What Sports Is All About
A couple of weeks ago, my wife asked me what the big appeal was to sports, and why people bothered with it. She's obviously not a sports fan, but even being one, I couldn't figure out an articulate way to get it across to her.
Then came game 2 of the series between the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels. It was the bottom of the 9th, tie game, and the Angels had just walked the best hitter on the Red Sox team, David Ortiz. Manny Ramirez comes up, and on the first pitch yanks the ball out of the park to deep center field, and the game is immediately over, just like that. The screams in the background, and my jumping up out of my seat, in my own room, the euphoria,... that's what sports is all about.
I experienced the same thing last night, Cowboys at Buffalo, down the entire game, and then the Cowboys, who played a terrible game, found a way to win it by scoring 9 points in the last 26 seconds of the game, the final points coming off a 52 yard field goal that the kicker had to kick twice; immediate euphoria once again, while also knowing that I wasn't going to have to get all those phone calls today because the Bills (local favorite team) had beaten my team, which was heavily favored.
That's what sports is all about. Even when you assume you know what the final outcome is going to be, it's not always so cut and dry, and it can all turn so fast, so immediate, and, well, there's just nothing else like it.
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Errr Catfish I thought Sports were all about
Sassys
mens insatiable egos? LOL!
That helps, Sassys,...
but these days there are more and more rabid women who are making male fans looks tame by comparison. :-)
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No No Catfish
Sassys
Those are not women dude...they are men in drag!
Then I've gotta say, Sassys,...
that some of those men in drag are hot! Especially the ones showing all the cleavage. :-D
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Most drag queens have the best cleavage Catfish!
Sassys
And legs galore...it's what they have betwixt those legs that makes one say "HUH??" LOL.
Well, hmmm Sassys,...
I think "best" cleavage is real, which drag queens are missing, though they do know how to wear certain things to make it seem like they have cleavage. And I don't even think about what they have between their legs.
You may not believe this one, but I can always tell, in person, who's a guy and who's a girl. I remember some years ago being the only one who knew, at least initially, that these two guys who were dressed as women in long, sparkling evening gowns, were male, as they were walking in and out of the women's bathroom. I told my friends, who didn't believe me, until they finally got "outed" by some outraged women. Spending three years in the same building with gay theater majors who thought being "glamboyant" made them better actors did it for me. lol
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I was writing a reply to this, our Sassys, when I lost internet
connection.
I was telling you that, whilst in Chicago, I did spy some drag queens, with large things bouncing afront. Never in my life have I laid eyes on such voluptuous objects! I would further agree that the legs were plentiful, and I can see some finding this attractive.
As for what lies (or hangs) betwixt the legs, only one expression will do (for me, anyway): Ugh!!
Sports! Ha! A veritable plethora of boorish activity!
Men, and now women, charge at each other like bulls racing towards a red flag! Of course, it can be fun. I expect without the aggession, that element of competitiveness, it wouldn't be.
And just what is your favourite part of sports, our Catfish? The cheerleaders, I presume, where relevant :P!
Truthfully, IOAW,...
I don't pay much attention to cheerleaders during the game; afterwards, maybe. :-) But during a game, if I'm at a game (which is rare), I'd rather read something, go get food, bathroom breaks, or just look around the crowd. On TV, since they rarely show the cheerleaders, it is what it is.
As for the rest,... maybe you needed to participate in more sports. Sports builds character for many, though, I guess, if you're not athletic enough to be good at any of them I could see why you might hate participating, or watching. ;-P
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Heehee! I was teasing, our Catfish.
I do not think sports are so dreadful, although like your wife, I am not in the least interested in watching!
And no, I am not athletic. I am refined and would rather recline...yes, on my low scrolled couch with wheels, sipping raspberry cordial and reading a book. Sports? Bah! I need not resort to such measures to maintain my queenly shape :P!
Uhhh, what's a raspberry cordial, IOAW,...
that's one I've never heard of. If it's alcoholic, that would explain things, since I don't drink.
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Raspberry cordial is NOT alcoholic, our Catfish!
How dare you presume that I am a drunkard! It is a lovely, smooth CANADIAN drink. You might be well advised to try some, along with our other Canadian delights :) (Like beaver tail-you might be convinced!)
Well Miss Inquest,...
you still didn't tell me what it was. However, my taste buds are already thinking nasty, since I don't have raspberries in the first place.
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Oh, our Catfish! You scorn everything that is civilized! :)
I tell you that raspberry cordial is a drink, which is obviously made from raspberries. If you like, I can send you the recipe!
What do you mean, nasty? It is a lovely drink, dating far back in Canadian history! But what else can I expect from you? Your preferencs are clearly wanting, if you can refuse a nice, flaky cinammon pastry like our beaver tail, or an elegant dish of quail baked in a maple base! :P
EEEWWWWWWWWW, IOAW,...
I hate fruit, unless it's apples. Course, I knew raspberry cordials had to contain raspberries, but if that's all it was then it'd be called raspberry juice, so I assume there's something else in there. Civilized indeed.
And I ain't eating no pastries, even though I like cinnamon. Well, if there's lots of icing on it, like a cinnamon bun, I might think about it. lol
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NO THERE IS NO ICING, our Catfish!
Really! Must everything drip beneath a blanket of sugar for you to enjoy it? What a disgraceful appetite you own.
Raspberry cordial can be thought of as a kind of syrop, our Catfish. It certainly is NOT like raspberry juice. We also enjoy raspberry cordial in jams and desserts.
No icing?
Then what's the point? And you drink syrup; ick! And you talk to me about syrupy sweet; ugh! ;-P Berries; gag!
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It is not what you think, ignorant one, our Catfish!
It is a light, delicious, beneficial drink, fondly celebrated in my native Canada. You might try it, when you decide to engage in more civilized tastes. But, for the time being, I see you are contented with savage ways. So, enjoy your Mc Donalds cone. Don't choke on the fat ;)!
I would rather,...
be forced to eat broccoli than drink anything that has raspberries or syrup in them; ick! Then again, I eat broccoli now, though only with mashed potatoes and meat so I can cover them up.
"Civilized" and "Canada" don't seem to belong in the same sentence. Weren't Doug and Bob MacKenzie from Canada (let's see how up to date your knowledge is), who advocated nothing but drinking beer? And just how many Canadian comedians have come down here and tried to corrupt us poor Americans with their bad comedy and bad habits? ;-P
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The boorish hide among the civilized, our Catfish.
That has always been so. I do not speak for the Canadians who disgrace us, but for the majority who retain our polite and genteel culture.
Look at your own American self, how you prowl behind and between the more refined, fellow countrymen and women, who would welcome a glass of raspberry cordial, happily sit to high tea and crumpets, enjoy a polite sampling of elogent quail, and certainly partake, on occasion, of a light pastry cinammon dish. They would delight in all these activities, whilst you guzzle juice with 10% fruit content, and stuff your gut with meat and potatoes. Bah!
You mean, Miss Inquest,...
that boring .001% of the elite that most of the rest of us never talk to because we know they have no idea what we're talking about? The type that produces Paris Hilton-like children who've never seen garbage disposals? Hey, at least I put my pinky finger out when drinking my iced tea. :-)
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