So it's finally happened after interminable years of filling in forms and forgetting my social security number. I am about to be granted admission to the exclusive club that is the US of A.
On September 2, I will be invited to a ceremony in which I will be asked to cite the pledge of allegiance. If I place the correct hand on my proud, beating breast, Uncle Sam will take me in his embrace and I will spend the rest of my life living the American dream and pulling popcorm out of a gigantic refrigerator
Well. Something like that anyhow.
Over the next few weeks I will be thinking carefully about my past and my future. I will be buying copious amounts of Coors Lite and Bud and forcing myself to no longer believe it tastes like parrot vomit.
I will hire a therapist who will tell me Twiglets are bad and Fritos are good. I will seek to erase all memories of New York when I joined a group of rowdy Brits who stood on chairs in a pub, cigarette lighters in the air and sang Hey Jude.
From now on I will throw away my Beatles and Stones albums, stop going on about Robbie and Radiohead and start listening to the Beach Boys. And I will kick random corgis in the street.
At this rate I may even have to attend my first game of baseball and American football. I might have to find a team to follow. The Washington Red Sox maybe.
But I'm damned if I'm going to use the s word to described football.
Don't drink the bad beer, keep the good music, enjoy some American football. I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, so I highly recommend the Packers. I'm sure there's a Packer bar in your area, and the crowd should be fairly reminiscent of hooligans from across the pond. Welcome to the club!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with the S word!
ReplyDeleteHere is my blog post on becoming a part of the club.
http://nubian66.blogspot.com/2010/07/conversations-speech-and-observations.html