FIFA just quietly changed football from two 45minute halves to four 22.5minute quarters and we’re only just realising.
I love it because it sucks the life out of games but are we sure we want this?
Fun fact. For the 1966 World Cup, England debated denying visas for North Korea. FIFA responded that if any players from any teams were denied visas,they would relocate the World Cup, even at the last minute.
I accidentally gaslit my entire family when I was 9.
And they're still falling for it.
When I was a kid, my grandma used to babysit me during summer breaks.
One afternoon she was making bacon for lunch.
She threw it in a pan, turned on the stove, and sat down on the couch to wait.
A few minutes later she was asleep.
Completely out.
Meanwhile, I was staring at that bacon like a starving wolf.
So I did what any responsible 9-year-old would do.
I ate all of it.
Every last piece.
Then I looked at the empty pan.
And immediately realized I had a problem.
My grandma was going to wake up expecting bacon.
I had evidence to dispose of.
So I left the pan on low heat with the grease still inside and went back to watching cartoons.
About twenty minutes later she woke up.
Grandma: Oh no.
Grandma: The bacon!
She rushed into the kitchen.
Then stopped.
The pan was empty.
No bacon.
Nothing.
Just a little grease.
She looked confused.
Then looked at me.
Grandma: Where's the bacon?
And before my brain had time to stop me, I said:
Me: I think you left it cooking so long it just... disappeared.
Grandma: What?
Me: Yeah.
Me: It fried away.
Grandma stared into the pan.
Then back at me.
Then into the pan again.
And somehow...
She believed me.
Not only did she believe me.
She told the rest of the family.
For years.
Apparently "if you leave bacon on the stove too long, it'll completely cook itself out of existence."
Nobody questioned it.
Nobody challenged the science.
The story spread.
Fast forward more than 20 years.
I was at a family cookout recently when someone yelled:
"Hey, don't leave the bacon unattended."
Another person immediately replied:
"Yeah, remember what happened to Grandma's bacon?"
And that's when I realized something.
My entire family still thinks bacon can evaporate if you cook it long enough.
I have considered telling them the truth.
But at this point, the lie has been alive longer than some of my cousins.
I think it deserves a chance to keep going.
We are officially in World Cup month. Please leave your xG charts, pressing percentages, and defensive metrics in the club season. International tournament football is strictly decided by pure vibes, individual brilliance, tactical survival, and a random goalkeeper turning into prime Lev Yashin for two weeks. Enjoy the entertainment and put the spreadsheets away.
Roy Keane and Gary Neville spent years slaughtering Bruno Fernandes captaincy on television, just for Wayne Rooney to walk into Carrington and call him a fantastic leader and the PL Player of the Year. The agenda is officially dead.
Saw a goth girl waiting at a bus stop. Black knitted beanie. Rucksack and a heavy top. Baggy jeans, those big soled mad black boots. Fingerless gloves. Scranning a tube of pringles.
31°C.