The Sport Authority

We were eating dinner last week and we had another memorable conversation with none other than our Amelia.


Amelia: Okay everyone! (the look on her face is not....natural.  This tells me she is most likely impersonating someone)

The family:...... (silence)

Amelia:  Who knows what happened with the Rams' team?

The family: ..... (silence.  no ones.  Seriously.  If our lives depended on it, we couldn't tell you one single thing other than they play football and are from St Louis.*)

Amelia: (dramatic voice, holds up her hands over her head):  Welllllllllllll, the Rams have won 1 game and lost 3 games (demonstrates by holding up fingers).  Do you think the Rams have won more games or lost more games (dramatic pause)?

The family: Lost?

Amelia: YES!  The Rams are SO sad because they lost more games than they have won!  The Rams have to work really hard to win the next game!

The family: Hmmmm....(John is particular is impressed.  He pulls out his phone to verify this information)

Amelia: Now!  What about the Cardinals team (she is still talking in this false voice, waving her arms when she talks and making odd facial expressions)?

The family: .......

Amelia:  The Cardinals are winning!  They have to win one more game!  It is so exciting!

John: (whispering): Holy cow!  She is right!  (a stricken look comes across his face)  Our 4 year old knows more about current sporting news than we do.....Should we be worried?

Kelly: Nah.  We know where the information is coming from...

* I am not kidding when I saw we don't follow sports.  This fact is incomprehensible to several of our neighbors** and friends, but we literally do not follow sports.  At all.  Ever. 

**Our poor neighbor is super friendly and has been trying for YEARS to engage John in sportstalk.  He talks about all the St Louis teams (baseball, football, hockey, soccer) and when that doesn't spark a conversation, he will easily switch to the Minnesota teams (baseball, football, hockey, basketball).  Every single time he is completely baffled that John and I don't have anything to discuss.  Nope. Didn't catch the game.  Or that one.  Or the other one.  Yeah.  Not that one either.