[short-fuse] Does my mom know who’s playing in the Super Bowl?

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resolved Feb 4

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She got the 49ers right (by name), and knew Travis Kelce by name, but not KC or the Chiefs. Resolves 50%, and I’m very impressed. She also was fine with doing this, I may do this again in the future! Transcript, shared with my mother’s consent: [me] Are you ready. [mom] Yes [me] I’m taking a transcript of what we’re saying [mom] Am I in trouble? Why do you need a transcript. [me] I’ll tell you afterwards? [me] Is dad home? [mom] Yes. Is that ok. [me] No. [mom] He’s going somewhere else [me] Ok, pretend that I’m on Who Wants to Win a Millionaire. I’m gonna ask you one question, answer to the best of your ability. No cheating whatsoever. [mom] I have no device in front of me. I’m talking on a landline. [me] Who is playing in the Super Bowl next weekend, mom? [mom] Laughs, oh god. You have to be kidding. The team with Travis Kelce on it. Which is the um. I don’t know. That’s the answer. [me] They’re saying 10 secs left. No final guesses. [mom] I can see it in my brain. Somewhere in the midwest. Oh and San Francisco. But wherever Travis Kelce is on. [me] For the record, do you know the SF team. [mom] The San Francisco……. 49ers [me] WOW!!!! [mom] I’m not completely stupid. Football is really not my thing. I don’t give a hoot about the Super Bowl. I don’t bother my brain with unimportant information like that. Transcript ended

I will call my mom on Sunday morning and ask her “Who’s playing in the Super Bowl, mom?”

If she can name 1 of the teams, this Resolves 50%. If she can name both, this Resolves YES. I’m not counting “Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s team” as a valid answer.

Factors that may impact your voting:

My mom lives in Philly and doesn’t follow sports at all. My dad does, and watched the championship games last weekend, when my mom was likely home.
If the Eagles were in the Super Bowl, I would say there would be a 90% chance that she would know that (just from following local news).
I, her only son, live in SF - notably one of the two answers.
My mom is not a Swiftie and doesn’t care about pop music.

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