OT: why football is better than American football

oleg · #1 October 9th, 2003, 04:44 PM

Because it uses the ball with the shape God choose for the Universe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3175352.stm

geoschmo · #2 October 9th, 2003, 04:52 PM

That's not a football shape, it's a soccer ball.

oleg · #3 October 9th, 2003, 04:54 PM

No, it is a football

Football is a game played by kicking the ball. Your favorite sport is technically Handball

[ October 09, 2003, 15:56: Message edited by: oleg ]

geoschmo · #4 October 9th, 2003, 05:02 PM

Actually my favorite sport is Baseball, but that's another topic.

So Soccer should be renamed Headball? Kneeball? Chestball? Maybe, "Everything but your hands, unless you are the goalie and then you can use your hands too, Ball" I saw all those being used in a soccer game once. Right before I fell asleep that is.

General Woundwort · #5 October 9th, 2003, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I saw all those being used in a soccer game once. Right before I fell asleep that is.

Actually, with all the penalty delays, video replay for disputed ref call delays, commerical break time outs, ad infinitum ad nauseam, we can't really use the "boring" argument against soccer anymore.

Wardad · #6 October 9th, 2003, 05:06 PM

OK NOW!!!!

Let's get a profesional US Football team to play one of your football teams in a mixed rules game.
You may run, but your gonna slow down sometime...

geoschmo · #7 October 9th, 2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I saw all those being used in a soccer game once. Right before I fell asleep that is.

Actually, with all the penalty delays, video replay for disputed ref call delays, commerical break time outs, ad infinitum ad nauseam, we can't really use the "boring" argument against soccer anymore.

No, the delays in Football are anoying at times, but they are strategically placed to allow snack/bathroom breaks without missing any of the action. In soccer you can take a 2 hour bathroom break and not miss anything significant.

Whew, that line at the snack bar took forever. What'd I miss?

Uh, they all ran this way for a while, then they all ran back the other way for a while. Actually I am not sure about any more then that cause I have been sitting here doing my taxes to keep from nodding off. But the score is still tied, zero-zero.

spoon · #8 October 9th, 2003, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by oleg:
Because it uses the ball with the shape God choose for the Universe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3175352.stm

Actually, given this quote from the article:

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More precisely, we may inhabit a dodecahedral cosmos.

I'd say He modeled the Universe after Dungeons & Dragons.

And if He's the DM, I say He's totally cheap when it comes to handing out magic items. I'm, what, an 8th level peon and not one +1 sword in sight.

DavidG · #9 October 9th, 2003, 05:37 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I saw all those being used in a soccer game once. Right before I fell asleep that is.

Actually, with all the penalty delays, video replay for disputed ref call delays, commerical break time outs, ad infinitum ad nauseam, we can't really use the "boring" argument against soccer anymore.
No, the delays in Football are anoying at times, but they are strategically placed to allow snack/bathroom breaks without missing any of the action. In soccer you can take a 2 hour bathroom break and not miss anything significant.

As opposed to the fast action, never boring game of baseball.

DavidG · #10 October 9th, 2003, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by Wardad:
OK NOW!!!!

Let's get a profesional US Football team to play one of your football teams in a mixed rules game.
You may run, but your gonna slow down sometime...

How wbout they play a European rugy team instead? Those woosies wouldn't even step on a field with out 100 pounds of bullet proof armour.