Sunday, January 19, 2014

merchandising

Every report  I've seen eventually mentions working furiously trying to keep up with team-related merchandise. All that merchandise, a veritable ocean of orange in the stands, orange is in, demand high, orange everywhere, and not one single pair of orange pants.

Apparently I own the single pair of orange pants in Denver. Otherwise I'd see them today. Scarves, yes, sweaters, yes, hats of course, watches, bracelets, yes all that but no orange pants. What is wrong with you? What is the problem?  The good thing about orange pants is you can see me walking a mile away so if you hit me I automatically win that lawsuit. Unless your defense is you were distracted by how hawt I look in them.

I could buy a truckload of white levi 501 pants, dye them all orange, and sell the whole truck in a day.

98% brag. It would take longer.

25 comments:

chickelit said...

Lem and I made a tag "selling" if you're so inclined.

Unknown said...

I say do it. But I refuse to take a bath in your bathtub afterwards.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Very limited options on Amazon.

Scrubs...

Walls Men's Work Flat Front Pants Unhemmed

Unknown said...

...unless I was going for the oompaloompa look.

Unknown said...

We may all not have the booty to pull this off, but perhaps women's?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Oh wow. Seattle got lucky there.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Seahawks Broncos.

West coast Super bowl played in the east coast.

Unknown said...

What did Christie do to pull that off?

chickelit said...

Denver is not "west coast," Lem.

Sorry about your loss, BTW.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

I consider PA the west coast.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Both home teams won.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

What did Christie do to pull that off?

Joined the polar bears club?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

thanks chickie

Michael Haz said...

Saaaay......that Richard Sherman guy doesn't look like well adjusted man.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

A suggestion the NYT didn't give Christie.

Light up a joint at the super bowl

Reach out to the media.

The Dude said...

Dain bramage?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Saaaay......that Richard Sherman guy doesn't look like well adjusted man.

Forbes writer comes to his defense.

"8. If you stick a microphone in a football player’s face seconds after he made a huge play to send his team to the Super Bowl, you shouldn’t be surprised if he’s a little amped up."

deborah said...

Good point.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I watched only an itty bitty little bit of some football game last night but that was enough.

Henceforth, everything that I purchase shall bear the Nike swoosh logo.

Icepick said...

West coast Super bowl played in the east coast.

No, Lem, Western teams playing on the frozen tundra of East Rutherford. Brrr! I'm hoping for another polar vortex, just to drive home the fact that this was a truly stupendously bad idea. Like electing a certain Senator from Illinois to be President.

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Okay, that isn't fair. They could hold the Super Bowl in a minefield while the fans were being slaughtered by al Qaeda and it wouldn't be as bad an idea as President Obama.

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And oh yeah! "LOB!" (Just to scare Erin Andrews a little bit.)

Icepick said...

Saaaay......that Richard Sherman guy doesn't look like well adjusted man.

Are you kidding? He's a Stanford guy! After his football career is over he's going to make a billion dollars with a tech start-up in Silicon Valley.

ricpic said...

I hope you wear a black jacket with those orange pants to keep from floating off into space.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Who do you folks think will win ?

I kinda think Denver will score enough to win if they can give Manning enough time in the pocket. But Seattle's defense is ferocious.

Icepick said...

AJ, I'm rooting for Seattle, but I haven't followed the League closely enough to have an opinion on who will win.

But there are general factors at play. I generally bet on the team playing better defense, so that would be Seattle. Plus, Mailbox Head Manning has not been terribly good in cold weather games generally. I don't know if the new stadium is as prone to swirling winds as the old stadium in East Rutherford, but if it is that will work against Manning as well, as his arm strength, while still okay, is as good as it used to be, and he never threw the world's tightest spiral. (Unlike Brady, which is why Brady has been better in bad weather.) Finally, I believe that Seattle is a little bit healthier, especially on defense, but I might be wrong on that.

So I think a good deal of it will depend on weather. The colder and windier it gets, the worse Denver's chances. But if it is 35-40, say, with light winds? That helps Denver tremendously, as even the threat of Manning passing is useful, even if they just give the ball to Moreno 50 times.

The biggest x-factor will be the refs. Will two weeks of coverage of Seattle's rough style of play in the secondary get these officials to throw more flags for interference, or will they let the LOB do its usual schtick? If it's the former, that might be enough to give Denver a huge advantage no matter the weather conditions.

Icepick said...

The dream outcome for me would be to see Manning pull a Kaepernick and blow it late in the game. Amongst other things, that would give Manning the same winning percentage as a Denver QB in the playoffs as Tim Tebow, and that would be epically sweet.

Incidentally, Tebow is the only QB to win both a Heisman and a playoff game in the last 26 years. Which is to say, Manning never could beat Danny Wuerffel, LOL!