i must get this off my chest.......

i

am

absolutely

utterly

overwhelmingly

sick

to

near

death

of

this

country's

fascination

with

football.

(ran out of breath there..........excuse me as i compose myself again....)

ok now............

it's on tv almost nightly.........

our town.........holy cripers..........flags everywhere.........pom pom's............the t-shirts.........glorification in the newspaper.........if this much passion and attention and focus was put on, oh say the homeless and the unemployment/underemployment and poverty problems, we'd have it all solved in 48 hours!

people, please! it is just a game. repeat after me: it is just a game

no other sport incites such rabid response. it's obsessive. and weird.

we visited some friends today. we had to fight the "football" traffic so we arrived later than we had anticipated. upon arrival, i collapsed on the couch and (stupidly) said: "i wish to god football did not exist!"

now i have to admit, i have foot and mouth disease--always have, likely always will. you know what i am talking about: open mouth and insert foot.

given the looks i received................given the silence that immediately filled the room..........

it was then that i realized the pom pom's on the table and the local team's football jersey t-shirts on some of the guests. oh shit, i thought and quietly went outside to play with the dogs. thank god for dogs. they often end up being my companions at parties. or kids if no dogs are to be found.......

what was funny was what happened when we got ready to leave. the game was about ready to come on tv. "you're going already?" we were asked. "but the game is about ready to start!" this time it was my husband's turn to show his version of foot and mouth disease, for he said "yeah, we're gonna go. we really don't like football."

it was then that i realized my spouse and i have a very unique gift. we can render a room silent in 2 seconds.

so.......................just in case my point was not sufficiently made..........

i do not like football,
sport-a-dork.
i do not like it with cheese,
i will not watch it, oh please!
i would not play it with a mouse.
i would not play it with my dog (i know, what a louse!).

i do not want to see it here nor there.
i do not want to see it anywhere.
i will not watch or play football,
i do not like it,
sport-a-dork.