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Dean 
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Posted: April 02 2011 at 18:51 |
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...and the clown who says "football shaped" gets to captain the team made up of kids who didn't get to college on a sports scolarship..
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What?
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Evolutionary Sleeper
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Posted: April 02 2011 at 18:56 |
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The latter of course.
Also, soccer.
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Luna
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Posted: April 02 2011 at 22:00 |
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You mean a handegg?
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Posted: April 02 2011 at 22:45 |
I never liked American Football all that much, and saying Football and meaning soccer makes me sound European 
So choice 1.
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JJLehto
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Posted: April 02 2011 at 23:48 |
Handegg all the way And don't hate on it...not our fault the US has evolved enough to use our hands... instead of just kicking something around. Like savages. 
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:00 |
 JJLehto wrote:
And don't hate on it...not our fault the US has evolved enough to use our hands... instead of just kicking something around. Like savages.
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This is a football............
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JJLehto
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:22 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
And don't hate on it...not our fault the US has evolved enough to use our hands... instead of just kicking something around. Like savages.
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This is a football............
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Damn straight it is. Although apparently this year a football is going to look more like this:  I almost can't believe they won't be able to find a way to split nine billion damn dollars...
Edited by JJLehto - April 03 2011 at 01:22
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Logos
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:28 |
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The rest of us (the rest of the world) unfortunately disagree with you Americans.
A football is a sphere. Football is a sport where you kick the ball around with your feet, hence the name.
Football is also the most popular sport on the planet, and unites people and peoples from all over the world in a way that no other sport or any other thing for that matter is able to do.
Edited by Logos - April 03 2011 at 01:30
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:33 |
Logos wrote:
The rest of us (the rest of the world) unfortunately disagree with you Americans.
A football is a sphere. Football is a sport where you kick the ball around with your feet, hence the name.
Football is also the most popular sport on the planet, and unites people and peoples from all over the world in a way that no other sport or any other thing for that matter is able to do.
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I was unaware that the rest of the world calls (soccer) football. Thanks for clearing that one up  And that's also why football riots are the most extreme. You guys only have one sport. Our insane fans our spread throughout multiple sports. Keeping the madness much less condensed.
Edited by JJLehto - April 03 2011 at 01:33
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Logos
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:38 |
JJLehto wrote:
I was unaware that the rest of the world calls (soccer) football. Thanks for clearing that one up
And that's also why football riots are the most extreme. You guys only have one sport.
Our insane fans our spread throughout multiple sports. Keeping the madness much less condensed. |
Although in my home country Finland ice hockey is the most popular sport (Canada I believe is the only other country where this is the case).  And overall we're (not myself though!) much more of a winter sport nation, but I guess the climate does that. Riots and hooliganism are indeed the downside. These people take sport way too seriously 
Edited by Logos - April 03 2011 at 01:39
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 01:43 |
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The only handegg riots that break out are at college games, and pent up student rage + excessive alcohol consumption is mainly the culprit there.
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 03:06 |
 
Edited by harmonium.ro - April 03 2011 at 03:43
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 03:27 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
And don't hate on it...not our fault the US has evolved enough to use our hands... instead of just kicking something around. Like savages.
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This is a football............
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And this is a rugby ball...so what?
You see when we use our hands we change the name. Something americans couldn't seem to cope with.
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 03:35 |
Yeah but when has rugby been considered a sport? I mean really now.... And in seriousness I have no problem with football at all. I just prefer handegg. Football is actually really fun to play but I can't watch it, no idea why. Guess its not exciting, but playing it can be intense. Its also funny to joke but I know its not a "wimp" sport for sissy Europeans you get messed up playing that game!
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Dean
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 03:38 |
Snow Dog wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
And don't hate on it...not our fault the US has evolved enough to use our hands... instead of just kicking something around. Like savages.
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This is a football............
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And this is a rugby ball...so what?
You see when we use our hands we change the name. Something americans couldn't seem to cope with. |
Apparently, and I have this from a reliable source, it's called football because that's the shape of an average American's foot. 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 03:53 |
^Well that settles that. I never knew Dean. Thank You! 
Edited by Snow Dog - April 03 2011 at 03:54
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 05:19 |
I think I'd actually watch a game of either if they'd swap balls.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 05:45 |
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 05:50 |
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The name soccer originates from a corruption of the expression Association Football
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Posted: April 03 2011 at 13:24 |
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A football is a sphere; the latter is a handegg
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