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Rovark 
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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 Posted - 01/06/2007 : 19:28:44
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Originally posted by Rovark
... sports that the English invented and now rule the world in! Football, Rugby and Cricket. Yay us!!
.....sits back and awaits the inevitable...
Hmmm, given subsequent comments perhaps it's only the English who really understand irony. I'm fully aware that in footie we haven't gotten beyond the semi's in any competion since '66 and we only won that with the benefit of home advantage.  I also understand the Aussies just gave our cricket team the biggest drubbing in an Ashes series for 80 odd years.  Frankly, given our Rugby team's showing of late, I'm dreading the upcoming Six Nations, where even the Italians must fancy their chances against us. 
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Catuli 
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 20:10:04
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Having seen cricket played, I would think insomnia is a valued quality for a player to have. Some have contended that a baseball game is like watching paint dry, but cricket is like watching paint dry and then waiting for it to chip. The watercress sandwiches at the Marylebone Cricket Club were good though, along with a nice Bass or three to wash them down.
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Airbolt 
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 20:24:10
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
I think there should be a guide to FWFR's on references likely to cause a hearty " Whaa...?" outside their country of origin 
Here's a few suggestions ( tongue firmly in cheek )....sorry it's a little short on Australia and New Zealand - although I'm aware of the Durex/Sellotape Confusion ( it could be painful to men if you mix em up! )
US
A-Rod - Wha????????
Barry Bonds - Wha????????
Eddie Cibrian - Wah???????
Twinkies
Oreos
Rush Limbaugh - Really wish I could say Wah to this one
Cheez Wiz
Bum's Rush - Wah????????????
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Coronation Street
Eastenders
Morecombe and Wise
Shooters/Blags/Ponces
Knee Trembler - Wah???????
Lembit Opik - Wah?????????
Cheeky Girls
Hm... four US and only two UK. I guess I'm a true EX-pat American, then.
Impressive...most impressive
BTW The first 2 US Ones are sports stars . Eddie Cibrian was just me being silly as I'm a big fan of "Third Watch".
Bum's Rush is one of my fave US/UK phrases that can be read two ways. The US meaning is that of evicting Bums by muscular Gents , with the subtext that it is none too gentle neither. With the UK meaning of Bum meaning Backside , one can only surmise what a " Bum's Rush" would involve ( altho it will probablyfeature in Torchwood soon )
A " Knee Trembler " is one the many delightful romantic terms for sex . Specifically , standing up and usually in a doorway with the gentleman's legs presumably getting twiitchy due to the sheer magic of the occasion!
Lembit Opik is a Member of Parliament who was going out with a Weather Girl and is now going out with a Cheeky Girl ( I'm not up to explaining the Cheeky Girls! ) |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 23:14:02
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Originally posted by Catuli
Hate to challenge a comment, Salopian
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 23:24:51
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Originally posted by Catuli
Rafael Nadal has the best arms in competitive sports? Wow! He may have awe-inspiringly Herculean "guns" to die for by tennis standards, but those assets would look like overcooked noodles in the locker rooms of(American) football or basketball players.
As for Kournikova, well, being in Chicago, if a guy hangs out at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Division Street for 15 minutes and doesn't find 20 women that register higher on the old chauvinist scale, he's either blind or gay--not that there's anything wrong with that. Actually, I'd take Sharapova over Anna, and in this case I would love to test the Chinese curse of be wary what you wish for.
Then by all means, I wish you the opportunity to test it. It's a matter of taste. Football players are pretty bulky looking guys for my taste and the bassaball players are just too um, tall. Nadal has more of a natural look to me!! |
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 01/06/2007 : 23:35:45
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Originally posted by Catuli
Having seen cricket played, I would think insomnia is a valued quality for a player to have. Some have contended that a baseball game is like watching paint dry, but cricket is like watching paint dry and then waiting for it to chip. The watercress sandwiches at the Marylebone Cricket Club were good though, along with a nice Bass or three to wash them down.
Oddly enough , they appeal to fans who like statistics . Cricket and Baseball seem to involve endless discussions on Players results and formidable tables that people can talk about . Over Beer. All night.
However at least Cricket has introduced jazzed up versions which involve Both Teams attempting to murder every Ball while dressed in Dayglo Leisure Wear.
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BiggerBoat 
"Pass me the harpoon"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 00:38:42
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Originally posted by Downtown
Soccer sucks. Rugby is for wimps that can't fill a football player's jockstrap.
I've just been checking online and it turns out that (real) football is the greatest game on Earth, rugby is for real men and American Football, or 'throwball' as I like to call it, might as well be a chessboard where coaches duke it out using grown men who like to play 'dress up'.
It's all on Wikipedia if you want to check it out. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 04:50:55
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
Oddly enough , they appeal to fans who like statistics . Cricket and Baseball seem to involve endless discussions on Players results and formidable tables that people can talk about . Over Beer. All night.
I know people who talk about it all their lives. Over beer. |
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 06:16:24
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In soccer (which some call real football) there seem to be only 4 scores that exist: 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, and 2-0. It's not like the U.S. didn't give the game a chance to catch on. In fact, up through the ages of 10 or 12 it's quite popular, but then the lads gain a modicum of independence and strive to play something more demanding. At the high school my sons attend, the soccer players are commonly referred to as the field fairies. This is true.
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benj clews 
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 12:47:50
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| I don't really know anything about American Football but, from what I've watched of it, it appears to be a sport designed solely for the purpose of fitting in as many advert breaks as possible |
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 12:58:23
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| Or Janet Jackson having a wardrobe malfunction! |
Edited by - Airbolt on 01/07/2007 13:04:36 |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 13:02:57
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
Hasn't anyone thought of making the Hockey Puck Dayglo or flashing so people can see it?At least in Football, Soccer, Rugby you can see the Ball! Otherwise it just seems to be Guys picking fights.
Um... I thought that's what Hockey was - a reason for a bunch of guys to pick fights. |
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benj clews
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 13:03:20
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| I still say Futurama had the best ever suggestion for jazzing up any game... MULTIBALL!!! |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 13:06:01
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Originally posted by benj clews
I still say Futurama had the best ever suggestion for jazzing up any game... MULTIBALL!!!
I'll see your MULTIBALL and raise you a Quiditch!
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 15:43:03
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Football is an entirely unique sport in its combination of contradictory qualities. It's a balance between science and brute force: the downs system has the result of every single play being planned in advance, so it's a constant battle of wits between the offense and the defense, but that means nothing if you're not physical enough to execute the plays. It's a balance between the beautiful artistry of the forward pass and the sheer power of the running game. It's a balance between speed/agility and muscle: do you cut to the side and try to run around the player that's trying to tackle you, or do you lower your head and just run over or through him?
It also has a history different from most other sports. Sports have traditionally been a pastime of the working class, but football was popularized at college campuses and originally dominated by the most elite and exclusive of those institutions. It developed as a "rich kids' sport," although in this regard it's similar to rugby which was of course invented at the elite boarding school from which it takes its name.
Football is also an incredible 3-4 hour display of controlled violence. Defensive players fly around the field like missiles. Linebackers can be 6'5", 300 pound monsters with speed that no human that size should have. Wide receivers regularly put themselves in harms way by exposing their whole bodies to make a catch, knowing full well there's probably a freight train coming up behind them preparing to run them down.
And as far as I know, it's the only sport where you keep the ball after taking it out of bounds. |
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How much British/U.S. culture confounds MERPs?
