Around The World In 80 Waves

It always used to be said that if the Soviet Union were ever to invade the USA it would happen on Super Bowl Sunday because everyone would be distracted. I don’t know if that would be true but it is certainly quiet on the road back to Oceanside and I put my foot down because I am missing the start of the game. The Baltimore Ravens are taking on the San Francisco 49ers with brothers coaching the rival teams and when I arrive at the bar just before half time the Ravens have built a commanding lead.

Beyonce is the half time show to which I have only one thing to say. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

Baltimore extend their lead early in the second half with the longest return from a kick in the history of the NFL, however their progress is stopped soon after when a power cut takes out the lights in the stadium and the game is halted for over half an hour. San Francisco come out firing once the match resumes and get within a score of winning the match after three great touchdowns. However Baltimore hold their nerve and have enough left in the tank to see the game home. It was a great contest but the Californians in the bar couldn’t see it that way even if most were San Diego Chargers fans they were still supporting their local side. Great fun to watch in the bar but a lot of  people attend house parties, which is apparently how almost everybody enjoys the game in th US.

The bar is desserted soon after the final whistle leaving me with the random bloke from Singapore who tells me he has just got out of prison after a four month sentence for selling US secrets to the Chinese. (A charge that he denies still.) He gos on to tell me that he knows somebody in Indonesia who will sell me his sisters for $10.

Time for bed me thinks!