It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a single man (for that read any man - or woman for that matter) in possession of an extended period of time with nothing to do, enforced solitude or indeed being known amongst one's colleagues as a bit of a loser, must be in want of some friends.
Sometimes, a period of enforced solitude brings on other attacks of out-of-character behaviour. Indeed, after some time away on business, I recently suggested to my family that we go camping. However, some people take things a little too far. Some people go to parks to find those much needed friends and then proceed to fight each other with cardboard tubes.
You may think that this particular pastime is purely Australian... Alas, no. It's also around in California, where it apparently originated. According to the league, and I quote: 'The CTFL was created out of a desperate need to better train and arm citizens with cardboard tubes. While many speculate that our fore fathers (sic), when drafting the constitution, originally intended the fourth amendment to refer to fire arms (sic), there is now a small group of non-academics who believe that they were more likely referring to elite militias of card board (sic) tube wielding ninjas.
Now, whilst of course I sincerely hope that the tongue of the writer is firmly wedged into his or her cheek and leaving aside the obvious inability to use a spelling and grammar checker, it's a feature of things like this and other out-of-the-ordinary pastimes that some rather undesirable characters often gravitate towards in large numbers. You know the type; people who need to shower more often, or those who have eschewed fashion in favour of wearing something their Mum gave them.
For educational purposes you can see the type of person I am on about here. The leader seems a little too enthusiastic for my liking...
Oh well, I'd better go; I'd like to stay and chat, but I have an online battle of 'World of Warcraft' with some fellow Orks in Russia...
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