Quino et le football

 J'ai trouvé ce gag sur la page Facebook officielle de Mafalda, parce que Quino n'a pas fait que dessiner des bédés pour et sur des enfants. Il faisait aussi dans l'humour absurde et parfois un brin cruel. Mais j'ai trouvé ça très drôle, même sije ne sais pas trop pourquoi je trouve ça hilarant. Peut-être que c'est parce que je trouve le football tout aussi absurde (et un brin stupide, avouons-le).

How to bluff your way about football

This weekend, we went to a car dealershipbecause my wife needs to buy a new car. The salesman was chic chatting with us, asked me what line of work I was in and he got very impressed when I told him. Without giving any details, it is true that the title and the industry I am in sounds quite impressive. So I could see he was impressed and at some point the conversation switched to football, because it is Euro 2021. I know nothing about football and care even less. But I started talking to the guy as if I knew something about it, saying in an assertive tone that the English team needs to stay focused and disciplined and they should do fine, that I think the French team has the best chances to win, and so on and so forth. It is the tone that matters, and the fact that I talked without hesitation. And maybe, the idea he had that I was a man with a big title and a big job. The salesman was literally drinking my words as if I was a football expert. That was quite funny.