Yes, I did play soccer (the world would call it football) once… OK twice.  In third grade I played as a fullback on the “Lafayette Disposal.” In those days your team was named after your sponsor (We didn’t have any of those fancy names likes kids today… hrmph, kids these day have it easy, why I used to have walk 20 miles to practice in the snow, up hill both ways!  or something).  I did nothing to help us win… I was the kid picking clover as the ball would go zooming by.  (ah, glory days!) I was then sent to a soccer camp put on by the local college.  It was one of those life altering experiences that may end up in this comic so I will not elaborate on it now.  Needless to say it was not pleasant or educational and has probably done more to shape my opinion of sport than any other experience.  That said I have become, after many years, a person who understands that sport has its place in society- but unfortunately with sports comes the fan, and with the sports fan inevitably comes the vuvuzela.