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8:59am on Thursday, 2nd July, 2026:
Anecdote
Well, I watched the England game yesterday despite knowing the half-time score.
My younger daughter arrived during the break.
Me: Do you know the score?
Daughter: Yes, but you said you were recording it and didn't want to know.
Me: Have there been any goals?
Daughter: (hesitantly) ANY goals?
Me: Sigh. So DR Congo got one. I wanted to know because if there'd been no goals then we could have skipped the first half.
Daughter: (helpfully) There was one goal.
Me: OK. So we're one-nil down at half time.
Daughter: Oh well, you can skip it after the first five minutes, anyway.
I should have known better. This is, after all, the woman who, when asked at her baby's gender-reveal party if there was anything inside the balloon she was about to burst, replied "only blue paper".
I didn't skip the first half, but watched the whole match. Only the hydration and half-time breaks were skipped. England really do like to put their fans through the wringer.
Next time, I'll ask her if it's goalless at half-time. Unless the answer is "yes", it'll probably still be a risk, though.
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