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Source: Fort Worth Weekly

Home Stuff Sports Defining Insanity StuffSports Should’ve stayed down. Terrence Steele helps Dak Prescott up off the turf after one of four sacks on the afternoon against the lowly Cardinals. Courtesy DallasCowboys.com “Why are you even watching this? They’re just going to lose.” This, offered by my lovely football-hating significant other as she passed through the living room on Sunday. The living room is usually a mandated no-fly zone for her on the Lord’s day, not due to some religio-fascist trad wife restrictions but mainly to avoid joy-thieving snipes like this, which she never wastes an opportunity to lob my way. She’s just trolling, of course. But it still gets under my skin. To make matters worse, my kids are in on the gag now too. “Dak is washed!” “Didn’t they lose to the Giants?” “This is why I like the Chiefs.” It’s very cool. Definitely funny. And super-helpful in regulating my Cowboys-watching mood fluctuations.

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