Super Bowl, commercial-free, at Islamic Center (Beer & Bikinis Bad)

Herald News ^ | 1/29/09

[Sammy67]

Some 250 teenage boys will pile onto the carpet of the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Sunday to catch the Super Bowl on a big screen. But when the much-buzzed-about commercials come on, they won't be watching. A youth leader manning the projector slaps a piece of paper over the lens, blocking out images the center considers inappropriate, such as beers and bikinis.

"The purpose is to keep them away from bad influences," said Emad Hamdeh, the youth committee director. "The beer commercials show people happy while drinking; that's not reality."

During the self-imposed blackouts, the boy fans don't heckle in protest, said Hamdeh. He uses the breaks to talk about the purpose of life. As in "entertainment is OK, but shouldn't be the purpose of life," he said.

Not much of a football fan himself, Hamdeh said the boys

[King Moonracer]

Those eyes!!! I would ..... for those eyes!!!!

Islam, its whats for dinner.

[Joiseydude]

Or a couple of those bacon explosion loafs.

[GeronL]

lol.

these people are trying to take over the world

[PowderMonkey]

There it is. Up tight, neurotic, and sexually repressed. Little wonder so many of them suffer from premature detonation.

[GeronL]

I think their actually leather these days

[dalereed]

“I think their actually leather these days”

When did pigs quit growing leather to cover their meat?

Last time I touched a football was in 1955 and except for rubber ones they were all pig LEATHER!

[Starfleet Command]

During the commercials, footage of Gaza rocket attacks on Israeli senior citizens' homes will be played so as not to offend their delicate Islamic child-raping sensibilities.

Don't watch American football boys, you might start growing a human brain or heart.

[Eagles6]

"The purpose is to keep them away from bad influences," said Emad Hamdeh

Uh...you're in an islamic center emad. That's sorta the definition of a bad influence.

[GeronL]

I don’t think they are made of it anymore. I am not 100% certain though

[reagan_fanatic]

If only some stacked babe would streak across the field in full view of the cameras.

[DemonDeac]

Suicide Bombers= Okay
Boobs= Awful