The internet has made keeping up with the old home town a hell of a lot easier from this distance. Sometimes however I would rather I didn't know.
For instance I could have been perfectly happy never having readthis story. A bunch of five and six year old kids (should they even be playing American football?) having a quiet match when a father gets into a disagreement with the coach of his son's side and pulls a gun. Not just any old gun either. A .357 magnum.
The reporter tells what we could never imagine for ourselves; that after shouts of "gun - gun" the "game dissolved into chaos". (With incisive analysis like this I don't know why she isn't on the world desk at the NY Times!)
The referee (who was subsequently arrested for assault) got the players off the pitch safely and later was quoted as saying:
For instance I could have been perfectly happy never having readthis story. A bunch of five and six year old kids (should they even be playing American football?) having a quiet match when a father gets into a disagreement with the coach of his son's side and pulls a gun. Not just any old gun either. A .357 magnum.
The reporter tells what we could never imagine for ourselves; that after shouts of "gun - gun" the "game dissolved into chaos". (With incisive analysis like this I don't know why she isn't on the world desk at the NY Times!)
The referee (who was subsequently arrested for assault) got the players off the pitch safely and later was quoted as saying:
"Football pads don't stop bullets. They're not made for it"
What were they thinking? The players should have been provided with school books instead!
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