Okay, I admit it to you all, I'm a Gooner. (That means I support Arsenal Football team to the non natives reading this). Not a good thing to be today. (we rather embarrassingly lost the cup final yesterday) But I'm not one of those mad fans that consider winning and losing to be the only thing in life. I've got way more important things to care about. So I'm really not bitter. Slightly disappointed, admittedly, but I do think Birmingham just wanted the win more than we did, and outplayed us.
All that said, the next person who mentions it with that smug smile of one who never cares about footy until they know your team has lost...well, they'll find themselves down for the night shift for the next year. Right?
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I was going to say it wasn't so bad - nice shot by your man RVP - but then I saw that last goal where they all tripped over their own shoelaces and Martins just strolled up and nudged it in. Is this the real reason you weren't over last night? Couldn't show your face for the shame, hm? I understand. A few too many beers too, probably. Completely reasonable. Given they lost to Birmingham.
PS: Afraid I may be wearing a Night Shift Grin at this very moment.
Oh but I know you'd enjoy 'night shift' far too much, Johnny Boy.
And yes, what made it worse was that we were doing okay, and quite possibly on for the win...until THAT happened, and only a few minutes from time, too!
But it positively wasn't the reason I wasn't over. Seeing you would have improved my mood 100%. I did not, however, want to go to work wearing my one clean (pink) shirt today. And no, I didn't buy it for myself. Unless it started out white, in which case I might have done.
Depends on my shift supervisor, Inspector.
Nothing wrong with pink. In theory at least. Wearing it the day after Arsenal lost to Birmingham might incite some perfect storm of mockery. So. Good choice!
Having had to put up with a load of night-shifters (and worse...spurs fans) all day I agree!
Nothing wrong with pink.
There speaks a man who has never:
Stood up in court whilst wearing pink.
Tried to arrest someone whilst wearing pink.
Worked with Sally Donovan whilst wearing pink.
Interrogated someone wearing pink.
Although if you want the shirt, it's yours...
Geshtinanna - Yeah, got a few Spurs fans in the office. And Chelsea fans. And anyone-but-your-team-fans (so a surprising number of Birmingham fans today). Like I said, I'm not THAT bothered!
Fair point. Whatever else you want to say about the Army, you never have to worry about what to wear first thing in the morning.
The discussion of pink clothing and Army life reminded me of when a journalist snapped a photo of a US soldier defending a position against (Afghan? I think?) insurgents. The reason this was remarkable: it was a dawn raid, and the soldier in question had only bothered to throw on his helmet and body armor, but not his pants. As I recall, his boxers were bright pink. Ah, yes, here's the photo, courtesy of the Telegraph. Defense Secretary Gates later said, "Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage," and said he wanted to shake the soldier's hand.
So, Lestrade - care to tell us whether your ex-soldier boyfriend has any pink shorts? ;)
This is where being an American cop comes with benefits. My former boss was partial to pastels--baby blue, baby pink, sunshine yellow. But nobody picks on with a man who is accessorizing his pink shirt with a Glock.
haha, Random, good point.
Annoyedwabbit - your comments come in to my email inbox, but don't appear here. I'll get Mycroft the technical genius onto it. But he's in bed right now.
And I have a certain doctor who should be in bed too...
Whoops, sorry about that.
As someone who's never followed any type of sport without the external application of extreme duress, I have to say that I am deeply perturbed that I could follow this conversation.
I blame my coworkers - one of whom lives and dies for Chelsea and the other who follows Manchester United only to irritate the first. They stand in the hallway and bicker quite loudly on their way to rugby matches. Sadly, I live in Dallas.
Tinkerty-tonk,
Bronwyn
Bronwyn - I can only commiserate that you have co-workers with such appalling taste in football teams.
Random - I'll take a ribbing over wearing a pink shirt over the chance of killing someone anyday, thanks.
Annoyedwabbit - It's apparently a known issue with Blogger, and they're trying to fix it. Honestly, even Sherlock could have fixed it by now. Useless. I'd do it myself, but Mummy says it's rude to hack into other people's networks and servers. I hope they fix it soon.
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