Football

Everyone's gone mad for football here including my work. The football fans have talked us all into participating in a football pool. It's only £5 but you have to predict the scores for all 30 some games. I have no idea what i'm doing, but using the BBC score sheet as a guide.

It's quite good for me really, since now i'll have some interest in the games which are unavoidable for the next few weeks. Everyone i know has their lives planned out around their favourite teams so if i want to see anyone it will have to be in the pub amongst the shouting hordes. Hopefully, I can avoid having beer thrown at me. Last time, Mom was visiting and when i took her to the Park bar to watch, some excitable Scottish fans flung their pints across the room, where it hit the back wall and splashed all over Mom and her jacket. She took it quite well, a cultural experience, especially enjoying the encouraging songs of the fans, 'The referee's a wanker, the referee's a wanker...la la la'.