State of Origin

I am hoping for a white wash this year!!!!! That was totally awesome.

I will say no more, but to make this a confusing post, and to contradict my enjoyment of tonights violence, I will leave you with Leunig's take on football

Exerpt from "The Curly Pyjama Letters" by Michael Leunig:
"Dear Mr Curly,

I'm still a little shaken, having witnessed for the first time, something called a ‘football match’. It was awful. Two opposing teams of men, with great skill and energy, thwarted and violated each other, quite obsessively and shamelessly in full view of a large crowd for more than one and a half hours.

Such greed and desperate snatching I've never seen before. Such injury, sadism, and sabotage perpetuated in the cause of advantage over one's fellows. I saw not the slightest kindness or act of good faith pass between the teams.

Very interestingly, the crowd was utterly approving of it all this trouncing and hurting and deceiving - in fact, it seemed to thrive on it and became radiant when the spectacle was most violent …..

….. Anyway, the duck had a terrible day, but as usual, took the spectacle of human madness and sickness in its stride, or should I say, “in its waddle”. As we know, ducks don't stride; nor are they strident!

Good wishes dear friend.

Yours truly and in a waddling spirit,
Vasco Pyjama."