Thank heavens!! The last football game is over for today--the Patriots vs the Broncos--per Herb. Just when I thought it couldnt get worse--I will just be DAMNED if they didnt go into overtime. Now understand, in the 45 years that Herb and I have been together, his absolute LOVE for the game of football, compared with my complete disinterest in it unless one of my sons or grandsons was playing (and occasionally when Houston plays--now that we have a team again)--has resulted in more than one awkward moment--as I refer to them-- between us. It all boils down to keeping my interest as I explained to Herb many years ago. I still remember the first time I explained that to him, and that I thought all the rules--undoubtedly made up by MEN--totally dulled and dumbed the game down. Herb said Like how? I suggested that they might, for instance, issue brass knuckles to one team and short lengths of chain to the other--turn them loose on the field and THEN wed have some excitement! Of course Herb rolled his eyes, told me I was crazy and that was that. So, tonight, the Patriots were apparently going to win by kicking a field goal--and Herb has loathed the Patriots since we lived back east (they mustve slaughtered his beloved Cowboys at some point or something). Anyway, Herb remarked that the only way the Broncos could save themselves was if someone could block the ball--being kicked at the goal and apparently from pretty close to it. I yawned (my first mistake) and said, Well, if it were me, Id have one of those guys standing uselessly behind the line, run forward, jump on someones shoulders in the front line--and THEN they might have an actual chance of blocking that kick, (yawn again). Herb actually missed the kick in horror. He slowly turned to me and yelled: What in the hell are you talking about? You cant do stupid sh#t like that! To which I simply replied: And there ya go--another dumb-ass rule some dumb-ass man made up! Herb said So should they be able to take butterfly nets out there on the field to catch the ball? I thought about that one a bit and replied: Well actually, think about it a minute, Herb. If the teams could spend time devising clever ways of trapping, hiding, moving and even catching the ball---from butterfly nets to shooting it out of the sky with a small man launched drone--and so long as they couldnt kill anyone--now wouldnt that be REALLY fun to watch? As I said, Herb missed the kick, the Patriots won--and right now he is completely ignoring me. But I still think I have a point!!! :)
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05:53:59 +0000
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