Your Mom accuses me of not Listening. That of course is not true. I listen intently to everything she says. There are consequences to not listening.
The Green Bay Packers kicked off the NFL season with a thrilling victory at Lambeau. They have a rookie named “Ricky” Randall Cobb. He is fast. He is more than fast. The hope is that he could return punts and kick-offs this year. Cobb also plays wide receiver. He had a spectacular night scoring one touchdown on a pass reception and another touchdown on a record 108 yard kick-off return. What a player? This all happened inspite of Cobb not listening.
The first Cobb reception came when he ran the wrong pass route. He either didn’t read the playbook or he didn’t hear correctly but Cobb ran the wrong direction on a pass. Aaron Rogers adjusted (probably anticipating what a stupid rookie would do) and threw to Cobb on the errant route. Touchdown! The Gods were smiling.
Later in the game, Cobb was in the end zone awaiting to return a kick-off. He had been told that if the kick was more than 5 yards deep in the end zone, “just catch the ball and the Packers would take the ball on the 20 yard line”. That seems like a pretty simple instruction. I guess Cobb wasn’t listening. He was 8 yards deep in the end zone. He decided to run the ball. McCarthy almost had a heart attack. Wouldn’t you know that Cobb ran the ball all the way back for a touchdown. So much for not listening.
Obama gave another campaign speech (disguised as a job proposal) last night. I admit that I wasn’t listening. It was the same song, different verse. I’m sure I will pay the conseqences of not listening.
My Mother always told me to never get married. Never, ever! But I wasn’t listening. The rest is history. Judge for yourself.
Love,
Dad