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C Al Atorul in Timp: Limba, Harta Parcursului Unei Culturi
C Al Atorul in Timp: Limba, Harta Parcursului Unei Culturi
Călătorul in timp
31 MAR 2021
Granny wins round three last Wednesday, facing him into the crowd once. With the
off against title-holder Paulo "Spine- scores tied at 2-2 time ran out and the
World Wrestling Snapper" Lutti, of Vatican City. Un- contest went to a panel of judges to be
derdog Johnson was soon showing her assessed. They awarded Thompson a
Championship worth with stamina and agility easily C grade whilst Johnson received an
matching last year’s winner. Lutti’s A, becoming the first grandmother to
By ROY MCROYSTON
experience paid off initially as he took ever win the title.
the first two rounds, but as John- The new champion explained her
son became more confident her su- success as the result of a strict train-
Records were smashed in perior strength came to the fore and ing regimen instituted by her coach
Nicaragua’s World Wrestling Cham- she clawed back two rounds to take and grandson five-year-old Sammy
pionship last night as 78-year-old the contest into a decider. By this Johnson. "I’ve been drinking ten
Maud Johnson, grandmother of five, time Lutti’s body language indicated raw eggs for breakfast every morning,
became the first woman for fifty-six that he already felt overawed by the sprinting fifty miles a day and carry-
years, and the oldest competitor ever, pretender to his crown, and the new- ing my daughter’s car to the end of
to claim the gold medal. She walked comer took advantage of this to en- the road and back whenever I felt my
away with her million dollar share of gage a mutual headlock which she arthritis was OK" she said. Sammy
the prize money, runner up Tommy held for three hours until the Vat- added "I always knew she could do
Thompson from Nigeria taking half a ican man retired from exhaustion. it. She’s my grandma.". The young-
million, and third place New Zealan- The next seven matches were barely ster is also her manager and has re-
der John Smith receiving a warm a contest as the news of Johnson’s portedly arranged sponsorship deals
handshake from the umpire. supremacy overawed all her oppo- which will dwarf her one million dol-
Having started the tournament a nents who became too indimidated to lar prize fund. Her new contract with
rank outsider she began to impress fight properly. headband designer Nike alone is set
in her second match when she took Nigerian Tommy Thompson is to earn her fourteen billion dollars
US number three Ron Ronson by sur- also a relative newcomer to the over the next year. She will also be
prise and subdued him in twenty sec- wrestling scene, but with his 210lb promoting Tupperware, Halliburton,
onds with her unique move that has frame he was expected to fare well the Republic of Macedonia, and Gala
been dubbed "Maud’s Death Grip". against Johnson who weighs in at Bingo. Her continued participation in
The injection of a new wrestling style only 90lb. However Johnson’s lithe the sport is not assured as she wants
into the tournament was welcomed and slender, some would say scrawny, to spend more time on her bungee-
by spectators and Johnson’s pre- and figure belies her agility and strength jumping business, and knitting. Ev-
post-match breakdances have proved which she demonstrated by holding eryone here at the World Champi-
entertaining to fans. However, she Thompson above her head several onships, however, hopes for her re-
was still not expected to win in times during the bout and throwing turn.