When did March Madness become something of an American holiday? When I tell people not only do I not want to fill out basketball brackets but I won’t be watching March Madness either;they respond as if I just said I won’t be putting a Christmas tree up this year.
I don’t like sports. We’ve been over this a million times. I only like soccer and even then I have a hard time sitting still at professional games. For basketball, I don’t know which teams have a chance to win nor care. So why would I even attempt to put together a bracket? To drive home the point, I’d like to explain to you what goes through my head during this “special time” of year and why it’s best I keep the $5 in my pocket instead of an office pool.
10 Reasons I Should Never Fill Out a Bracket
- When I hear Villa Nova, I think of a nearby Italian restaurant. Mmm…..lasagna.
- I think the Elite 8 is a new Marvels Comic series. And clearly Justin Timberlake should lead the group.
- Why can’t the Harlem Globe Trotters participate in March Madness? I’d watch that.
- Like a work assignment, I just asked my husband when my bracket is “due”. I see no pleasure in filling it out.
- Sweet 16? I already had that birthday 25 years ago and it involved toilet papering every single house on the street.
- What’s this Cinderella story thing? Will Lebron be wearing a glass slipper? No, I don’t think so and if there isn’t fashion involved…..
- The final four sounds like something I’d hear on a reality show.
- What’s a bracketology? It sounds like a drink. Actually a really delicious drink, in a martini glass.
- When I hear Purdue, I think raw chicken. You know, the 4-pack you get at the grocery store.
- And the #1 reason I don’t want to fill out brackets: I don’t want to put in $5 dollars. I might as well throw the $5 in a fire pit because I’m not going to win anyway. I’m just essentially donating money to people whose odds are better than mine.
Perhaps you remember my bracket last year? I Don’t Want to Do March Madness, K? If you don’t want to read the post, I present to you:
Hot Mess’s March Madness Bracket
Will you be filling out a March madness bracket this year? If so, will you fill mine out too?
I’ve never heard of brackets, but as I am also not interested in any sport ( except the Oxford Cambridge boat race ) I am pretty sure I would not want anything to do with brackets!
It’s huge here in the states. Filling out brackets is just a way to get who’s gonna win. You are sometimes bullied into filling one out and it pisses me off.
Be specific. It’s INSANE mainly in the Midwest.
Is it just the midwest? I really think it’s because it’s so flippin’ cold and we have nothing better to do. I had my husband email me his bracket as I was being pressured at work to fill one out. It’s barely legible but I did it.