Leaving work last Thursday, I jokingly said that by the next time I saw my colleagues we could be out of Europe and out of the Euros and now feel rather guilty that the embarrassment felt at half our countrymen and the whole of our football team is all my fault as a result.
Last night’s match has caused much hilarity on social media, and rightly so, although for me it seemed inevitable that our players would catch the prevailing mood of toothless humiliation and exit with a whimper.
Me and Mrs P have been supporting Iceland since the group stages and I actually laughed when they scored their equaliser within two minutes of England taking the lead. Then part of me rejoiced when they got their second after a splendid move of classy football. It summed up our national self-delusion that we somehow have a right to succeed and that we are better than we really are.
Hey ho – France up next for the Icelandic trawlermen.
Ian! Don’t say “Me and Mrs P” (objective case) — say “Mrs P and I” (nominative case ) when it’s the subject of the sentence. I would expect such an error from an American (it’s all too common here) but not from an Englishman!
To my fellow pedant – Professor Trog Brague of The University of Canton, Georgia, I say hear hear! I also say that if you and Mrs Parrot like Iceland so much then why not emigrate there before Brexit truly kicks in? Iceland played well- strong men working together as a proper team. Well done to them! But as a pedigree Yorkshireman, the only footballing country I will ever root for is England.
I thank you both for your observations on my grammar, however I’m with Billy Paul on this one.
Billy Paul is (was) one of those Americans to whom I alluded, one much more prone to slaughtering the Queen’s English than a loyal subject of that Queen should ever be. He was born in Philadelphia and died earlier this year in New Jersey. You were not and did not, so there is still hope (and time) for you to come to your senses!
Unless you plan to learn Icelandic before emigrating, of course.
Me and Julio down by the school yard. For proper writing, it’d be Julio and I, but it lacks POETRY.