{"id":918,"date":"2012-06-28T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2016-07-24T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T11:03:22","slug":"wimbledon-chaos-its-pimms-oclock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/wimbledon-chaos-its-pimms-oclock\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon Chaos – It’s Pimm’s O’Clock!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is that time of the year where Wimbledon experiences some disciplined chaos<\/strong>. Yeah, \u00a0\"Wimbledonchaos<\/em> does not necessarily translate everywhere in the same way. Think about the Notting Hill carnival<\/a> every year – potential chaos in itself in the streets of London.<\/p>\n

Tube trains have been a little more crowded than usual in this muggy weather. Right at the entrance of Wimbledon station, a huge display has been set up to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Inform and channel<\/strong> the potentially long queues of Wimbledon tennis court goers;<\/li>\n
  2. Make the rest of us play a bit of hide and seek<\/strong> with the zebra crossing behind the deer in the picture.
    \n\"Wimbledon\u00a0\u00a0\"Wimbledon<\/li>\n
  3. Make us fancy strawbs with cream like crazy. Where is the Pimm’s<\/strong> advert?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Campers\u00a0<\/strong>further prove this ordered chaos. I saw it as I was passing by Southfields on the train a couple of days ago. Huge squares of campers who seemed to have been given the warning not to go beyond a specific line. I was expecting a much messier picture!<\/p>\n

    I guess this could be much in line with the spirit in this tournament. The appearance<\/strong> of attendees is far from being messy. Their looks are\u00a0really polished<\/strong> in fact. Just compare it to the looks of those who go to football or basketball games – totally different, more upper-class<\/strong>. Tennis continues to be the sport of the well-heeled classes, even though everyone enjoys tennis these days.<\/p>\n

    Take a look at the less polished and uncontrolled reaction of the tennis players<\/strong> who celebrate their victories. They seem to collapse to the ground a lot.<\/p>\n

    \"Wimbledon<\/p>\n

    Hope you enjoy Wimbledon if you have a chance to go and see any matches. It’s Pimm’s O’Clock<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

    Brian Waddington<\/a>‘s blog.<\/p>\n

    \"A<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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