Wednesday, November 01, 2006

sack of potato's

i hope these posts are still proving interesting to read. maybe this one will be more interesting.
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the night was halloween and the sun had fallen behind a blanket of darkness. the moon was draped in a foggy mist and roamed in the air like a thief in the night. for many this would be a normal night. for others it would prove so horrible that no words could mask the events of such happenings only the testimony of those who were unfortunate enough to be eye witnesses.

a small gathering of friends under the shadow of an abandoned hotel would prove a worthy adversary for a night of intense competative sport and manly showmanship. the ego in the air was almost as pungent as the odor from sweaty shirts. legs were sent flying. reputations were forming and amongst the ego,odor and spooky mist one man finds himself with the ball at his feet. running like the wind he hit his stride. with a foot on the ball and a balance momentarily misplaced the valient warrior hits the ground harder than a sack of potatos. the makeshift arena fell silent as blood poured from the womb and sweat dripped from the brow of a fallen giant. yet all was not lost as the ball rolled into the net to the sound of 'champions!'

the night was a staggering sucess for the underdogs who came out on top despite being massively under manned and full of rubbish thai's. this night like many others sums up the social lives of a large proportion of expat blokes in PP.

praise God for football.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ben your blog does crack me up! it is always interesting and exciting but todays was indeed particularly gripping. u really built the tension well - you'd get good marks for that in gcse english! norwich is F-U-N, i love it, have made some wickedo friends. was prayer and fasting the other week tho which was kinda sad cos i do miss it! anywho, hope ur well etc! god bless.
Debs

Kosev said...

I have to agree. This really is ripping stuff. Got a bit graphic when blood started pooring from someones 'womb'. I guess that's why women shouldn't be allowed on the pitch. We had our alternative halloween party last night. The evening was a great success with some fantastic outfits (except Ryan who came with his spongebag on his head). The night definately reached it's peak when Will punched Sarah Betts in the face and her nose bled for about half an hour before swelling into something resembling Mount Kilimanjaro. That's about the biggest news from our end at the mo.
God bless
Joe

Anonymous said...

Can I just put things into perspective for you benjy, Ryan may have come as 'sponge bag boy' but Joe came as....are you ready........ 'duvet boy', now you don’t have to be a brain scientist to imagine the creativity of this costume!

Luke’s outfit was equally lame... he was... 'fluff boy', this one involved non other than one of those oh so rare jumpers made out non other than wool itself! The thing is, I think I have more fluff on my chin than that jumper had fluff in its fabric! I don’t know.....

Anyway, work awaits, I must go.

Peace and strength,

Amigo Matt