Replay

– There seems less football on the the television nowadays.
– And more tennis. It's the way of these things. One of the fundamental laws of the universe. Something about the conservation of momentum.
– I'd rather have the football. Although, having said that, the last few weeks have been intense. I am nearing saturation point.
– And then what happens?
– I don't know. It's never happened before. I've always known when to stop.
– And this time?
– It's just too easy to record stuff on the box thing. So I no longer have to miss anything due to being at work.
– It can be inconvenient, work.
– And instead I can spend my evenings watching several matches at my leisure. And the advantage of watching recordings is that you can fast forward through the boring bits: the pre-match analysis; the national anthems.
– I quite like the national anthems. Interesting to hear what other countries have chosen. Generally fairly staid and sombre tunes in Europe; and jollier stuff in South America. Makes you want to pick something livelier for our own anthem.
– A bit of Elgar maybe.
– I was thinking more along the lines of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Something from one of the shows. Then at least if we lose at the football, we will have had a good sing beforehand.