Pigeons

9.42 pm. Saturday night update. Three match points to Clijsters. Please ignore everything below. This has been a totally engrossing women’s final… unbearable tension. Hang on. Gotta let the cat in. 

So I’m watching an Australian Open mixed doubles battle between four players who are almost as good as suburban A-grade singles players. Then whoosh! Just like that! A pigeon lands on the ledge outside my office window.

Pigeons. Nearly but not quite as interesting as Vera Zvonareva. Pic: Sam Ruttyn

And not just any pigeon, but one of those really rare and beautiful grey ones! Awesome! An actual grey pigeon. Wow, what a sight.

But back to the tennis. Things are getting really exciting in a fourth round women’s match between two grunting Russian baseliners when… hang on. Hey, I just noticed we’ve still got our Christmas decorations up at work. Oooh, and what about that gorgeous row of paper dalmation baubles. It must’ve been up six weeks and I swear I just saw it for the first time. Heh-he. Dalmatians.

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  • Michael says:

    05:37pm | 30/01/11

    Tennis?  Good?  The two words in the same sentence constitutes an oxymoron.  Tennis is boring, tedious and somwhat akin to synchronised swimming in it’s mediocrity. Read more »

  • Honesty says:

    01:27pm | 30/01/11

    Sitting on my a#se for hours watching some spoilt ponce leap around the court like a gazelle on lsd, hitting a ball desperately to win huge amounts of money, then sulk and pout and scream when they don’t win is NOT my idea of fun. “Sport” was encouraged by the… Read more »

 

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