The game kicked off here at 2.30am.
The "Child-Bride" is quietly tucked away in her bed with our two cats. I had forecast a 7-0 drubbing. We were playing the Mighty Arsenal at the Emirates and they had won 6-0 during the week.
Half time and it's 0-0. I make my way quietly downstairs and make a cuppa and return along with a KitKat bar.
Second half and the Arsenal score. I think 'here comes the avalanche' as I finish my tea and KitKat.
Then we score - I manage to contain myself as it is getting on for 4.00am but then WE SCORE AGAIN! I cannot help myself. I promised I wouldn't but out came my old 1960's rattle and I let rip. The "Child-Bride" went absolutely barmy
(she is going through change and has PMS to boot
) as the cats, their hair standing on end, shot downstairs and took refuge behind the settee in the living room.
"If I hear that f*cking rattle one more f*cking time I'll ram it fair and square up your f*cking ar5e" she said gently.
The next door neighbour gave me a dirty look when I got up at 12.30pm and snarled "I gather your wog-ball team won last night"
"We beat Arsenal on THEIR ground" I said proudly.
"Sh*t"! he said "What's the name of your team again"?
"Hull City"! I said, even more proudly.
"Never 'erd of 'em" he muttered shuffling back inside.
It is also the morning after the most important event on the Australian Football Calendar, the GRAND FINAL where a capacity crowd of 100,012 watched as the underdogs "Hawthorn Hawks" caused the biggest upset of the season by defeating the almost unbeatable "Geelong Cats"
(who had only lost once during the season
) by 115 points to 89.
To me, this achievement pales into insignificance at what my beloved "Tigers" achieved yesterday.
Well done to all concerned with this historic win that caused an almost bed-ridden 70 year old to swing his old die-hard rattle round his head at 4.00am in the morning like a lunatic!
As Maxwell Smart said "And, LOVIN' it"!!
That was a ripping performance, by the way, congratulations. The Arse losing, United winning, and then the Nix yesterday. What a weekend!