BEASTLY TALES - THE FOOTBALL FREAK
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BEASTLY TALES
THE FOOTBALL FREAK
Arthur Snodgrass was a football freak,
Of Rugby football he was always ready to speak.
He tried to convince his twelve year old son,
That, of football games, Rugby was the only one.
He insisted that his son, whose name was Jember
Commit to memory the names of every team member.
Going back to nineteen fifteen,
And any extras that were in between.
The son, not surprisingly, took exception to this,
It became quite a blot on familial bliss.
Arthur insisted, “Come on now my lad”,
“You must want to make me happy, not sad”.
“But Dad, there’s hundreds of names, “Jember said.
“And at least half of them are already dead”.
“What difference if I know all the names or not?”
“It does seem to me that you’ve lost the plot”.
Now Snodgrass senior determined to attend,
The Rugby Grand Final at season’s end.
He said to Snodgrass junior, “You must come”.
Snodgrass junior looked at him as if he was dumb.
“I’m afraid any love of Rugby you have driven away”.
“You’ll never get me interested, you’ve lost all sway!”
“But my son, how can this be?”
“I thought love of football was hereditary”.
“I thought that football was a reason to live”.
“It was an inheritance, to you I could give”.
But Snodgrass junior just turned away,
He just didn’t think there to be anymore to say.
Snodgrass senior’s jaw hit the ground,
He had no reaction to be found,
To such an unimaginably strange thought,
He should say something, surely he ought?
“My son, lets go shopping to buy”,
“New jerseys and scarves, team colours to fly”.
“Then we can happily go to the game”.
“Feeling quite noble and free from blame”.
Snodgrass junior said, “If I wanted to be barmy”
“I would just go right out and join the Army”.
“There I could dress up in uniform clothes”,
“And go straight to battle, for a bloody nose!”
“There’s little difference you can name”,
“With that and Rugby, yes, much the same”.
Snodgrass senior gasped at such a notion,
Nothing would divert him from football devotion.
Now football trending time for the world
Now football trending time for the world
There are a lot of fathers like that, trying to force a love for sports but not everyone are into it. Every persons have their own interests and parents have to repect that
It's true.
welcome to steemit annie. I hope you have a good time here and reach all your goals
Thanks Ikar 😍
Oh, I would rather watch paint dry, than watch football. Poor Jember Snodgrass, he just wasn't into it.
This is exactly right a hereditary Semite,
rahther odd and absurd and just not right.
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great post !!
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