I was reminded by Uisgich today of Australian football.

Now *there's* a great spectator sport!

I saw it for the first time this past summer. ESPN runs it a weird times, and we're not even sure if they run it in it's actual season.

The Husband and I were floored. Well, he wasn't so much, as he used to watch it when he was a teenager, but I could not get over it! It made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. People were doing crazy stuff - kicking, tackling at apparently random times, spiking/dribbling the ball. The refs do this weird thing with their arms when people score (which makes me giggle almost constantly). And the scoring makes no sense whatsoever.

The first time I watched it, I laughed myself to tears.

Now, before any of you fans squawk, I do realize that the *reason* it was so funny is that I don't know the rules. But it was so enjoyable watching it without knowing the rules that The Husband and I promised each other that we would *never* learn the rules. (So don't explain it to me, I don't want to know!) We accidentally figured out the scoring of goals and behinds by watching the ESPN scoreboard recap of the week thingy. But we still don't know what they are.

It hasn't been on in ages, at least that we've noticed, but The Husband has started looking for it again, as I believe we caught the very end of the season in early summer last year, so it's possibly time again...

Australian football. A must see!