Morning boys from a vaguely rainy London. Hospital appt today, hopefully I get discharged to the local GP. In next doors house tonight, she is a lady of Indian descent, so she cooks the shizzle out of a chicken curry. I'm making Pavlova for us and Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes for their eldest.
IF you'd had gone back further, you would have seen the deep emotional trauma your team have inflicted at a very young age. I was born 5 minutes from West Ham's ground, in the East End of London. I was a kid in the early 80s, when Liverpool were winning everything, so probably well over half of my mates supported Liverpool, so I hold a special place in my heart for them, along with Chelsea, Spurs and Millwall. Football in the UK for real fans (I've been going to West Ham for 30 years, off and on) is
very tribal, and those who choose a team outside of their locality are viewed with disdain.
Obviously as someone from the US, you get a free pass to support who you like without too much judgement, especially as your in-law is a scouser.
On top of that, there's not much love lost between London and Liverpool, as Liverpudlians never cease to tell us how wonderful it is up North. Whilst living and working in London.
But like you say, its just playful banter, Bindipper is a throwaway term, like Gooner, Cockney Reds, blah blah. No malice intended. But we still haven't forgiven Sammy Lee for 1981.
And if I had a fiver for every time an American had told me in a Disney queue that they supported Man U, I'd be living in Golden Oaks by now.
Well, at least its the right colours.
. My boy fell in love with Harry Kane over the World Cup. My MIL decided to buy him a picture/signature print thing of Harry Kane, which she told him about and got him all riled up. When he opened it, the picture is of him in a Spurs kit. Which has been duly confiscated, as there's no way that's getting house room, but then I had to buy him one in an England kit. So that "present" ended up costing me about 15 quid.
Have a great day chaps.
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