Monday, July 7, 2008

Roger Rules

So, my newfound maturity has vanished rather mysteriously.

I cannot believe Federer lost. It was such a tense five-setter with two rain delays, but I ask you this- why on earth did Fed get out of those tie breaks alive if he had to lose in the fifth set? Why? WHY? How unfair is that? There is just no justice in the world anymore.

Anyway, two thoughts floated across my benumbed brain when the prize distribution was about to start:
[1] I hope Federer doesn't act all smiley this time, and calls Nadal a mean monkey.
[2] If Nadal eats the trophy this time, I'm gona howl.

I was disappointed on both counts. Roger was his usual happy self (yeah, he won me all over again :D) and Nadal 'ate' the trophy TWICE for fairly long periods of time. The glimmering, polished, shiny, beautiful golden trophy. I won't blame Roger if he never wants to touch it again, but I do hope he won't let this deter him.

And now I'm going back to hunting for a nice Federer poster for my room.

P.S.- Gloating comments will not be well received. Or rather, they simply won't be approved or published :D [Comment moderation ROCKS]

23 comments:

ishmeet said...

I still refuse to believe that Fed lost. I mean, that's just..uh. Not possible. Even I thought he was gonna lose after the first 2 sets. Then I thought he'd take the last one easily. And then he just lost. Insane match.

Why, why does Nadal eat the trophies? I bet they don't give him food at home. I bet Fed's gonna wear gloves if he wins it next time.

Ooh, and now that you're hunting for a Fed poster, can you pleeeaase buy a Green Day one for me if it's available nearby? :P

And you didn't put up the Nadal gnaws pic, did you?

The Keeper of the Keys said...

lol, comments moderation ROCK!!!

and erm, he ate that trophy more than once, i ugh, saw....

Sonal said...

*gives a VERY smug smile*
since I belive in respecting people's wishes (unlike you who forgot all about her noble intentions) I will not gloat here...check your mail!!!

Why does it bother you that he bites his trophies? They are HIS!
Dont worry, darlin' Fed neednt worry his pretty head with the 'germs' they don't obviously give out the same trophy every year and then take it back to give it out the next year!

PS: Rafa TOTALLY deserved it!

Sonal said...

Btw I expected a longer post for this...

sanchit guliani said...

i predicted that nadal will win tha wimbledon in the "mourning" post comments.

yes!wow!ohh! i still cant believe that my prediction was right !!!!
i just love nadal for this!!

but .... i like federer too!!

prachi said...

To err is human, to win federer!


SOB SOB SOB!!

I hate comment moderation!!!

wild iris said...

@Ish: That's the spirit!! And the gnawing pic was just too ugly. My blog has a standard, you know :P

@nids: Yes, I said he ate it twice...

@sonal: *filthy look*
Checked my mail. Hate you. And they're rolling trophies, the winner just gets a replica. (thanks Ish!)
And I dunno, I think they both played really well, both deserved to win. I think it's fair to say that. And it was dark during those last games, Nadal was serving so he obviously had an advantage, and Fed isn't the kind to go on a complaining spree. He's a nice man.

@sanchit: *trying to figure out whether this qualifies as a gloating comment*
I guess not. *sigh*
Hate you for the prediction, though.

@prachi: Aw, again. We're in this together, hon. And I like moderation now :)

@sneezy: Sorry, no gloating comments. PS- So you were wrong. *sniff*

@Thor: Comment rejected, sorry. :) It wasn't to my taste. I still maintain that Fed was simply unlucky, and to anyone who saw the match it ought to be pretty clear. Can't call him second best, not yet.

Vasudha said...

Uhm, erm. No gloating comments? Seriously?!
Bah. No fair.

Thor said...

whatever...
guess then there is not much point commentin on ur blogs...coz if u keep doin this, pretty soon all u will have is a fan site. and we all kno how stupid that is...

go ahead, moderate this too...

XX feelin xtremely frustrated XX

wild iris said...

@vasudha: That was hard, wasn't it? =D

@thor: Jeez, cmon. I'm a little touchy about the Fed-Nadal comments right now, alright? It's not like I'll go around deleting everything you say...

Thor said...

guess i was just upset that u moderated the brilliantly beautiful anti-federer comment that i made over half an hour of my precious good for nothing time.

lolz...i was being really silly wasnt i?

nids said...

WAIT.

Roger poster?

ME TOO ME TOO

wild iris said...

@fawkes: Erm, did you not notice the postscript? :D
We love Federer!!

@thor: all better :) Btw, you seem like a nice guy. You should support Federer. :)

@nids: No luck. I'll just have to print *sigh*

Thor said...

People want to become what they are inherently not capable of being.
Federer has this aura of a 'nice guy'. Clean cut face, smart looks and all that stuff. On the other hand, RAFA looks deadly, biceps all bulging and rippling, long hair...basically the anti-thesis to Federer. And since u just said that i am a nice guy, maybe precisely thats y i support rafa.

And maybe i am a creep and am typing all crap stuff.

And maybe u will believe me, maybe u wont.

Its 3 in the morning. I think i have lost it. Need some sleep....

ANAHiTA said...

jeezums, am i the only one who's not blogging about this nadal federer match? :P

fawkes said...

@ krts : y have you not published my comments ????

fawkes said...

YOU ARE MEAN !!! YOU ALLOWED SONALS POST TO SHOW UP !!!!

fawkes said...

C IF I EVER POST HERE AGAIN !!!

Saagar said...

I was sad to see Federer lose too. But more because I don't like baseliners winning the at the Serve and Volley Mecca. It was an amazing match, though. Either of them could have won; you couldn't say who was the better player. And the fourth set tiebreak!

Being a Federer supporter, all you can do is blame the grass which has gotten slower and the darned officials for making the balls bigger and thus favouring baseliners. It was one thing when Borg won five on a trot and when Agassi won in '92. But when idiots like Hewitt get the trophy and the likes of Nadal (who I support at Roland Garros incidentally) beat FedEx, you've got to feel for Ivan Lendl. Grass, much to my chagrin, is no longer for cows. Though Nadal's game was rather bovine, er divine.

wild iris said...

@thor: Yea, you need to sleep :D
@naita: Lol, probably..!!
@fawkes: mwahahaha, I did warn you. You chose not to heed it, whose fault is that? And I published Sonal's coz I wanted to answer some stuff that was wrong.
And worry not, I stop rejecting comments from the next post =)
@Saagar: Boo. Nadal was just lucky *sniffle* It STILL hurts :(

The Keeper of the Keys said...

LOL

fawkes.

you are welcome at my blog, you know...even with your er, left-ist tendencies...

wild iris said...

LEFT-IST TENDENCIES????!!!

ROFL!!!

fawkes said...

harharharharhar .....

fine. i can c im not wanted here. ill never post here again !