I'm a completely involuntary football fan, it's a bit weird really. I knew all those hours in English pubs would come back to haunt me at some point. I guess I just figured it would be in the shape of alcoholism rather than the appreciation of the immensly stupid game that is football. When I realised I actually understand the offside rule, that's when I got a bit scared. And my "so talk me through the offside rule"-t-shirt? I can't wear that anymore. I will have to pass it on to someone who have yet to learn this stigmatised rule. As well as being an involuntary football fan, I'm also an extremely involuntary feminist, and as such I'm equally outraged and amused at how men don't seem to hear what a woman says during a game. I was watching Sweden v. Trinidad&Tobago with my husband and my father. The conversation was completely one-sided in my universe.
(me:) "Aw, come one, he's totally offside." (I like using the offside rule as an example)
(father & husband:) [silence]
(father:) "Offside!"
(husband:) "Yeah, I know. Bastard!"
Weird.
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Oh, I think the understanding of the offside rule is in the hands of the explaining person. Like, I thought I knew what the offside rule is, but only until John Cleese explained it on tv.
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