Sep 7, 2010

Sports Fever

The betting scandal in Cricket is making me depressed. If our sporting idols fall from their lofty pedastals, what is left in the world to hope for!!

The stars of the game may cheat and fail us (and the doping tests), but there are common folks - ordinary ones - who keep the spirit up. Like this man in the story below :
A man had great tickets for the Football World Cup Final.

As he sits down, another man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the empty seat next to him.

"No," he says. "The seat is empty."

"This is incredible!" says the other man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the World Cup Final, the biggest sporting event, and not use it?"

"Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. My wife was supposed to come with me, we had booked tickets long ago and had planned to watch the finals together. But, you see ... she passed away. In fact, this is the first World Cup Final we haven't been to together since we got married.

"Oh ... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbour to take the seat?"

The man shakes his head. "No. They're all at the funeral..."
People like this only keep the sporting world alive - err... even when their near and dear die!

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