We all wait with an impending sense of dread to see what South Korean soccer chief Chung Mong Joon and his cronies have got up their sleeves for the opening ceremony of the World Cup next year.
Judging by the botch job they made of the draw for the finals in Pusan on Dec. 1, something along the lines of "Madame Butterfly" meets "The Flintstones" might make an appropriate theme for the curtain-raiser in Seoul on May 31. Don't forget to bring a good book.
How many cups of tea did you get through watching the draw on television? I'm sure I would have worn out my slippers, too, shuffling between the sofa and the kitchen to put the kettle on.