
Well sports fans, it's footy finals time here in the Land of Oz. My team, Wests Tigers are in the rugby league finals for the first time in over a decade and they haven't won since 1969. Also we've just had the first weekend of finals in the AFL (Australian Football League) a peculiar game which I won't attempt to explain now. So with all this footy madness you'd think the TV would be flooded with it...
Think again! What do we have shown at this sport heavy time of year? A delayed telecast of the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant. Hurrah! This is how Australian TV works, we buy up B grade American shows and wait until the worst possible time to show them. And so I did what any footy lover in need of a fix did... I sat down and picked the winner! And I must say with the utmost pride, that from the final 15, I correctly picked the top 5 in order. (well, I kind of cheated with 3 and 4 and said they could go in either order, but apart from that...) Go Miss Teen Ohio!
Meanwhile, I had the internet set to the rugby league website to keep an eye on the scores. If the Tigers won by 10 points and the Dragons lost by 10 points then the Tigers would have ended up 2nd on the ladder... and if, in addition to this, the Rabbitos lost then the Newcastle team would avoid the Wooden Spoon (last place). None of these things occurred. The Tigers lost, the Newcastle Knights lost, the Rabbitos won. And to boot the Adelaide teams both won in the AFL and we never want to see that happen!
In short, I appear to be far better suited to picking winners in beauty pageants than in the football. This is a disturbing revelation for an Australian male. I immediately had to go out and fire up the barbie, chug back a six pack of heavies while burning the beer-soaked steak and wolf-whistling at the passing birds... I feel alright again now, thanks for asking.
Josh!
xoxo
hmmm reading everything from Bridget Jones to Little Women as well as watching, and correctly assessing, beauty pageants?