On my desk I have a soccer trophy.
“Head of the Lakes Invitational
Champion – 1992
Girls – U14”
I also have 2 soccer patches. These things aren’t mine. I didn’t win them. To look at me is to know that I don’t play soccer and probably have not in years. Yet I have them, and people ask about them.
“OOOh, Did you play soccer?” “Did you win those?” “I didn’t know you played soccer!”
This is the perfect point to go into the “Duh! Of course I didn’t play soccer, you unobservant troglodites!”, but really I can’t. There is no reason to it, no sentimental value, just something to decorate my desk and invite conversation.
I do get a kick out of telling people that I never played soccer before though.