Identifying football fans

[melclaros]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "David" <dfrankiswork at n...> 
wrote:
> Annemehr wrote:
> 
> > Well, if you had SEATS instead of everybody STANDING, I bet 
people 
> > would be more relaxed and not fight as much (well, maybe not, but 
> > climbing over all those seat backs might slow them down a bit).
> 
> Actually, since a series of disasters in the eighties, it has been 
> the law for some years now that stadiums have to be all-seater.
> 

Thank heavens for that! One of the most unpleasant experiences of my 
life was standing for the duration of what I was told was a "football 
match" (it could have been cake decorating for all I could see of it) 
on a frozen mound of mud while listening to some of the 
most "colorful" usage of the English language imaginable.

Mel--who did it once and fulfilled her obligation for LIFE