Posted AT 3:02 AM EDT on 27/03/08
Forget March Madness. You gotta love March cheesiness
Another thing the TV Cranny can't stand is March Madness.American college basketball. Teams of gangly lugs from obscure places playing ineptly while cheerleaders sit and smile, waiting to leap up and gyrate ineptly. (Look, we're continuing with the sporting theme today. Deal with it.) What's it all about? Betting, that's what. People who know nothing about American college basketball putting five bucks on Purdue in the optimistic hope that they'll win something in the office pool.
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