The Stupor Bowl encourages us to be indifferent to the contest and watch the advertisements instead. This is backwards from my normal sports viewing—I always use the ad breaks for refills, trips to the loo, etc. I also like to get up and move around and not be a couch potato. So I don’t watch the famous adverts and in fact make a point to avoid them. This fits with my “hygiene” theme!

When I was a kid people were always saying that “too much TV is bad for you.” They were right.