TITLE: They Call it Football AUTHOR: Mousecarcass, to be archived as 'Pandora' (mousecarcass@hotmail.com) DISCLAIMER: see below. SUMMARY: Sport - religion for atheists. SPOILERS: World Cup France '98. No particular continuity for MC or PK. ARCHIVE: Subreality Central; anywhere else, ask first. NOTES: Written for GASP Apr '02. A Merry World Cup to all! Mousecarcass likes 'This Time Round'. He hasn't a clue who anyone is, blokes in scarfs and huge, beeping pepper-pots, but they call it 'football' and that being rare, he drinks here often. Now's special. Their coverage's ITV, people who know football, commentating live. He's wearing his own scarf, red and white, and a spiffy new shirt with an intriguing expiration date near the hem. In his pocket, a piece of paper with several vital statistics, in case he forgets himself in the excitement. They're playing Argentina; Beckham's captaining. He's praying from the depths of his atheistic soul. The whistle blows. ************* * Mousecarcass is mine, but as one of four avatars is only me in a tangential sense. He's technically unWritten, too. * I do not own the Argentinean National Football team, David Beckham, Doctor Who, or ITV. No one receives any form of monetary benefit from this story and no infringement is intended. * Subreality is Kielle's sandbox. (http://www.subreality.com/sc.htm) * This Time Round is the Doctor Who watering hole. (http://www.panatropic.net/archive/types/ttr.html) ************* Pandora 15/4/02