Herbie McKay was in Buzzy’s Country Store yesterday telling me about a petition to the White House to make the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday. Yeah, that stands a good chance of happening.
A more realistic proposal, one that could possibly occur since it doesn’t need Congressional involvement to make it happen, is for the NFL to move the game to Saturday evening (click here for related article.) This is a proposal that restaurant and bar owners have been suggesting for years (click here for 2011 article that features a Southern Maryland restaurant owner making this case.) Excerpt follows:
“An enemy in foreign land, Bil Shockley describes himself as a “lone blue jersey in a sea of Southern Maryland burgundy.” He is a diehard New York Giants fan, which makes for interesting conversation when the restaurant owner is serving up The Bilvil Burger (mushrooms, gorgonzola and onion crisps) to his mostly Redskin and Ravens clientele at Bilvil, the beachside café he owns in North Beach, Maryland, about 20 minutes south of Annapolis.”
Then again, there is this San Fran-based story of their mayor asking bar owners not to serve hard liquor during the game for fear of patrons “over celebrating.” Don’t think Baltimore has that concern.
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At Buzzy’s Country Store this afternoon, we’ll do some tuneup shots to get you in the mood for the game later this evening. Whether or not you make it to work tomorrow is on you.