We here at NSN do not even know who this mysterious figure is. He signed his letter the Mad Mayor and left it in an old piece of parchment which looked like it was from the Cival War era and he sealed it with a wax marking as if he was stinking Alexander the Great. Still, his writing was somewhat amusing and we will share it with you now.
tHe Mad MaYor's SpoRts MuSings
A strange thought occurred to me a couple days ago as I was watching my nieces in their tree house in my parents backyard. You see they have a slide, swings, monkey bars, and even (unheard of in my youth) a rock climbing wall, so pretty much it is a pimped out tree house for a three and four year old. So what do you think they use the most in the tree house? Nope not the slide but good try kids. It is the area under the house that they use to stage a tea party and the most activity happens when they argue about whether Addys babies or Dodo’s bears get more seats at the table.
Doesn’t fit but I see you laughing
As I watched I couldn’t help but laugh when I thought of the guys that go out in the middle of the woods and spend the weekend running around acting like wizards and other pretend creatures from the Forgotten War Torn Lands of Gonderdor. How can these full grown adults with jobs, kids, and mortgages still play dress up and make believe with other adults? Wow, they must have grown out of the “tea party stage.” Before the point of this article a funny larping picture.
Quickly after my laugh at larpers, I began to think back to my magazine in the kitchen which is one of many, along with web sites and podcasts I use to scout for my fantasy football teams. Should I take a running back or a quarterback in the first round or if I’m the last pick do I try for the double up quarterback wide receiver combo? Then it hit me, Fantasy Football and the tea party are not that much different, lets replace seats at the table with spots on my team, and bears and babies with quarterbacks and running backs. In the end Addy and Dodo, larpers, and us fantasy sportsters are all just playing make believe. We just do it with sports which, yes without a doubt makes it cool (lets face it, sports (except for hockey) make everything cooler) but it’s the same principal. So next time you see little kids acting like animals or a grown man dressed as a wookie don’t be so quick to laugh they might know that wide receiver sleeper that saves your season.
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