Cubicle games
Published 8:58 pm Friday, January 30, 2015
Fantasy football 7, Productivity 0: The Washington Legislature is poised to decide whether fantasy football is a game of chance — and therefore gambling — or a game of skill.
Of course it’s a game of skill. One needs excellent peripheral vision to see the boss walking your way, followed by a deft hand on the mouse to quickly switch from your fantasy football site to a spreadsheet titled “1st Quarter Sales by Category.”
Super lawyers: Stymied by the No Fun League’s ironclad ban on use of the words “Super Bowl,” businesses must resort to generic terms like “the Big Game” to capitalize on football fever.
That’s why the sign in front of Beast Mode Ballcaps ‘n’ Things says “We just call it the Big Game so we won’t get demand letters.”
Welfare green: Lawmakers in Colorado are poised to pass a law that would forbid the use of electronic benefits transfer cards at marijuana shops — something that’s already illegal in this state.
This is terrible news for right-wing talk radio hosts, who will have to stick to complaining about people using EBT cards for T-bone steaks.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
