On a small TV
the fat men vie for titles
while us three drink tea
After not getting to go to sumo on Saturday, Tim, Aykut and
I got together at my apartment to watch some sumo both Saturday and Sunday
afternoon. We also had some nice cups of tea. They show the big matches from about 4:30 to 6 PM. It was pretty
cool to watch. By far the most entertaining part was not the action in the ring
though. It was the commentary. Tim told us if you pushed a button on the TV you
could get some “stilted English commentary.” Turns out it’s an around 80
year-old super posh-accented British woman that does the colour commentary for
sumo wrestling. Hilarious! Aykut couldn’t get over how she kept talking about
their “trimmings”. We had to look her up online right away. She’s a former English teacher who got really into sumo and started that gig. Unbelievable.
As referenced in the haiku and title, our TVs here are tiny compared to what I'm now used to.
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