I never win the typical football debates during Super Bowl parties. Thanks to MSNBC��s Bill Briggs, I now have proof regarding Super Bowl facts and fictions.

As Super Bowl Sunday inexorably draws near, I find myself in the familiar, annual arguments with my football fan friends. No, not a Bears - Colts debate. No, not a ��These aren��t the ��85 Bears�� type retrospective tour of Super Bowls past. I��m talking about the old chestnut, ��America shuts down for Super Bowl Sunday�� speechifying.

Every year, we go to our good friends�� house, which has the benefits of A) a humongous TV for Super Bowl (and commercial, and halftime show) viewing B) a large, flat backyard so we can pretend we know how to play football ourselves and C) Plenty of beer. I��m in charge of the artichoke dip which apparently gives me the authority to also weigh in on the various debates regarding how America Shuts Down on Super Bowl Sunday. My opinion has always been that this is a media-fueled, ego-driven view of football fans across the country, although until now I��ve had no proof to back up my view. Our friends, meanwhile, have had plenty of anecdotal evidence: Toilets overflow at halftime, avocado sales go through the roof (for guacamole), etc.

Well, not anymore, my fellow skeptics! Our lovely friends over at MSNBC have given me plenty of ammunition for this year��s Super Bowl party debate, thanks to contributor Bill Briggs. In his article, ��Super Bowl Myths Debunked�� he actually does the research I��ve been to lazy to do myself.

Another fact or fiction that turns out to be fiction, is the supposed skyrocketing sales of avocados, for Super Bowl Sunday parties. I always doubted this myself, but I thought, uneasily, that this may have been due to my bias towards my own artichoke dip. However, Briggs at MSNBC does the math for me: The biggest annual avocado purchasing event isn��t even Super Bowl Sunday - it��s Cinco De Mayo.

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