A Tip to Surviving March Madness

We all know what it feels like right? Our facebook or twitter feeds get swamped with generic, raving sports comments and statues like:

• As much as I love Ohio State basketball, I have so much respect for Robbie Hummel and the career he had with Purdue!
• My bracket's made an epic climb from bottom 20 percent to top eight percent.
• A good run, Xavier. Now we are down to rooting for IU and whoever is playing osu or uk, assuming they win.
• I hate referees. This week has seen some bad officials...
• How do you move the ball so well for 39 minutes and then make THAT your last shot??

Here is my solution. Instead of going crazy, getting annoyed, and unfollowing people you may generally like, simply play a fun round of Sports Status Mad Libs. Take the following statuses and tweets above (all of them are real by the way). First remove all the names of teams and players from them:

• As much as I love _____ ______ _______, I have so much respect for ______ _______and the career ____ had with ______!
• My _______ has made an epic climb from bottom 20 percent to top eight percent.
• A good run, ______. Now we are down to rooting for ______ and whoever is playing _____ or ______, assuming they win.
• I hate ______. This week has seen some bad ______...
• How do you move the ______ so well for 39 minutes and then make THAT your last _______??

And then insert whatever you think makes for the best laughs:

• As much as I love Justin Bieber, I have so much respect for his Christmas Album and the career he had before people actually listened to it!
• My toilet has made an epic climb from bottom 20 percent to top eight percent.
• A good run, Nickelback. Now we are down to rooting for U2 and whoever is playing Boys 2 Men or N'SYNC, assuming they win.
• I hate cheddar. This week has seen some bad cheese...
• How do you move the furniture so well for 39 minutes and then make THAT your last arrangement??

From that point on whenever that friend starts spouting off about the greatness of their team your mind will immediately begin replacing the names with whatever you came up with earlier. Hilarity will ensue. Hope it makes the awesome month of March just a little bit better for everybody whether your bracket is busted or not.

Matt*
*- I am one of those guys who from time to time will fill your timeline up with sports related tweets and for that I deeply apologize.