The State of the Game: Part 3

The great AFL did swallow a fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed that fly?

Perhaps it will die?

 

So the AFL did swallow a spider.

Which wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed the fly.

Perhaps it will die?

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a bird.

How absurd to swallow a bird.

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed the fly.

Perhaps it will die?

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a cat.
Imagine that! It swallowed a cat!

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly

Perhaps it will die.

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a dog.
What a hog, to swallow a dog!

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die.

 

There was an AFL that behaved like a goat.
It just opened its throat and swallowed a goat!

It swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die!

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a rule
I don’t know how it swallowed a rule!

Perhaps it mistook it for a mule.

It swallowed the rule to catch the goat,

It swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die.

 

 

There was an AFL that swallowed itself.

And this AFL was ten times bigger than an elf!

It swallowed itself to catch a rule.

A rule that it discovered was very cruel.

I don’t know why it did all of this.

But I know it did start with a touch of hubris.

 

Perhaps it will die?

 

More from Dips and State of the Game, part 1 HERE, and part 2 HERE

 

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About Damian O'Donnell

I'm passionate about breathing. And you should always chase your passions. If I read one more thing about what defines leadership I think I'll go crazy. Go Cats.

Comments

  1. Stephen Alomes says

    Dips
    The coaches swallowed the fly…not the AFL.
    First Lyon and Roos …etc . note the rugby match at the SCG
    last Thursday night, the keepings off at the MCG last Friday night.
    The AFL surgeon Steve Hocking ,is trying to extract it..
    Neutralise the poachers . the coaches ..we’ll need to deal with as many miscreants as the bodies in Midsomer
    Murders.
    Stop THEM mucking around with our game, as Leigh Matthews says… and he knows how to pick a poacher playing the role of pretend gamekeeper.

    Stephen Alomes

  2. I really don’t care who swallowed the fly, but should you want a laugh, you can watch LANO AND WOODLEY perform the opening scene FLY on You Tube. It sure beats some of the rubbish dished up by a few of the AFL teams.

  3. I am starting to sense a theme here, Dips.

  4. Humpty footy sat on a wall
    Humpty footy had a great fall
    All the commission’s horses
    And all the commission’s men
    Couldn’t put Humpty together again

  5. Old Tom Wills
    Wanted rugby with frills
    But now damn and bugger
    We’re all sick of rugger
    More scrummage than run
    The game’s lost it’s fun
    We’re turning to soccer
    More skills for the Ocker

  6. Rick Kane says

    Hi Dips, I love it and I caught your craze so may I add …

    This all kicked off back in the 70s apparently:

    A bunch of footy good ol boys dancing to ABBA
    sing Money, Money, Money and thought, abracadabra
    Whatever it takes we want all of the moolah,
    We’ll turn Aussie Rules into AFL then we’ll be the ruler
    Of every damned inch of this game and its folowers
    We be the swords they be the swallowers
    If we could turn back time would it make a difference
    Or deep down do we know our game is ovoviviparous

  7. I read every word.

  8. RK – Ok I admit I had to look up ovovivi…………….whatever.

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