Twisted Musings

Man, there is so much heavy news these days, and it all seems to be so
    negative.  The poor economy.  High unemployment.  People losing their
    homes to foreclosure.  An air-headed preacher planning to burn the Koran.
    The mosque in Manhattan.  A man in Kentucky kills his wife (and four
    others) because she didn’t fix his eggs the way he wanted. 

    On Sundays, I used to get up and watch church shows on television, but
    I quit doing that because I didn’t like being reminded that about everything
    I enjoy is in some way sinful.  And I hated the constant begging for donations.

    Likewise, I quit watching the ‘Talking Heads’ news shows.  All they do
    is hash and rehash the news, and nothing ever gets resolved.

    Ah, but then comes football.  From the moment of kick-off, the world is
    all right again.  The goals are simple.  One team tries to get the football
    to the opposing end zone, while the other teams tries to stop them.  There’s
    a lot of pushing and shoving and tackling, and when a player gets hurt
    they carry him off the field and put in another one.  Great stuff!!  And, of
    course, the icing on the cake is when your team scores more points than
    the other team.

    And then, of course, there’s the cheerleaders.  The Dallas Cowboy cheer-
    leaders are the sexiest, in my book.  But good lord, did you see the
    Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders in the Eagles – Packers game?  Whoo
    boy.  They wore some kind of clingy, off blue outfits, with matching
    leggings that came up almost to their knees. 

    One more thing…..when you watch football you don’t have to feel
    guilty about what you eat.  You can have really good stuff, like cold
    beer and bratwurst covered with relish, onions, and sauerkraut.  And
    chips and dip. 

    Many years back, when my eldest daughter was attending a Catholic
    school in Green Bay, I went to visit her on a cold, blustery, snowy
    Sunday afternoon.  I went to the office to check in, and the three
    nuns working the desk were watching a Packer game in progress.
    They were so wrapped up in the game they didn’t even notice me
    when I came in.  The Packers were driving towards the goal line,
    and one elderly nun was waving her arms and shouting  “go, go….hit
    him”.  I had to chuckle, but I could understand and appreciate her
    excitement.

    Football isn’t important in the matter of world affairs.  But football is
    very important to those of us who are fans, because it gives us few hours
    of enjoyable diversion from all the weighty problems of the world.

    Go Packers!!