Thanks to Sam and Greg

Footballers in this country have the odd, odd habit of being “disappointed” after they get caught breaking the rules.

Upon further questioning a footballer won’t say he is disappointed because he was caught. No, he’ll be disappointed in “himself”.

Occasionally, as in the example below, they’ll get a mate to explain all these conniptions in the third person, complete with a virtual proposition masquerading as a non sequiter.

It reminds me of Johnny Howard offering regret that he had to suffer through the process of thinking about apologising to someone or other, all in place of a first-person “sorry”.

So much emotion, tied up in a million little knots and buried in concrete where his heart should have been.

There’s no message here; these are just observations that bring me much light relief from time to time. 

I’m actually glad that these people at least feel the need to pretend to be decent. 

It’s better than the alternative, as in the Donald, who seems to have no aspirations to grace whatsoever.

I wonder what in the world his parents did to him?