03/07/2010

You Get Better Pictures On Radio.

It's 10.25 on Saturday evening and Spain have just beaten Paraguay 3 - 0. I didn't watch the match; I'm really not that interested in football. So I sat out on the balcony, enjoying a lovely summer evening and a glass of wine.

For the first hour it was pretty much a standard village evening, quiet and peaceful apart from the soft burble of voices - neighbours chatting, children playing, people out for a stroll and a few words with people you meet. In other words, nothing to shout about (literally) in the first half.

This is the time of year of open doors and windows, so as the game finally picked up in the second half, suddenly the village BELLOWED; twice, in quick succession and each time, a rocket shot skyward and exploded with an ear-splitting bang. Then fifteen or twenty minutes later, another bellow and more rockets. Goal number three; pretty much home and dry. Then, around twenty past ten, a more subdued wave of cheering, horn blowing, and rocket firing. Game over; Spain through; 3-0.
Am I right?

4 comments:

  1. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite lke that! Yes, Spain is through, but it was Paraguay 0 Spain 1.

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  2. Thanks, Dave. Just makes my point. I got three great goals last night. People watching on TV had to make do with one!

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  3. Sorry, David. Shouldn't have shortened your name. That's what comes of moderating from my iPod and not checking back to the ID on the original comment.

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