Cheesy Super Bowl bets
If it’s time for another Super Bowl, it must be time for some cheesy political bets.
The first one that’s crossed our path involves New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In both cases, the food itself goes to a charity. But, sports favorite aside, which would you rather eat?
If the Giants win, Menino must send Bloomberg: 100 cups of New England Clam Chowder from Legal Sea Foods; 42 pounds of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts (in honor of Super Bowl XLII); 12 dozen Boston Cream Pies and 12 Dozen Parker House Rolls (in honor of Tom Brady’s #12) from Boston’s Omni Parker House Hotel; 100 Old Tyme hot dogs and 100 Alfresco chicken sausages from Kayem; 20 pizzas from Sal’s; 5 cases of Brigham’s Boston You’re My Home Ice Cream; 5 cases of Cherry on the Top Frozen Yogurt Bars from Elan; and 100 servings of Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt.
If the Patriots win, Bloomberg will send Menino: 42 pastrami and corned beef sandwiches from Carnegie Deli; 42 “Big Blue Cheese Eli Mann-Eater Burgers� from Gallagher’s Steak House; one case of beef cocktail patties and one case of chicken cocktail patties from Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill in the Bronx; a selection of five pizzas from Goodfella’s Pizzeria on Staten Island; 42 pounds of rugelach, 42 pounds of assorted layer cakes and 42 black and white cookies from Junior’s; one 2.5 gallon tub of lemon ice and one 2.5 gallon tub of ice of the flavor of Boston’s choice from the Lemon Ice King of Corona; 100 servings of Manhattan clam chowder and one bushel of Blue Point Oysters from the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant; and 20 pounds of “Super Steak� from Peter Luger Restaurant and six bottles of Peter Luger steak sauce.
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In all honesty, I don’t care who wins even though I am an avid sports fan.
For the sake of argument, I’d rather eat: – The $300 check that the gov’t stupidly thinks will stimulate the economy. – A huge burrito at 2 AM once we figure out how to control the borders and find a path for citizenship. – An apple when we figure out how to return our educational system to a higher global standard. – A multi-vitamin so that I may live longer and potentially draw social security from an about-to-be-defunct system. – 1 military ration per day until we figure out how to bring the troops home.
Call it a strange idea, but we need to bet on the future of our country. I bet for change, but as Buckminster Fuller once said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.â€?
Draft Mike Bloomberg for president and do it now at http://draftbloomberg.com