I’m afraid that women have been faking it, having us men on. You see they understand the
offside rule and always have done. How could they not? It’s so simple that even a brace of abject football pundits know that an actively involved
player is offside when he is closer to the opponent’s goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last defender, but only if he is in his opponent’s half of the pitch. Messrs Keys and Gray may
not be too sharp on interpretation – unlike the ‘young lady’ (£) they berated – but
they’re smoking hot on the theory. So do me a favour love and drop the act. We’ve busted your ditzily saccharine ruse and now you must live Saturday’s trials and tribulations with
me. That’s what’s meant by ‘for better or worse’; and as you’ll discover, it’s always worse.
Sexism is back in the news.

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