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Monday, May 22, 2006

Touchdown!

The entrance of the building is covered with people and the circular driveway is littered with skateboarders, rollerbladers and the occasional person whipping around a Frisbee.

As I trek down the stairs and onto the sidewalk, my walk begins to develop into a slow jog, since I am meeting up with someone at UCC about a speech I’m helping to write.

DW is throwing a pigskin to one of two guys, placed in a triangle pattern around the driveway and I give him a nod which says, Hey, as I pass by him.

By the time I get to the street, I hear, “Hey, Steve, catch!”

Not knowing exactly what I heard, I turn around slowly and before I am able to react, I see a something brown coming towards my head. BAM! The football whacks me on my forehead and I fly backwards a few feet - both arms and one leg in the air - and land ass first on the ground.

Wanting to say something angry and insulting to the doofus who threw a football at me (or even to me), I formulize a pithy insult in my head, but it never materializes.

“Ow,” I say as I rub my forehead.

“Sorry, dude. Did that hurt?” I hear him ask as he runs towards me.

Since I am still on the ground, I look up at him and give him the evil eye. “Why did you throw that at me?”

“I thought you'd catch it.”

“What ever gave you the impression that I could catch it? Or would catch it?” I should’ve also added that I don’t play hardly any sports. “I don’t do football.”

“Sorry, dude. You ok?”

“Yes, yes, I’m ok,” I say as I wave him away from me, while rubbing my tender nether regions. “I have to get going…” I mumble as I walk away.

I don’t care for football. Throwing around a ball around, trying to get it from one white line to another, while teammates pummel into each other - I can’t understand the fascination that so many people have for the game.

And, this bump on the head isn’t going to help me love it even more.

4 Comments:

Blogger Kevin said...

Ahhh, a man after my own heart. A non-football-playing man ...

Hope someone was there to kiss the bump on your forehead.

May 22, 2006 7:56 am  
Blogger tornwordo said...

Oh how I loathe football, let me count the ways. Ugga Bugga.

May 22, 2006 9:03 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

God at least was he cute. Was he willing to "feel" your pain? Did he want to kiss it and make it feel better. WTF I have a feeling you're leaving the sweatsock stuffed in his mouth while you rode him like a merman on a porpoise out.
kb

May 23, 2006 10:09 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You should have given him the blow jab where it would hurt the most...the balls. ;)

May 23, 2006 11:09 pm  

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