Day 138, Statler & Waldorf do sport

At the footy we often pretend to be Statler and Waldorf.  This is in anticipation of one day regularly sitting in the South Stand amongst the grumbling old duffers.  We normally get to sit in there during cup matches and this is often an eye opener.

One year during the early round of a cup competition we were at a game which was due to go to extra time.  One of the old chaps who had been grumbling in the style of the aforementioned duo got up, turned round to face the seated throng, waved his walking stick above his head and said "I'm not bothering to watch this rubbish, bloody useless".  He then stormed off at about 1 mile an hour.

We proceeded to win the match in reasonable style during extra time.

I never understand why anyone would choose to walk out, after all you've paid your money to see the game.  You haven't paid to see the result you want, basically you get what you are given and that is the contract fulfilled whether it is win, lose or draw, unsavoury or unsatisfactory.

Also, while I'm learning the ropes at being a miserable chuff, why do people turn up 5 minutes late for every game and then leave 5 minutes before the end?  Eh?  Eh?  That's more than 10% of a game you've paid to see that you aren't seeing. Given that a huge proportion of won games have been successful due to goals scored in the last 5 minutes this seems like dumb-assery of the first water, but I guess as long as they can get back to the bus or the car before the rush it doesn't matter.  Yeah, yeah, I'm making an assumption that they aren't rushing back to take their invalided aged relative to the loo. That can't be all of them can it?

Waldorf - Well, what did you think?
Statler - Beats sitting around watching television.

Statler - You know, there's nothing like football. 
Waldorf - Yep, and that was nothing like it.


I had 5 minutes more stuff to say but I can't be bothered.