Oh good. It's THAT time again.
Before I start, I'll clear this up for the American Dwellers among us - I'm talking about British football, as in soccer. Although I suppose it's the same thing for what I'm about to bring up.
I don't like football. I don't hate it, I don't hate people who watch it - I just find it dull. I've watched a few matches in my time (The Wife likes it, for example) but I just can't get into it. 90 minutes of watching guys running around a field? No thanks. I can watch, and like to watch, some sports - boxing is all good, snooker is fine - hell, even darts is pretty good sometimes. (I won't mention wrestling, 'cos I know it's not a real sport per se.. still the best damn show on television, though).
So what's the big deal? Simple - being male, it seems to be a pre-requisite that I watch and adore football, and when I reveal that I don't it's as if I'm from another (possibly homosexual) planet. Here's an example from when I was getting my hair cut a few weeks back..
Barber: Watching the game tonight?
Me: Eh? Oh, no. I don't follow football.
Barber: Oh....... right.
END CONVERSATION.
And then..
Taxi Driver: Some result last night, eh?
Me: Oh, really?
Taxi Driver: Didn't you see it?
Me: No, I (sensing the inevitable) don't follow football.
Taxi Driver: Oh.. right.
END CONVERSATION.
And so it goes. The amount of times I've been asked What Team I Support, only for me to give the same tired response and then GET the same tired response is unbelievable. When I'm with a group of people and football comes up, I have to wait for the entire subject changes before I can even open my mouth.
And, of course, it's World Cup time, so EVERYONE is talking about fucking football. Magazines are talking about it, newspapers are talking about it, internet sites I usually frequent are talking about it, the TV schedules will soon be DOMINATED by it. It really is very depressing.
I've always said that anyone can talk about anything here, and so if anyone out there wishes to talk about how well Team A played against Team B then be my guest. Otherwise you can be guaranteed that football, soccer or whatever will never penetrate the walls of The Fortress Of Solitude.
2 comments:
Na, American Football is non-existent over here. There is probably a fan base for it, but not to my knowledge. I dont even know what the NFL Europe IS.
Number four sounds pretty familiar. Add to that "wake up covered in own sick" and it becomes even more so.
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