IronShark
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This thread is the result of an observation that I made quite some time ago but which has been resurrected recently as a result of the "St Merge love-in" that has been happening around the Shire since the Grand Final.
As many of you have noticed and subsequently commented on, since St Merge finally were able to stop choking long enough to fluke a premiership, there has been an epidemic of "Red V inflammation", which sounds like a sexually transmitted disease but is actually far more irritating! All the closet Dragons fans, who were not game to show their true colours unless the dreaded choking returned, have now come out in force.
And of course, they are only to happy to share their enthusiasm for the Dragons and, simultaneously, mock any one who happens to be a Sharks fan. I've now gotten well and truly sick and tired of debating with lifelong Shire residents who follow the Dragons, the Bunnies, the Tigers etc...but I have found a simple yet effective solution.
And this is it: "So...What's your excuse?" That's it. One simple question that will immediately have them backpedalling and coming up with all sorts of ludicrous sounding excuses to justify themselves.
Here's a few examples: I was talking to a bloke I met at a social occasion on the weekend. Turns out he grew up in Caringbah, went to Caringbah High, etc, etc. He commented on my Sharks cap and I said "Yeah, I've been a fan all my life. What about you?"
"Oh no!", he said. "I'm a Dragons fan!"
"So...what's your excuse?"
"What do you mean?", he says, looking confused.
"Well, you've lived in the Shire all your life, you said. Went to school here, met your wife here, even work here. So what's your excuse?", I asked him simply.
"Oh, well, ummm...you see my Dad was a Dragons fan and ummm, yeah."
Here's another one: A bloke I work with, once again born and bred in the Shire, still lives here, wife is from here - the usual. He supports Souths.
"So...what's your excuse?"
"Oh, when I was born, the Sharks weren't around yet!"
"So, what year were you born?"
"1965"
"Oh, so you picked a team when you were two?"
"Ummm, yeah..."
You see, all these people will come up with some lame attempt to justify their actions and it is in their explanation that it is plainly obvious just how flimsy most of them are.
The best one was when someone tried to turn it around on me. She said, "So why do you support the Sharks then?"
"Because I have lived here all my life. It's my home.", was my simple reply.
"Well, so do I!", she huffed indignantly.
"So,...What's your excuse?" , was all I had to say. There was no reply...
As many of you have noticed and subsequently commented on, since St Merge finally were able to stop choking long enough to fluke a premiership, there has been an epidemic of "Red V inflammation", which sounds like a sexually transmitted disease but is actually far more irritating! All the closet Dragons fans, who were not game to show their true colours unless the dreaded choking returned, have now come out in force.
And of course, they are only to happy to share their enthusiasm for the Dragons and, simultaneously, mock any one who happens to be a Sharks fan. I've now gotten well and truly sick and tired of debating with lifelong Shire residents who follow the Dragons, the Bunnies, the Tigers etc...but I have found a simple yet effective solution.
And this is it: "So...What's your excuse?" That's it. One simple question that will immediately have them backpedalling and coming up with all sorts of ludicrous sounding excuses to justify themselves.
Here's a few examples: I was talking to a bloke I met at a social occasion on the weekend. Turns out he grew up in Caringbah, went to Caringbah High, etc, etc. He commented on my Sharks cap and I said "Yeah, I've been a fan all my life. What about you?"
"Oh no!", he said. "I'm a Dragons fan!"
"So...what's your excuse?"
"What do you mean?", he says, looking confused.
"Well, you've lived in the Shire all your life, you said. Went to school here, met your wife here, even work here. So what's your excuse?", I asked him simply.
"Oh, well, ummm...you see my Dad was a Dragons fan and ummm, yeah."
Here's another one: A bloke I work with, once again born and bred in the Shire, still lives here, wife is from here - the usual. He supports Souths.
"So...what's your excuse?"
"Oh, when I was born, the Sharks weren't around yet!"
"So, what year were you born?"
"1965"
"Oh, so you picked a team when you were two?"
"Ummm, yeah..."
You see, all these people will come up with some lame attempt to justify their actions and it is in their explanation that it is plainly obvious just how flimsy most of them are.
The best one was when someone tried to turn it around on me. She said, "So why do you support the Sharks then?"
"Because I have lived here all my life. It's my home.", was my simple reply.
"Well, so do I!", she huffed indignantly.
"So,...What's your excuse?" , was all I had to say. There was no reply...
