Hectic finale, spilt drinks and betting boom

Khuphuka Nasingeni
Some people are so good at annoying others, they could easily be decorated for their outstanding performance in as far as making some people want to go underground is concerned.Aï¿½ Why hit a man(or a woman, letaï¿½ï¿½s be gender sensitive here) when they are down.Aï¿½

You see at this stage of the championship race in Zimbabwe, talk about soccer teams can easily push hypertensive individualsaï¿½ï¿½ blood pressure through the roof.Aï¿½ And it does not help matters that a teamaï¿½ï¿½s supporters, after winning their matches in succession, choose not to talk about their victories but spend endless hours talking about other teams, as if to rub in the misery that these teams would be under.

Come on guys, spare the poor supportersaï¿½ï¿½what goes around comes around.Aï¿½ Reminds me of a new convert that once complained that she would stop going to church if the pastor did not stop preaching about her week in, week out.

aï¿½?Thick as the Bible is, the pastor fails to find sermons from there and is busy preaching about me very Sunday, Iaï¿½ï¿½m fed up mina.aï¿½?

UMzo was missing from espotini until his team won, not to mention that he was so popular with the ladies one could not tell which among the group was his girlfriend.Aï¿½ However, he does not want to be associated with reports of high demand for morning after pills.Aï¿½ Since I still want him to buy me a few beers, I dare not stray into that territory.

Being someone who is so patient with his drink, I am malleable enough to stay off sensitive subjects at the mention of a pint.Aï¿½ The drink is so valued I sometimes have a debate within myself on which is costlier, deadlier between driving through an amber robot and someone spilling my drink!Aï¿½ Be warned to celebrate victories safely and drown the pain of losing even more cautiously lest you step on sensitive toes.Aï¿½ Ask guys at a bar in Queens Park who spilt a patronaï¿½ï¿½s beer. Hell hath no fury like a man whose beer has been spilled!Aï¿½ The guy meticulously connected wires at the shopping complex and returned to make sure after his explosives did not detonate as planned.Aï¿½ All for the love of beer!

We used to joke about our different teams at our bar, and we would bet and win a few beers when the outcome was decided after 90 minutes.Aï¿½ Nowadays, guys drink near a sports betting centre and they will be shuffling between the betting centre and bar to place bets on their favoured teams.Aï¿½ Who brought this craze to our part of the world, I wonder.Aï¿½ You can no longer give an innocent guess on which team will win without angering someone or sending someone scurrying across the street to try their luck with your prediction.Aï¿½ The betting has become so irresistible that some fellas are now betting on a certainty.Aï¿½ Yes, more like determining a result and benefiting in more than one way.

How else can you explain the case of a player placing a bet on a game in which he is involved?Aï¿½ Having a cake and eating it!

I will start accepting bets on chances certain characters will score at home if their team wins the championship, that is, their efforts will result in pregnancy, regardless of the intervention of birth control experts!Aï¿½Aï¿½ Sangomas keen on improving their CVs should seriously consider helping teams fighting relegation, that is, if they are not contracted to the leading pack.Aï¿½ In issues involving money, loyalty is not high up the list of priorities, however. There is no better time to make money than now when you see even players daring to remove suspected aï¿½?wood workaï¿½ï¿½ from soccer pitches, as the race reaches fever pitch.

There is no room for mistakes, especially for the bottom three teams in the league right now.Aï¿½ It is unlike in the Champions League where Sundowns got a second bite of the cherry, and as we all know; writing corrections is not much of a hassle as the initial test!Aï¿½ Please donaï¿½ï¿½t quote me, because Pitso Mosimane is not happy about the detractorsaï¿½ï¿½ malice that his team made it through the back door.Aï¿½ At least they used some dooraï¿½ï¿½ in the relegation race there may not be any such door.Aï¿½ Thataï¿½ï¿½s my view and forewarned is forearmed.
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