Today at work an almost-five year old came to visit (given that this was at my law job and not the swimming job, it was a bit unexpected).
"When do you turn five?" my colleague asked him.
"On my birthday."
He and I also had a lengthy discussion about various sports. I asked if he liked playing football, and he said he liked flag football.
"Yeah, with tackle football people get smushed!" I said.
"And they have bad breath! Pee-yew!" he complained.
Which led me to wonder if some NFL coach might plan his strategy around oral hygiene:
"Team, gather round. We've got a tough game coming up, so no one brush their teeth for a week. If our breath really reeks, the other team won't come anywhere near us!"
I suppose it's entirely possible some team somewhere has used this strategy. Although I wonder how effective it was. I can't imagine football players are ever pleasantly aromatic when on the field, so perhaps it's hard for anyone to notice when one team happens to be particularly rancid.
Comments (1)
I think you'd be so worried that a 300-pound lineman is coming after you at full speed that you wouldn't be thinking about breathing on him, much less breathing at all. That, and you're rarely face-to-face with your opponent up close, so it wouldn't really matter.
Then again, a similar strategy worked in "Little Giants," starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill.
Posted by Koichi | June 17, 2005 7:00 PM
Posted on June 17, 2005 19:00