Last week, we asked about how you’d spend the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and your response to our HeraldNet.com poll was a pretty overwhelming, “What holiday?”
Nearly 83 percent of you said it was just another Monday. About 12 percent said they got an extra day off. Only 4 percent said they’d do something to honor Dr. King.
So, um … yeah.
(Long pause.)
Anyway, how about those Seahawks?
After Sunday’s NFC championship game, we asked what the craziest part of it was, and this poll was a lot closer. The fake field goal for a touchdown was a narrow winner with 37 percent of the vote, followed closely by the onside kick. Filling out the voting were the wild 2-point conversion, the game-winning catch and Marshawn Lynch’s go-ahead touchdown.
So to sum up, that game was so crazy that Lynch rumbling for a dramatic touchdown to take the lead — something that might be enough to trigger an earthquake in Seattle — was only the fifth-craziest thing on that list, and we didn’t even include stuff that happened afterward. Russell Wilson cried on national TV! Michael Bennett commandeered a cop’s bicycle and went on a joyride around the stadium! Terry Bradshaw remembered which team to give the trophy to! This all really happened.
It was the kind of game that made you jump around and look for someone to hug. The kind of game you’ll tell your grandkids about. The kind of game you feel like celebrating well into Sunday night.
Man, Monday sure would have been a good time to have a holiday.
Next question
In our latest poll, we ask about the wrestling match over the new county courthouse:
Doug Parry, Herald Web editor: dparry@heraldnet.com
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