GOOD GAME! or BADDAH?

 

Well it's all going on in India, but that's cricket; so where better to take you away from all that today than to neighbouring Bangladesh. I am sure you don't need a map? Why Bangladesh? Well the "When Saturday Comes" WSC, paper happens to be promoting the club as "Badge of the Week". Explanation.... Fortis is a club in the Bangladesh Championship League; they were founded in 2020. In their first ever match they drew 0-0.

The Leaning Man is a statue in the Badda District of Bangladesh, dedicated to a holy man who hailed from the mountains to the East. He also lived in the West but didn't make this well known in case his wife found out. He was a master of "passive aggression"  and would lean subtly when in the presence of injustice, hypocrisy or when somebody abused their power. Sounds like a goody two-shoes to me, but fair enough!

During an encounter with the famous Clive of India, the Leaning Man finished in the position shown on the crest within 20 seconds, an episode that so unmanned the Major-General causing him to forget to loot any precious local artefacts for the East India Company on his way home.

A typical exchange with the righteous Leaning Man might go: Wealthy Merchant: Of course I always give alms to the poor, when I can, but they only spend it on food or clothing.

(Leaning Man's head tilts slightly forward of the left shoulder) Wealthy Merchant, hurriedly then, says: "Actually I love to make money and keep it to myself because I was not "weaned" fully!!"        (Leaning man resumes vertical position).

Centuries later Bruce Forsyth adopted the leaning man pose for "The Generation Game", every Saturday night, oblivious to its power for good all over the country. Good Game! 

If any of that makes any sense then fair enough!!