Warning: this is probably of no interest to you!
When the Joey's squad for the Asian U-17 Championships qualifiying campaign was announced recently it was interesting to see Queensland's James Brown (pictured) selected. You probably have to be a James Brown to understand the significance of having that name. Suffice to say that everyone smart ass in the world knows who the Godfather of Soul is and they're not backwards in coming up with a "Oww! I Feel Good!!" upon presentation of one's identification. It's humorous, but you start to wonder if people can't be a little more original. ("You must cop a bit of stick for your name, there, huh?" Best 'get stuffed' response: "Hmm, why's that? I'm not sure I follow you." "James Brown, you know, the black singer..." "Hmm? Oh! Why yes, you're absolutely right! Well, well, it never occurred to me before.... My *grit teeth* how clever you are.") Such are the makings of invisible bonds between strangers sharing the same name.
Anyhow, Brown appears to be a solid starter in the team. Last night he scored one of the three goals in our win over Indonesia. Hopefully the confidence boosting victory should just see us safely through to the final sixteen of the competition. Here's to a bigger and brighter future to the lad. I doubt anyone will ever top the Godfather, but it'd be nice for once if I heard a "James Brown ... oh, you mean like the Australian football player?"
Incidentally, another James Brown plays for Hartlepool in England's Football League One. He doesn't seem to be anything special.
1 comment:
Cheers for that.
I've often wondered how annoying it must get. But James Brown is a pretty cool namesake - it could be far worse, Michael Petkovic for example/
Good luck to the kid and you've got am interesting blog. I'll be back.
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