Is Vandalism Ever the Answer to Noisy Neighbors?

Last night, during the Monday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington football team, things got heated. They always do: This is the most storied rivalry in all sports history, after all. Fans of America's Team watching the game live at AT&T Stadium were stunned into silence when Tony Romo suffered a back injury in the third quarter. At the Washington, D.C., bar where I was watching the game, Washington fans (who are all, as a rule, unhealthily obsessed with Romo) roared that much louder, further encouraged by a passable performance from former Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy.

With two minutes left in the fourth quarter and the score tied up, folks watching the game with me at the Drafting Table were anxious and shout-y (and a bit inebriated). That's when things exploded. Not when time expired after the two-minute warning—but when residents upstairs pulled the plug on the satellite feed.