As most everyone knows, I'm not a huge sports fan, but I have my moments. My brother, on the other hand, is a much bigger fan than I, and his favorite football team has been the Patriots for probably six or seven years. He hasn't been such a huge fan over the past few year or so, but, has been recently, obviously.

My mother, always the humerous one, did someting very cool at the beginning of September. She and my dad went to Las Vegas in early September, so for fun, she decided to place a couple bets on the Super Bowl. She put $5 on the Lions to win and $5 on the Patriots to win (for my brother). At the time, I thought that was the funniest thing around, the Lions winning the Super Bowl, hah! As we saw, it wasn't even close. However, the Patriots pulled it off. I was amazed at the time she purchased them that the Lions were a 35:1 shot, and the Patriots were an even longer shot, 75:1. So, when you do the math, my mom won $375 off a $5 bet. Not to shabby! Go Patriots!

Posted by Curt at February 4, 2002 01:22 PM