God, it is killing me!
July 4th, 2011 § 1 Comment
Some things should never end and somethings should never change. Like the sunrise & the sunset, the taste of filter coffee, the humor in Tom & Jerry, the wordplay of Wodehouse. Imagine the plight of a filter coffee addict when he is forced to drink a cup of instant coffee from a lousy coffee vending machine forever. Imagine how the world would react when the sun doesn’t rise on a given day. Imagine the gloom on the face of a Calvin and Hobbes fan when he does not find the strips funny and insightful anymore. That is doomsday!
To a fan, Federer not winning the Wimbledon is more than all of these. On that day, no other news can be worse than that. The match and how they played are inconsequential. The result hurts and no matter how hard the fan tries to justify to himself that it was a one off game, it is difficult to look forward to the US Open believing that Fedex, its five time champion, is the favorite again.
For someone who has grown up watching an agile Swiss tennis player make mockery of huffing and puffing man beasts, make us smile and wonder with his effortless and graceful shots and finally fall on the center court of the ground, a record 16 times and scream in joy, it is difficult to watch him lose. Especially, if it is not the finals.
Federer
That is not the question. Rome was not built in a day