Football For Drama Queens

[diglett]

I used to hate football. Ball goes up the pitch, I thought, ball goes down the pitch. Sweaty men kick ball. Supporters punch in each in face. Big deal. Why do people get so excited? Then I started doing the first aid at Leyton Orient, and I realised I was seeing it all the wrong way. Forget all this stuff with the ball. The ball is a red

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[poggs]

I didn't even know England were playing yesterday, and didn't realise "we"'d won until this morning.

[diglett]

What kind of aliens were you abducted by?

[poggs]

He is called Benoit and is our panicky IT Manager in Paris who's taken up most of my working hours for the past WEEK.

[sister_stella]

Oooooh. NOW I get it! I came here on reddragdiva's recommendation.

ball goes down the pitch. Sweaty men kick ball. Supporters punch in each in face. Big deal.

Yes, that was me too. Although I've always been partial to a bit bellowing en masse but I thought that's what rock concerts were for.

Thank you for your explanation. There's some sort of big soccer football business about to happen that Australia's involved in soon (unless I've already missed it). This will come in handy. I might even be able to enjoy it now.

[lazy_hoor]

Can I friend you? I need more LJ footie fans!

[diglett]

Of course :)

[flavius_m]

I just ran into this more or less by accident, after all this time. Fantastic! You nearly nearly persuaded me to like foot-ball there:)