Just read this item from dork_elf's post with great interest.

Now, although I really have no use for sports in general, I have been known to read sports analysis with interest on occasion. Stand out incident - the big Newsweek article on Donovan McNabb a few years ago. I was suddenly a Donovan McNabb expert, and Husband was confused, bemused, and amused. So, CK sometimes has wide-ranging and unpredictable intellectual interests. There are many precedents.

But in the context of the last several days, see disturbing pattern here.

Please don't tell me that I have developed some sort of pathetic, schoolboy crush on, *flinches*, Mr. Beckham.

The thought of it makes me cringe. When am I going to get over these embarrassing bouts of hormonal insanity? EW. SB. Now, what, DB?!

Am so put out! *huffs* I intend to blame this entire thing on the recent spate of pics. *general glaring all around*

UPDATE (next day):

uisgich reminded me about this old thing today. Having read dork_elf's article, realize that those PTI guys clearly don't know jack s*** about the international world of soccer...

And because this seems to be the perfect place to do it, recent posts, because I know how I am and I will be looking for them later:

Chat with Uisgich
Desktop screensaver update
Hair pulling
Laptop screensaver update
Trolling for pics
Dork Elf's Tears of A Thug
Homme Arena

In no small part due to the bad influence of dork_elf, am planning to update Ye Olde Screensaver today. With pics of pretty footie players...

*ten minutes later*

Um.

Found the pics I was looking for. Now pretty sure will not be using for screensaver after all.

So, will inflict them on you here instead. Possibly leave the post open all day...

Please note, I have no idea who these people are. Here strictly for the drool factor. *snortle*

( Pretty, sweaty, slashy boys )

Heh. What would be really funny... Change the LAPTOP screensaver. Heh. Perhaps will do that after Correy gets his realy job. Poor Correy.

almostrussell: and posted again!!
bagend1993: Wow! So exciting.
almostrussell: Are you being sarcastic??
bagend1993: Meanwhile, I am surfing footballslash for a couple of pics I want.
bagend1993: No! Am excited! Sorry, lack of proper use of exclamation points.
almostrussell: Football slash???
bagend1993: www.livejournal.com/community/footballslash
bagend1993: And we will be blaming Dork_Elf's bad influence.
almostrussell: Good god!!
bagend1993: LOL!
bagend1993: Hang on, you'll see.
bagend1993: http://www.livejournal.com/community/footballslash/2004/08/07/
bagend1993: And I rest my case.
almostrussell: Was just about to yell "not interested" when the first pic came up, and I went Oooooo instead!
almostrussell: brb
bagend1993: On the other hand, as touchy-feely as the footie players are, I have been on the receiving end of some of that celebrating when I was at camp, lo those many moons ago, and I know it's all just the excitement of the moment.
bagend1993: Um.
bagend1993: Except.
bagend1993: I'm pretty sure Tony, married man that he was, had a tiny crush on me.
bagend1993: Um.
bagend1993: Hmmmm.
almostrussell: LOL!!!

Let me say, right up front, that I know next to nothing about soccer.

Husband watches occasionally. Men's and Women's World Cup. American professional women's soccer. Premiere League Football.

I believe that I have stated before that soccer players, male and female, are some of the sexiest critters walkin' around on two legs.

That said, Husband was watching some Premiere League game last year and, without knowing him or seeing a jersey, I picked David Beckham out of the crowd. The guy is *hot.*

So, on to the real point of this post.

Husband also watches sports commentary program called "Pardon the Interruption".

They proposed the hypothesis that Mr. Beckham isn't that great a player, nor is he that sexy. They proposed that Mr. Beckham is almost entirely a product of his relationship with Posh Spice. Without her, and without the fact that his name got in the movie title, nobody would even have known who David Beckham was.

So, any football fans out there wanna give me their two cents' worth? My personal experience makes me feel that they've totally under-estimated the man's sex appeal. But is he just a Spice Girl phenomenon? Or can he actually play?