Viva Espana!

Confirming a long held suspicion of mine.....in Spain (and in pretty much every other country besides the United States, I can confidently wager), soccer is more important than sex.

Lest you think I kid, ponder this. A perennial crowd pleaser, the Erotic Film Festival of Barcelona usually draws crowds of over 50,000 to mingle with porn stars, strippers, and sex industry superstars and screen the latest flicks. But not this year. Spain's dazzling success in the Eur0 Cup 2008 (led by David Villa and the delicious El Nino) meant that Spaniards across the nation were glued to their tv sets - not for adult films, however, but for football matches.

Many Spanish wives are no doubt crying. "Football is one of the few things that can compete with sex," laments festival organizer Juli Simon. Given the stunning good looks of certain members of the Spanish team, however, one wishes that perhaps a compromise between the two activities could be reached....

Sssh, don't tell my husband. Oh, wait, he's got the game on! Nevermind.