LONDON (Heewack News Network) -- An American tourist and a local had an inebriated two-hour conversation about football at a pub here without realizing they were talking about two different sports.
The incident took place at Cromwell's Head Pub, where American Paul Wolverine, 28, of Indianapolis, Indiana, stopped for a beer while sightseeing on holiday. As he sipped a Newcastle Brown Ale, Wolverine began a conversation with a local, Nigel Postitpad, 31, who had stopped in on his way home from work.
"It started with the usual stuff--where are you from, how long are you here, what an ass-kicking the dollar is taking from the pound," Wolverine said. "Then Nigel mentioned that the football season was getting ready to start."
Postitpad, a lifelong Crystal Palace supporter who recently, like most Londoners, switched his allegiance to Chelsea once that club started winning, asked Wolverine if he was a football fan. Wolverine, who grew up worshipping the Indianapolis Colts, replied that he was eager for the season to start and hoped his team would win the championship again.
For the next two hours, the two drank five beers each and continued to extol the wonders of football, without either one realizing that they were talking about two different sports.
Not that there weren't clues that either could have easily picked up. "At one point Nigel said something about Drogba and corner kicks and I wasn't sure what he meant," Wolverine noted pensively. "Then I decided he was talking about the New England Patriots' new placekicker."
Similarly, Postitpad could only manage a blank stare when Wolverine said he thought Peyton Manning could "probably pass for 4,000 yards this year." I thought, "well good, he's a good long-baller, which every club needs," Postitpad noted.
The conversation finally ended when Wolverine went into the loo to puke and Postitpad realized he was late and had promised his wife that he would babysit the kids while she got her nails painted.
