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Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
— Erma Bombeck
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Erma Bombeck jokes that a football marathon should count as a medical condition. Three games in a row is her cutoff for declaring someone brain dead. It's exaggeration, poking fun at how couch-bound game days can turn viewers into zombies.
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