Posted on 02/02/2018 1:11:31 PM PST by Red Badger
Fiona the hippo has determined that the Philadelphia Eagles will win the 2018 Super Bowl, and she communicated her determination to humanity by eating a bit of lettuce. This is science. Fiona, a 1-year-old baby hippopotamus, was the first of her species born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 75 years and the first hippo ever imaged with an ultrasound before birth. She was born 6 weeks premature, and at just 29 lbs. (13 kilograms), was the smallest baby hippo ever to survive. It's unclear which of these traits imbued Fiona with the ability to cast her consciousness forward through time and return with the results of major sporting events. But that appears to be what happened, as demonstrated in this video released by the Cincinnati Zoo: Fiona approached two cardboard boxes, one painted Philadelphia Eagles green and the other New England Patriots red, white and blue. Each container had a couple of leaves of lettuce scattered on top. Fiona approached the Eagles box first. Then, like, any good performer, she built tension by munching some lettuce on the ground and feinting toward the Patriots box. But she munched the lettuce first off the top of the Eagles box, revealing to the world which team will win the 2018 Super Bowl. [Is Time Travel Possible?] Fiona joins the ranks of several other animals who can apparently transcend the known limitations of this universe and who have chosen to lend that skill to human betting markets: Paul the World Cup-predicting octopus, Sonny Wool the "socially inept" rugby-predicting sheep, Yowie the Super Bowl-predicting Australian cattle dog and many others. No word yet from Fiona on whether the 2018 Super Bowl will include any major concussions or other devastating injuries on the road to the now-inevitable Eagles win. Originally published on Live Science.
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LOL! the Hippo is one year old. It’s her first Super Bowl. What’s her track record?
Alexa agrees.
I personally don’t give a damn who wins the super bowl. I won’t be watching. However, I’m hoping the Patriots win in a blow out. That seems to be the pick that will piss off most of those I know who do care about the game. :)
That’s NEXT YEAR!.....................
The general consensus I get from coworkers, relatives etc, is the Pats will win in a walk...................
Interesting they call it the 2018 Super Bowl.
Yes, that’s accurate, but the NFL insists on using Roman numerals, and designate the games with those numbers, rather than saying the year the game is played.
The exception was the 50th Super Bowl, which they called Super Bowl 50 using the Hindu-Arabic numerals, rather than Roman numerals. It would have been “Super Bowl L” if they had used Roman numerals. Apparently that was too distressing for the NFL to use .
Even less reliable than the nonsense with the groundhog.
Most people don’t know Roman numerals beyond their kitchen clock face...............
Undefeated.
Looks like Colin Kapernick has already won.
Goddel kneeled to the kneelers.
LOL. Yes, indeed, maybe the NFL will cause some to get educated about Roman numerals, so they know which game it is when they read about Super Bowl LII, or a past game such as Super Bowl XLIV.
Prolly the team with the largest adult illiterate millionaire athletes that nobody will remember in 10 years that will otherwise contribute nothing of any measurable tangible value to humanity.
I’m hoping the television ratings dip enough to send a strong message to the NFL.
Too distressing for the graphics art department. They said the big L was too unbalanced and they couldn’t figure out a way to jazz it up that looked good. Really disappointed me, I was looking forward to Super Bowl Large coming ten years after Super Bowl Extra Large which of course was ten years after Super Bowl Porn.
They will. But the NFL is run by stupid people. They won’t get the message....................
who cares
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