Yay Team?!?
May. 10th, 2011 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanNice to know that after a few years together I can still surprise... & somewhat horrify... my Long-Suffering Partner.
Shopping today at the local Mega-Mall for assorted odds'n'ends, we wandered into a bargain clothing chain colloquially known as 'Less Than Best'. I was on the lookout for round-the-house winterwear & found myself browsing through the section devoted to 'official' clothing for the local Rugby League team which I've always paid lip-service to, but have never really followed, nor developed a rabid, one-eyed devotion to, but have always preferred to see them winning & am pleased when they do.
So there's this replica jersey/guernsey of said team's original 'strip' ~ basically maroon & white horizontal stripes & a strange impulse comes over me that I really want one! I've never owned a football jersey/guernsey other than the ones required for school games &, as mentioned, have never enthusiastically followed a team... but this thing called to me. Granted, it was probably the closest thing I'd seen to what I was looking for ~ a robust pullover that wasn't a sweater, but if it had been in any other team's colours I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it.
Quite where this places me on the evolutionary/machismo scale is confusing enough without wondering why this particular time & this particular item ~ purchased against the better judgment, disbelieving looks & disparaging comments of my L-SP.
But... I'm wearing it now & one thing is certain. It keeps me warm. Whether I'll start watching more football remains to be seen.
And I do know we won our game last night...
Shopping today at the local Mega-Mall for assorted odds'n'ends, we wandered into a bargain clothing chain colloquially known as 'Less Than Best'. I was on the lookout for round-the-house winterwear & found myself browsing through the section devoted to 'official' clothing for the local Rugby League team which I've always paid lip-service to, but have never really followed, nor developed a rabid, one-eyed devotion to, but have always preferred to see them winning & am pleased when they do.
So there's this replica jersey/guernsey of said team's original 'strip' ~ basically maroon & white horizontal stripes & a strange impulse comes over me that I really want one! I've never owned a football jersey/guernsey other than the ones required for school games &, as mentioned, have never enthusiastically followed a team... but this thing called to me. Granted, it was probably the closest thing I'd seen to what I was looking for ~ a robust pullover that wasn't a sweater, but if it had been in any other team's colours I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it.
Quite where this places me on the evolutionary/machismo scale is confusing enough without wondering why this particular time & this particular item ~ purchased against the better judgment, disbelieving looks & disparaging comments of my L-SP.
But... I'm wearing it now & one thing is certain. It keeps me warm. Whether I'll start watching more football remains to be seen.
And I do know we won our game last night...
