Married to the Sharks
There is one thing!
You might think that my absolute conviction that the Sharks would emerge victorious this weekend was misplaced. You might have wondered why I called out the entire Super-sport panel for predicting unanimously that there would be a Lions Currie Cup semi-final victory.
You might have thought it inappropriate when I badgered ex All Blacks and Lions coach John 'Mitch' Mitchell to concede that the Sharks were in with a shout when he visited the studio.
You might even have thought it pure desperation when I started a twitter campaign to back the Sharks for a win. And you would have been right; I needed the Sharks to win because of something far worse than mere hubris or even dealing with the wrath of a rabid Dawn Dunn on a Monday morning.
When the Sharks lose to the Lions there is this one phone call that I am mandated to make. I have an agreement that dictates that this phone call be made in the event that the Sharks are knocked out of a tournament by the Lions...
Here's the deal; there are only two phone calls that are mandatory to the EX.
One is anything concerning my daughter; when it is my time to have her, school fees, family functions, maintenance etc... That’s the only time we speak really.
The other time (and this is almost a pre-nuptial agreement) is when one of our respective teams loses to the other - then the loser has to phone the victor to congratulate them.
The agreement says that this communiqué is not done via a voice recording or sms or even twitter or Facebook. It has to be a phone call. Scenarios where this occurs are few and far between and only normally include knock-out games or eliminators.
These are:
Crystal Palace Vs Chelsea
Mamelodi Sundowns Vs Orlando Pirates
Ferrari Vs McLaren
And of course Sharks Vs Lions.
I couldn't do this alone. So I waited the entire weekend until I was back in the studio and I could at least have the backing and moral support of the East Coast Breakfast team to help gird my loins for the unenviable phone call.
What the mother of my child did next was just down right cruel! There was no need to involve the children in this on-going feud…
I mean really? There should be a law against this…
Darren calls the ex: