 140mL of beer, a "short" or "small" beer
  • Stein - large mug traditionally with a hinged lid in which beer is served
  • Wheat beer glass, for serving wheat beer (Weizenbier)
  • Old Ranch Cup - 455 ml, bright red in color, non-breakable

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Very engrossed in the game!

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One yard to go

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"X" marks the spot

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This girl is everywhere making sure everybody has a great time!

Did you know? In physiology, a smile is a facial expression formed by flexing those muscles most notably near both ends of the mouth. The smile can also be found around the eyes. Among humans, it is customarily an expression denoting pleasure, happiness, or amusement, but can also be an involuntary expression of anxiety, in which case it can be known as a grimace. There is much evidence that smiling is a normal reaction to certain stimuli as it occurs regardless of culture. Happiness is most often the motivating cause of a smile.

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Filthy lucre!  Can play money be filthy lucre???

Did you know? Lucre, from the Latin lucrum, meaning gain in terms of money or wealth. Often it is used in a negative manner, as in the phrase “not given to filthy lucre.” from the Bible 1 Timothy 3:3. From this, the term "the filthy" became slang for money

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Ernie and Juan

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The numbers must be looking up

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Matt is in charge and has to drink soda-pop today... Soda-pop, yuck!

Did you know? A soft drink is a beverage that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda, soda pop, pop, coke or tonic (northeastern USA) in the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia and sometimes minerals in Ireland. The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink".

The term "drink", while nominally neutral, sometimes carries connotations of alcoholic content. Beverages like colas, flavored water, sparkling water, iced tea, lemonade, squash, and fruit punch are among the most common types of soft drinks, while hot chocolate, hot tea, coffee, milk, tap water, juice and milkshakes do not fall into this classification. Many carbonated soft drinks are optionally available in versions sweetened with sugars or with non-caloric sweeteners.

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At the bar with HD TV only a few feet away.... Now that's life

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All eyes on the ball

Did you know? The term "bar" is derived from the specialized counter on which drinks are served and is a synecdoche applied to the whole of the drinking establishment. The "back bar" or "gantry" is a set of shelves of glasses and bottles behind that counter. In some bars, the gantry is elaborately decorated with woodwork, etched glass, mirrors, and lights.

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A Cardinal supporter obviously

Did you know? The Arizona Cardinals, founded in 1898, hold the distinction of being the oldest continuously run professional American football club in the United States.  They are currently based in Glendale, Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. The Cardinals are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The team was first established in Chicago in 1898 before eventually becoming a charter member of the NFL in 1920. The club was then based in St. Louis, Missouri from 1960 through 1987. Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, an eastern suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium. In 2006 the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.

The franchise's lone NFL championship game victory came in 1947 while they were based in Chicago, and came two decades before the first Super Bowl game was ever played. The club's other NFL championship occurred in 1925, eight years before the league began holding a championship game, and is a controversial title to this day. The much contested title was believed to belong to the Pottsville Maroons but was given to the Cardinals instead in what is called the 1925 NFL Championship controversy.

 

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Oh oh... Don't get on the wrong side of the bartender

Did you know? A bartender (barman, barkeeper, barmaid, mixologist, tapster among other names) serves beverages behind a bar in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment

 

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The game must be going their way ... Cindy and Teri are happy

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Cindy, Shaun, and Teri

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Everybody is happy

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Ted is checking with his bookie

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The Life of Riley

Did you know? The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role.

The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in the movie The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942). The Flotsam Family was reworked with Bendix cast as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation became one of the most famous catch phrases of the 1940s: "What a revoltin' development this is!" The radio series also benefited from the immense popularity of a supporting character, Digby "Digger" O'Dell (John Brown), "the friendly undertaker."

The expression, "Living the life of Riley" suggests an ideal life of prosperity and contentment, possibly living on someone else's money, time or work. Rather than a negative freeloading or golddigging aspect, it instead implies that someone is kept or advantaged. The expression was popular in the 1880s, a time when James Whitcomb Riley's poems depicted the comforts of a prosperous home life.

 

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Everybody is remaining because it is a close game

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More food... Don't get on the scales tomorrow morning

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Vicky really liked the BLUE DRINK.. Right, Vicky???

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Linda and James are enjoying the game and the great party.  James... No chili in your hands?

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Mitch and Louisa are taking it all in

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Ted's bookie must have called back!

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Ernie... Haven't we seen you at the buffet before?

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Punch punch punch.  Raymond tries to keep up

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Big smile... Jill's team must be winning

Did you know? Jill is a female given name, of Latin origin, meaning sweetheart or youthful. Used as a short form of the female given name Gillian, now it is often used as an independent name.

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"Ok ladies, how are we doing?"

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Mitch and James enjoy some fresh air

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One happy guy... His team must have won

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I mean really happy

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Todd joins the fray after being in the Pro Shop all day!