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Handmelon: many players are amongst the most fat, unathletic 'sportsmen' you'll find anywhere with no skills of any kind other than running like sissies and/or the use of blunt force. They're sissies who have to wear bulletproof kevlar to protect their sissy arses to boot. The game prominently features men jumping and groping each other, the latent homoeroticism dripping off of it in buckets. Violence is the main attraction, but action never lasts longer than 30 seconds, perfect 'sport' for people with short attention spans. Yes, I agree, objectively speaking Handmelon is the perfect spectator sport for Americans...
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You know what, let us compromise: we call our football "soccer" and you call your form of rugby "rugger". History rectified and logic restored.Originally posted by Odin
It is because back in the day in the US the two sports were called "Rugby Football" and "Association Football", both sometimes contracted to RUGGER and SOCCER. As Rugby evolved into American Football, it exloded in popularity compared to soccer, and soon just began to be called "football" as it and Rugby went thier seperate ways.Last edited by Colonâ„¢; October 31, 2005, 09:48.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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American Football is ok at best... too stop/start for me. Why in the hell does a game with 60 minutes of actual playing time take 4 hours to play? That's just bull****, and it irritates me. I appreciate the strategy of it, though, so I can watch it... I just have to have 1 or 2 flick channels so I can watch something else between plays.
Cricket is probably the most boring to me. I fell asleep at a cricket match. This is a game that takes a week to play.
Baseball, for some reason, doesn't trigger my "stop/start sucks" reaction the way football does. I do get annoyed when a pitcher works really slow, a batter can't stay in the friggin' batter's box, or there are 10 throws to first in a row. But otherwise I'm fine with the pace of the game - much the way I imagine a cricket fan feels about cricket's pace.
Hockey is fun, but I don't really watch it anymore. I should get back into it now that it's back.
Ok, to the actual (trolling) topic, Soccer, aka Football:
I love soccer, but ONLY if it's played at a very high level (Premier league and the like). If it's not, it can be terribly boring. Also, there are teams that will play a very defensive-minded game, looking for one breakaway goal and a 1-0 win. I HATE that. Soccer played with an attacking style with world-class players, on the other hand, is a wonderful thing. This can still result in a 1-0 win, but it's much more fun to watch.
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Written by someone with no understanding of the sport. Baseball has fat unathletic guys (John Kruk). Football has giants who can run the 40 in 4.8 seconds.Originally posted by Locutus
Handmelon: many players are amongst the most fat, unathletic 'sportsmen'I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Indeed, Wycoff.
I expect it is very hard for someone watching on TV to understand how athletic the 300-pounders in the NFL are.
These guys are very good athletes and are also very well conditioned. They carry ballast with them because they have specific roles and the added ballast makes them perform these roles better.
I would love to see a 40 yard sprint between 'poly soccer fans and NFL linemen. Skinny little girly men being trounced in a sprint by 300 pounders...
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Glad we agreeYes, I agree, objectively speaking Handmelon is the perfect spectator sport...
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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So you also believe handmelon is an apt name for that game?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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40 what??? centimeters, inches, hamburgers?? What!?Originally posted by Wycoff
Written by someone with no understanding of the sport. Baseball has fat unathletic guys (John Kruk). Football has giants who can run the 40 in 4.8 seconds.
Americans enjoy lemonball because of the start-stops, that's what makes it predictable, just like hollywood movies.
While euro's go out to support the team, americans go out with the family to have a nice day.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
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You have my permission to call it whatever absurd name you choose.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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americans just aren't capable of understanding football, and i don't mean they struggle with the offside rule, what they don't understand what it means to the fans, bill shankly once said "some people think football is a matter of life and death.....i can assure them it is much more serious than that.."
i'll tell you a story about a club called wimbledon. they came up from non-league football in a very short amount of time, despite doing things on the cheap and having a fairly small fan base, they survived for a long time in the top flight and memorably won the FA cap in 1988, beating liverpool. the 'crazy gang' won a place in people's hearts and achieved some success in the 90s with their long ball tactics and never say die attitude. they were taken over by some crazy norwegians led by kjell inge røkke and the club went downhill, the solution they came up with was uproot and move the club to milton keynes, some 70 miles away! not surprisingly fans were outraged by this 'franchising' and set their own club (AFC wimbledon) to carry on the history tradition which the move the milton keynes robed them of. the results of this, 'wimbeldon' (now called the MK dons) have no fans and will be lucky to avoid relegation from league one this year, while AFC wimbeldon have better support than many league clubs and have been tearing up the leagues, they could be playing each other in two seasons time.
in amercia teams get moved around simply for financial gain, and people just accept it, to me that's disgusting, but it's also the reason why americans can't understand the love for football that people in other countries have. i've watched a lot of league one and two football in the past few years, it's never like watching brazil, but those who think it has to be, just don't get it. the highs and lows of grinding out a draw away from home in the pissing rain, of nicking a late winner, being denied a blatant penalty, of losing because of a stupid mistake, will never be experienced by those who's attachment to a team is only temporary and only while it's entertaining, because that team might not ever be there next year."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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40 yards, another archaic measurement that us Americans use.Originally posted by alva
40 what??? centimeters, inches, hamburgers?? What!?
Americans enjoy lemonball because of the start-stops, that's what makes it predictable, just like hollywood movies.
The starts and stops allow for strategy/ switching in players/ changing offensive and defensive schemes, etc.
The great thing about American Football is that every player on the field matters. In Soccer or Basketball all you need is one or two stars to dominate. The rest can just run around. In American Football every player matters. One bad lineman or defensive back can cripple a team.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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You're misjudging American soprts. You don't think that Steelers fans, Packers fans, etc. live and die by their teams? You're sorely mistaken. Moving teams is disgraceful (especially when Cleveland lost the Browns), but it doesn't happen often. Most teams haven't moved and will never move. Trust me, the U.S. has many, many, many sports fanatics.Originally posted by C0ckney
the highs and lows of grinding out a draw away from home in the pissing rain, of nicking a late winner, being denied a blatant penalty, of losing because of a stupid mistake, will never be experienced by those who's attachment to a team is only temporary and only while it's entertaining, because that team might not ever be there next year.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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In Soccer...all you need is one or two stars to dominate. The rest can just run around.
i think you should head to the clue shop, i hear there's a sale on."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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You can join me there. Apparently we're both making gross generalizations.Originally posted by C0ckney
i think you should head to the clue shop, i hear there's a sale on.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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