I’m sure you’ve been waiting with “baited breath” for our dog Chester’s annual Super Bowl pick. But before we go into that, I looked up “baited breath” on the internet and discovered that the phrase was first used in the Shakespeare play “Merchant of Venice.”
Here’s the line from the bard, although he spelled the word baited as “bated.” And appropriately, a dog is mentioned in the selection:
“What should I say to you? Should I not say
‘Hath a dog money? is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?’ Or
Shall I bend low and in a bondman’s key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this;
‘Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last;
You spurn’d me such a day; another time
You call’d me dog; and for these courtesies
I’ll lend you thus much moneys’?”
Well I’m sure you didn’t tune in for a lesson in English literature, so here goes Chester’s pick between Seattle and New England, with the blue ball representing the Patriots and the green one representing the Seahawks.
What you can clearly see from this is — confusion. Chester’s apparent first pick was the green Seahawk ball, mostly because he appears to have spotted it first. He grabbed it with his slobbery moth, but then realizing that he was missing something, darted over to the blue Patriots ball and scooped it up with the green Seahawk orb already in his mouth.
Keep in mind that Chester has only successfully picked one winner through this scientific method in the past five years. That was last year’s surprising win by the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs.
So if you’re looking for a solid answer about who will win the Superbowl or are just wanting an answer to the meaning of life, I think I’d keep Chester out of the equation.
I’m not a fan of either team in this year’s contest, but I’ll look forward to the TV commercials, my home-made buffalo wings. and not having to watch endless candid glimpses of Taylor Swift in the VIP box.
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