Seeing some of the victorious Packers brandishing TV wrestling-style world championship belts puts the whole thing into perspective. They’re champions of a competition in which only US teams can play, so their “world champion” status has about as much validity of that of a TV sports entertainer, whose “championship” applies to a world which exists only in the minds of the scriptwriters, the actors and the more deluded spectators.
On the flight back, I considered setting myself up as Mansion World Champion – Number One in a Field of One. And then I remembered I’d be stealing the slogan of MAD magazine. And I’d be letting down everyone who expects me to be Nothing If Not Original.
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