You know, Ali Daie is not only going to play during the World Cup, but he also declared yesterday that he'll be playing until he's 40, this despite calls from quite a few people for him to leave the football scene. Basically, he has a lot of fans pissed-off at his perseverance in still wanting to play football at a professional level at his age. The point is he's been showing a lot of stamina at 37 and this is perhaps one reason for some football fans to get even more pissed-off. Anyway, this reminds me of a conversation I once overheard in a London subway.
I think this dude had just lost his grandfather. Somebody standing next to him was anxiously trying to find out how the old man had died, and you could sense the first guy was reluctant to tell him what had really happened.
"Oh, it was in the morning, he got out of the bed and..."
"He fell?"
"Well yes, but that's not how he died. He got up, went to the bathroom and..."
"He slipped while taking a shower?"
"That happened to him too, but that's not how he died. He just got out of the shower, made some breakfast and..."
"He choked on something hard?"
"Yes, but that's not how it happened either. His young mistress came over and..."
"He had a heart-attack while making love to his mistress?"
"Well no, he actually had sex with her several times. But it was when he took the dog out afterwards that..."
"The dog attacked him?"
"Um, that happened too, but he actually bit the dog and.."
"He died because the dog was ill?"
"No, actually it was the dog that died because he bit too hard."
"Alright then, so how did he die?"
"Okay, okay. I'll tell you. I just got tired of the whole situation at that point and shot him myself."
