See I told you the comments would keep me going...

Categories: uncategorized

Tags: Neighbours, football

Date: 11 October 2005 20:12:22

In reply to ****'s comment on my previous entry, here is a list of things:

Neighbours versus Football/Soccer

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20 minutes a day of consistent entertainment, high drama, comedy and plot!
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90 minutes (plus extra/injury time) of a ball being kicked up and down a field

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A future in Hollywood or at the top of the charts
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A future of guest appearances on 'A Question of Sport' or advertising crisps

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A balance of genders with women occupying just as senior positions as men
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Let's just not go there shall we?

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No matter how obsessive the 'fans' get, they realise it's only a show
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'Fans' armed with Molotov cocktails beating each other to a pulp

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"In my imagination there is no hesitation"
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"You've got to hold and give but do it at the right time"

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BBQs and Anzac biscuits
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Half time oranges and cold tasteless hot dogs

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Lounging in swimming pools
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Crammed into terraces

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Scott and Charlene
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Posh and Beckham

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A face from the past returns to our screens, blows up half the set, murders the local stalker, sets up a major character for fraud whilst stealing his wife and winds up with one less leg than he started with.
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A face from the past returns to our screens, seemingly with little more purpose than to show just how ill you can get if you drink too much alcohol (especially after having anti-alcohol pellets inserted into your stomach)

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Sunshine
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Rain

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Of course really it's all just about where you aim your obsessions, it's the same thing in the long run, I recognised a lot of myself in Nick Hornby's 'Fever Pitch', even though I've never been to a football match, or even sat through more than maybe a couple on TV. A case of you say tomato and I say tomato (that line works so much better out loud...)
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Neighbours rocks and Football sucks