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The Referee Should've Gone to the Opticians, by Alex Blaine

27/8/2021

 
If the zebra
doesn't see it
it's simply
not cheating.

Geraint Williams
27/8/2021 08:58:31 pm

Intriguing piece. Zebra?

Sue Clayton
28/8/2021 03:17:18 am

I'm with Geraint. Zebra?

Alex Blaine link
28/8/2021 10:08:44 am

In wrestling there is the face and the heel
Which would be
The superhero and a super villain
The referee
Generally in black and white stripes
Is the man who makes the final decision
You could say The Law

However on a even playing field
The heel can never win
So a steel chair the ring bell a poke to the eye kick to the groin The feet on the ropes
And a legal move hear and they is all fair game as it’s simply isn’t cheating as long as the referee isn’t looking and you don’t get caught
to put quite simply
You can do anything if the zebra don’t see you do it.

In other words the lion eats when zebra is lookin the other way

Geraint Williams
28/8/2021 06:33:35 pm

Thank you for that. Your reply almost a poem in itself. And Zebra certainly a more colourful term than Referee - if you'll pardon the expression.

Sue Clayton
29/8/2021 03:42:38 am

Thanks also, Alex. Like Geraint says, your reply is a poem in itself and I guess in all walks of life, if you cheat and no-one sees it, you didn't.

Alex Blaine
29/8/2021 10:21:17 am

Thank you & you’re welcome

I think if you cheat and no one see you .!

YOU still know Deep down and a cheat is only Cheating em selfs


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