Appeasing The Sports Gods
Imagine sitting in a stadium packed with over 65,000 people, when a voice on the loudspeaker begins to pray over 22 men on an open field who are about to beat each other senseless to gain possession of a leather ball, which they then attempt to transport across a designated line on the grass. The football program at this privately funded parochial university definitely seems organized. Whether it qualifies as religion is, unquestionably, arguable.
Early in the first quarter, all eyes were glued on the quarterback, his left foot forward, chest out, and right arm poised high above his head in preparation to fling the ball to a receiver 30 yards downfield, when a thought struck me.
If a glacier were to descend upon us at this very moment, what message would this frozen scene deliver about our society to future civilizations? Once the entire area had been excavated I'm sure we would be perceived as a race of primitives who worshipped an air-filled leather pouch by sacrificing post-adolescent males in elaborate costumes, on a gridded field designed to measure our degree of worthiness.
Come to think of it, that's pretty damn close! Maybe there is something to this archaeology stuff.
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I can dig it, Pinhole.
I am often amused when a batter stands outside the batter's box to make the sign of the cross, at the same moment is behind the mound doing the same thing!
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I know what you mean, FF&F. It's not quite as amusing, however, when it's countries instead of a couple of ballplayers.
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Nice, FF&F. I'll have to visit your other blog more often.
And thanks for the link.
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I think your alien friend from the future has us pegged, Pinhole.
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Unfortunately, I think you're right, PC.
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You know, when you think about it, it really is a religion to a lot of the fans. What's questionable is whether it's organized. Either way the whole situation is fuel to my theory that "homo sapiens" isn't one of the intelligent species.
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You're probably right, Montucky. I've always gotten things a little backwards. When I was four a few folks found it cute. Now most people just find it annoying.
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I guess God looks down and decides the game on whose prayer was the best. Does this mea=n they get a tax break too?
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If that is truly the case, one would think they'd be exempt.
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The alien would get out his pinhole came, take a picture, upload it to his planet, and create a whole new religion.
Of course, the rules might not be the same while they try to figure out how the whole shebang works.
Malcolm
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Misinterpretation would be inevitable, and likely give the phrase "passing a football" a whole new meaning.
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