Three Lions

This garish display of patriotism appeared in next door’s garden this morning, no doubt instantly knocking twenty grand off the value of my house! I’m not even sure why it’s appeared as I’ve not seen any similar displays in the twenty odd years we’ve lived here! Oh well, it’ll be gone by the morning, one way or the other.
As I write this, kick off in the Euros final is still three hours away. Though it could be three days or three weeks, for all I care. Whether England win or lose (I’m tending towards the latter based on past experience) it will not change my life one iota. I have never had any interest in football apart from a brief moment when I was six years old and seem to recall a heart warming story about a dog finding the World Cup after it had been stolen. Don’t recall who won it that year though…