Totally Offside

Remote Control

By The Sports Maniac

There has been alot of talk of use of "juju" and other forms of prediction formats that are intened to work in your team's favour. Africa has been accused of trying to do so. A 9 foot python was found in South Africa in the hands of a Sangoma. The belly creeper was in poor health. Other forms may be attributed to Africas, like guys in funny looking kits and strange ornamentation.

Now lets move to the Europeans, Germany in specific. They have Paul the Octopus. Octopaul predicts match results by eating from either the pot with the flag of Germany or their opponents. Octopaul is a non-mamal, just like the python in SA. Their purpose the same; modus operandi, depends on wha you believe, for me tis just the same.

A flow of printed works from North of the Latitude Cancer made Africa look like the remote control capital of the universe. Octopaul makes us understand they are like us, only that they use other organisms, and use apalatable words to describe the phenomenon.

Here is the difference; the python in SA will be treated by vets, Octopaul will be a subject of theses, antitheses, and hypotheses. The sangoma will be down trodden - not that I believe in his works - while Paul's keeper will be on Larry King, Hard Talk(BBC), Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, and National Geographic.

What a way of life that footbal is.

For the record, I consider Octopaul a traitor; he was born in England - Germany's auld enemy? What happened, hopes tis not the warm weather.