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The Slice: Then again, you might not want to punt

Trying to decide if you are going to spend most of Thanksgiving Day watching football on TV?

Well, let’s look at it objectively. If you do choose to watch football …

Pro: You could be the one person in the room who knows the Detroit Lions have never been to a Super Bowl.

Con: Some contend watching nine hours of football and living a full, rich life are not synonymous.

Pro: There’s something about a red-zone groin injury that says “Happy Thanksgiving.”

Con: Watching football could keep you from having lively conversations about more important matters.

Pro: Watching football could keep you from having lively conversations about more important matters.

Con: You could be taking a walk.

Pro: Watching football is a holiday tradition.

Con: Just when you have dozed off in your chair, something will happen in the game and people in the room with you will start yelling.

Pro: Every minute spent watching football is a minute not spent offending the host. (Unless you are the only one watching football and that offends your host.)

Con: You could be outside chopping wood.

Pro: Usually you can inhale the kitchen smells from wherever the TV is located.

Con: Staying out of the TV room will keep you at safe a distance from any less than illuminating conversations about the racial makeup of the National Football League.

Pro: Sometimes it’s a good game.

Con: The Dallas Cowboys are no substitute for those old “Mystery Science Theater 3000” Turkey Day marathons.

Pro: Having football on TV doesn’t mean viewers can’t talk about other things.

Con: The old gender-based division of Thanksgiving activities might rub you the wrong way.

Pro: There is such a thing as wagering on football.

Con: You could be outside tossing a football around.

Pro: If you pretend to fall asleep while watching the game you might overhear a relative say something nice about you that he would never say if he thought you were awake.

Con: The raucous laughter coming from the room where they are playing cards or a board game might make you think watching football was the wrong choice.

Pro: You get to mock the commercials which are, of course, the reason for the NFL.

Con: You could be in the other room, getting your grandmother to recall the first time she brought your grandfather to her extended family’s Thanksgiving.

Today’s Slice question: Which of your family’s favorite holiday movies can you not stand?

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