I actually had to listen for almost a half hour to a woman with the voice of a harpy argue with a guy with a brain the size of a peanut over one of the dumbest things I have heard people argue. Oh, it was a peach.
She shrieked, "That is left field!"
To which he wisely replied, "Well, I batted left-handed, so that is left field."
"I like frogs". "It's kite-man!"
Note to people arguing; first, not everyone within 500 yards needs to hear your strident voices and inane babbling. Even if we did, non-sequiters such as "I batted left-handed" don;t need to enter the conversation.
So they sat ther surrounded by sports fans arguing at the top of their lungs about this for quite some time. Now, this would not be acceptable even if they were varying their arguments. But they weren't. No, it was "That is left field! I know it is" "No, that is left field. I used to bat left handed." THAT WAS THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT!
Finally, one of them asked someone sitting next to them. He pointed out not only left field, but why. (You stand behind home plate facing the picture; if you point to your left, that is left field, if you point to your right, it is right field.) Case closed. So easily.
Then we get the fans of the losing team complaining about the referees. 150 yards from the play they are complaining about a clip. Then they are complaining about the "20 yard penalty". Repeatedly. To the point I finally turned around and said, "Nice math skills, dude. 1st and 10, a penalty, 1st and 25. What's 25-10? Nice 20 yard penalty. Can you not see the scoreboard?" which was all of maybe 20 yards from us.
On the bright side, it shut him up. On the dark side...that somehow reopened the first argument..."I am telling you, that is left field!"
Now, I love watching sports. When healthy enough, I enjoy playing them. And I don't care if the people I play with are good or not.
What I do care about is ignorance. If you don't know what you are talking about, have the voice of a shrew or the intelligence of a gnat, don't pierce our eardrums and grate on our nerves with your stupidity. Kepp your mouth shut, cheer when your team does well, boo when the opponent's do well, and don't drive your fellow spectators to the verge of insanity.
In my case, it doesn't matter, I am already there...
4 years ago
1 comment:
Yeah, I hate obnoxious spectators at sporting events. (Especially those who like to shout at the referees in hockey games before they've even made a call. I'd like to see them on the ice waiting for the next guy who will accidentally plaster them, not as refs, just to see them get plastered. :P) Those people drive me nuts too. But to be fair, that is a rather short trip for you or I. ;)
Post a Comment