Wednesday 27 April 2016

WHICH WAY TO THE SHOWER?

I had two comments on the Blog page yesterday. One was from a reader in Ockbrook, Derbyshire...no names, no pack drill (what ever that means-he will know) and one from a lady in the far east asking for $250,000 to help her kick start her life. I wonder what she gets out of the blog?

My Ockbrook friend reminded me about "Kes", a marvellous film, which summed up PE teachers of that age. My PE teacher was Ted Palmer, who ran the line in an Amateur Cup Final at Wembley, maybe around 1963?  Respect! Our first PE lesson as unsuspecting 11 year olds was all about hygiene, ingrowing toe nails and verrucas. Then we had to run through the shower naked. Since we were all boys, I guess it wasn't an issue?

As well as "Kes", I should really have brought to your attention "Next Goal Wins" which tells the story of the American Samoan team's attempt to rise from the ranking of worst football team in the world in 2001 after suffering a 31-0 defeat by Australia, to the daunting task of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The "Sun" described it as "A glorious underdog story".

The issue of Fa'fafine crops up which means "third gender" and the transgender team member is the Samoan native Jaiyah Saelua, the first person (recorded??) with these characteristics to play in the World Cup. Her contrinutuion to the match was very important but, which shower did Jaiyah go through?
Here's the trailer:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S4C2nQZlSA

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