<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/mhIkCqe.png) <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"> <br/></span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Steffy – CC</span></strong></div></div>Maybe if everyone pulled in support (rowing image), I’d have a chance to win the ‘poodle’ contest which must mean something other than what I thought it meant.<br/><br/>I’m in the midst of 3 footballer fans.  The Italians might win according to Taffy, but that might mean vengeful shenanigans directed at resident Brits who have some Italian link.<br/><br/>The mention of pizza sets my team for the big ‘game’, or is it ‘match’?  I’m going with the Italian team—if they win, somewhere there would be a discount on pizza pies and I’m much more in favor of that than shepherd’s pie.<br/><br/>The poodle thing is still sticking in my craw (proverbially speaking).  I throw out a test question to see what it might get response-wise: “Isn’t there a poodle gin?  If someone says ‘poodle’ what do you think?”<br/><br/>I’ve heard what they think, but maybe a focused question, sort of like a Rorschach question, might fill me in on whatever path I’ve embarked.<br/>