Sports Watching Gifts

Olympics create interest in curling.

'I hate cricket.'

'The start of the Premiership and the return of Match of the Day - there goes his Aitkins diet....'

Carol simply couldn't relax knowing that at any moment five rowdy men might scream 'FUMBLE!'

"That's us stocked up for the Wimbledon final then..."

"I will always cheer you on, but I will never 'Woo-hoo!' you."

"Football and hunting - what more could you ask for?"

The Alter of Football

Are they dangerous? Only if I shut off the tv.

"Brilliant! Now I can afford to go to a match!"

'For the best tennis you need a proper stance.' - 'That's right, in an armchair with beer and nuts.'

'He hates having his football viewing disrupted by visitors.' (Home and away dugouts in room).

'He hibernates between superbowls.'

'He gets all his exercise watching the sports channel.'

"I'm knackered trying to keep tabs on the potential consequences of the away goal rule!"

'I have to watch this game. It's the only one on.'

'I guess it's OK for a guy to eat your yogurt during a game instead of drinking beer - but light yogurt?'

'If you think men don't know how to show emotion - just wait until one of them scores...'

Women's World Cup Final

"Honey, Clay Buchholz is about to cement a Cy Young!"

"Dad, snap out of it. The postseason ended last week. The Red Sox lost."

Scottish Football Fan - "...and please Lord, let the result be against the run of play."

He's in training for the rugby World Cup.

"Honey, do these sweatpants make me look like I prefer we stay in tonight so I can watch the game?"

"Let's go watch TV I hear there are bowl games on."

"The Bruins are down a goal. Do me a favor: Pretend you’re a Boston terrier."

"I always forget what an expert I am in curling."

'And at what stage did you realise the ball you were heading was on the TV?'

Putting Practice.

"He's got great velocity but his trajectory needs work."

"Actually, Burt's weathering the stay-at-home thing pretty well."

'...However, he is such a heck of a nice guy, we're going to give him the touchdown anyway.'

'And now on the comedy channel Jose Mourinho's latest outburst.'

It had been a while, but he had finally come home.

"It evened out, for every free kick they got, we had one against us."