Truly March Madness?????

In what might be the most ingenious events planning of all-time, March Madness begins on St. Patrick’s Day. I have a gut feeling that there will be an un-heard number of sick-days being spent on Thursday and Friday.

One question pops to mind – is it o.k. to drink green beer and watch the basketball tournament? My guess is yes, only because it is still beer. If it were broccoli juice or something disgusting like that, maybe I would think differently.

Another question – Can college basketball be watched with that annoying Irish music being played in the background? I’m guessing the green beer will make it palatable – hopefully the green dye used will actually increase the alcohol level in the beer (and the body).

Finally, everybody knows that St. Patrick’s Day is amateur night for many beer-drinkin’ wannabe’s. These part-timer’s come out of the woodwork and crowd just about every bar around (and the bars that are not crowded on St. Patrick’s Day, are bars you probably don’t want to go to in the first place). This will most assuredly cause problems with the patrons who are trying to watch the basketball games, possibly causing drunken riots of unmatched proportions. Again, maybe the green beer will help with this (maybe they will put prozac in the green dye).

O.K., so on second thought, maybe having March Madness start on St. Patrick’s Day is not such a good idea.