Crowd Control

I was reflecting on the stuff so far on my way in and I suddenly remembered something I noticed from the Coventry game last week. We sit 1 block away from the main “choir” and just before they start a chant, there’s a lone voice who starts it off and normally gets about half way thru the first line before everyone else joins in. I remembered at the time thinking how it was a bit like Pele and the ferryman controlling it all and still being part of it.

Jabberwocky

Thought I ought to blog this as it’s a good example of what I hope to do

#!/usr/bin/perl

$brillig and $toves{slithy};
for $gyre ( @wabe ) {} for $gimble ( @wabe ) {}
map { s/^.*$/mimsy/g } @borogoves
and $mome{raths} = outgrabe;

if(my $son = fork) { warn “Beware the Jabberwock!”;
jaws && bite, claws && catch;
warn “Beware the Jubjub bird” and $shun,
$Bandersnatch{frumious} == 1; }else{

$_{hand} = \$sword{vorpal};
seek FOE, $manxome, (4_294_967_296 * time);
sleep ($tree{Tumtum} = $_);
while (study) { stand }

while (study($uffish)) { $_{stand} == 1; }
unless ($Jabberwock = fork) { $Jabberwock{eyes} = flame,
$Jabberwock{movement} = wiffle, $Jabberwock{location} = $wood{tulgey}
+;
while ($coming=1) { burble }}

(1, 2), (1, 2) and through and through;
$sword{vorpal}{blade} = snicker-snack;
(kill 9, $Jabberwock), $head = (chop $Jabberwock);
sub{ return $_, $head }; }

tell $son, “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?”.
“Come to my arms, my beamish boy! “.
“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! “,
$_{joy} = chortle if $son;

$brillig and $toves{slithy};
for $gyre ( @wabe ) {} for $gimble ( @wabe ) {}
map { s/^.*$/mimsy/g } @borogoves
and $mome{raths} = outgrabe;

It’s a game of 2 verses

Just spent the last couple of hours trawling Google looking for poems about football that I could use. I thought maybe John Cooper Clark or Attila the Stockbroker might have one or two but although they mention it, there’s nothing about a specific match or part of one. I’m sure I’ve seen John Cooper Clark do one – I think a visit to Waterstones might be called for.

Sing when your winning

Argyle have got Coventry tonight which is live on Sky but as well as encouraging them, I shall be researching the chants and in particular the ones that get “sung” at each set of fans. It’s hard work this module. But I also found this site – www.footballchants.org – which lists chants for all English teams. Some seem a bit contrived but all the old favourites are there.