Thank You, Luis Suarez

Yesterday's match between Italy and Uruguay pretty much had it all: no scoring, excessive fouling, excessive flopping, poor refereeing--it felt like even the always-excited Mexican announcers were having to dig overly deep into their hype reserves, calling out as though we were witnessing the greatest shot of all time any time that somebody managed to place a kick anywhere within even 10 meters to either side of the goal... but you could tell their hearts weren't in it.

And then everything changed.

A tussle in the box left two players on the ground after another meaningless play.  But something was different this time.  Another ridiculous flopping incident?  No, something is different this time.  Suarez is grabbing his face, Chiellini his shoulder.  The Italian gets up as players gather around the scene and pulls back his jersey, revealing his shoulder.  He's shouting about something... better check the replay... okay, there they are, tussling and bumping into each other... Suarez puts his head in and...

OH.

MY.

GOD.

Did he do it?  Holy crap I think he did.  He did really it.  Again.  He actually bit the guy.  And unlike the last two times I got to see it while it was happening!  Too bad none of the refs did.  I'm sure that years down the line their buddies will enjoy heckling them about it.

"Hey, do you remember where you were the third time Luis Suarez bit someone during a match?" 
"Ohmygosh, yes--that was epic!"
"I know, it was totally crazy!"
*everyone turns and looks at now-retired ref*
"I didn't see anything--I swear!  Please, you guys have to believe me!"

But the awesome didn't stop there.  No, for this is precisely the sort of incident that the internet was made for, because now there will be hilarious memes, gifs and tweets for many a day to come.  And it got even better at the press conferences afterward, where there was no "sorry," no "I didn't mean to," not even a denial a la "no matter what it looks like in the video, things didn't happen that way."  No.  Just a straight-up "these things happen."  Also wonderful: the Uruguayan FA's "sure, Suarez bit someone, but hey, he got hit in the eye too!" line.  It's as though they actually expect people to hear it and say "Why yes, you're right--deliberately walking up to someone and biting them on the shoulder is not only perfectly normal but also no different from throwing your elbow out in self defense when someone walks up and bites you."

Anyhow, I look forward to the saga continuing over the next few days, but for now I am off to look at images of Suarez with various cones and muzzles poorly photoshopped onto his face, how about you?

Edit:  Probably my favorite thing yet: