WE SHOULD POINT OUT ~ That this Poem is a Parody ! Angela & I both Play Tennis and missed the thrills & spills of WIMBLEDON this year. Its the Long Rallies that some find tedious. The video shows a Rally of 2.5 minutes for one point ! In 1953 Roger Banister ran a mile in 3 mins 59 secs and in 1997 Ronnie O*Sullivan scored a maximum break of 147 in 5 mins 20 secs to win a Whole Frame of Snooker ! Tennis gets tedious don* it !
TENNIS IS A FUTILE GAME
No beginning & no end
BADMINTON is just the same
And PING PONG drives me round the bend !
I pat my BALL across the net
And HI-LO pats it back
A Rule that Ive not fathomed yet
The NET must not be SLACK !
In BADMINTON you use a BIRD
And Bigger Balls in VOLLEY
All these games seem quite absurd
Ult~imate Sporting Folly !
Back & Forth the object goes
The only obstacle the NET
If you miss-hit a POINT you lose
If they miss-hit a POINT you get !
In CHESS the game ends with a CHECK MATE
In SNOOKER when ~ all Balls are POTTED
In FOOTBALL ~ TIME the Game dictates
In GOLF when EIGHTEEN Holes are SLOTTED !
But these *Net Games* seem strange to me
Scoring and Rules a MYS~TER~Y
Ive lobbed my BALL into a THICKET
An* please please never ever ~ mention CRICKET !
Thanks for visit comments please Love ~ Angela 🧡 Brian 💙
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Good write B&A. Who's Doger? Is he Dodger?!
Hi Uncle Steve ~ No that was the Artful Doctor Roger ~ who used his Medicsl Knowledge (and Human Pacemakers) to break the Barrier ~ now everybodys doing it ! Pleased you enjoyed our Presentation.
Blessings & Joy to You & *Faster than the avaerage DOG* Fido !
Love in the Spirit A & B & El Gato Ahumido (faster than a Cheetah) !!!
Ha ha - - this read gave me more than a smile as I relate to the statements so clearly on tennis - and as for cricket - well I agree wholeheartedly with that last line - - great write dear duo........
Thanks FAY - Your encouraging comment is - as always - appreciated by us ! Other Sports like the Marathon - Snooker - Golf - Football etc seem to have a beginning & and an end. Tennis has an absurd scoring system using large numbers and words like Deuce - Vantage - Fault etc which are hardly English. There is a Rally on YOUTUBE which lasts for over 10 minutes for just ONE POINT ! Still if Wimbledon runs in 2021 People will still queue for hours in the RAIN and pay £5 for five strawberries & a dollop of SQUIRTY CREME ~ That what being BITISH is all about ! Cricket is even worse !
Blessings & Joy & Peace ~ with Love
Angela - Brian & Smokey Cat 🧡💙🤎
Good parody but I have played them all, I was even Kent Youth Club Tennis Champion back in the sixties, I played table tennis for 30 years, never got to County level but played for the town.
I am going to mention Cricket though, I used to play that as well and well remember sitting in front of the tv for five days when Test Cricket was on the BBC.
Andy
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