Saturday, June 14, 2008

Pros and cons of football

I went to my first football game as a season ticket holder last night. After it rained all day, the clouds moved on just in time. It was a good experience and not nearly as bad as I had been dreading. I am still considering buying tickets to Reba McIntyre and Kelly Clarkson's concert just to make The Guy go to something out of his element, but we'll see how it goes.

While I was at the game, I started making a list of things I like and dislike about going to football games.

I like:

  • stadium hot dogs
  • smell of the ozone coming off the lights
  • exciting plays I actually followed and understood (sorta)
  • the guy 5 rows down with the homemade combine hat
  • little girls with pigtails and face paint
  • fire works
  • parachuters dropped from a plane into the middle of the field
  • the mascot. (Yes, I admit. I think Gainer is funny. Even if he "likes women"*)
I do not like:

  • drunk people
  • heckling
  • booing the visiting team
  • yelling "You suck" at a coach or player
  • the cost of drinks and hot dogs at the stadium - ($7.50 for a coke and a hot dog. What?)
  • drunk people getting louder
I have a hard time with what I consider unsportsmanlike conduct. That was my least favourite part of the game. They say it's worse when Calgary comes to play. I'm going to skip those games. I just think it's tacky and uncalled for. You can watch a game without getting drunk and offensive.

Although, I am new to the sport.


*edit: I forgot to explain this. Janny was at a gas station when Gainer happened to be there. Gainer tried to hug her repeatedly and followed her around when she tried to evade him. A strange trucker who was standing by said to her, "Gainer likes women" in a leery Ozarks kind of way.

5 comments:

  1. Quick! Explain the "*" for the readers.

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  2. Ky: Thanks. I forgot.

    Kate: Thanks, it's an old one I decided to resurrect.

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  3. When Chris went to the Western Final at BC Place, he found out that they actually have drinking and non-drinking sections there. He sat with families and non-drunk people (which was especially nice because he was surrounded by the other team's fans) and it was pleasant.

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  4. Again, anytime you want to pass the tickets off to someone who loves going to football games very much, I'm always available.

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