Soccer has all the appeal of watching paint dry. Some people can do that and pronounce it entertainment. It's much like Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio...
Hey, I love that, uhrm, what do you call it again? *snooze* Even talking about it is boring.
I have some suspicion that soccer is the reason Europe has fallen to socialism. It has to be part of it, or at least the mindset of a people who would call it entertaining.
Good call. Don your safety helmet, I am positive the flying monkeys will be by any time now... 3... 2... 1...
Doom, soccer and socialism are linked. No question. Which came first is a great metaphysical mystery.
Nick ... curling is much more macho.
What Makes ... exactly. I haven't seen that much flopping and whining since a two-your-old went to the mat at the grocery store. Every time some one touches them, the scream and fall.
When I was a kid in Florida in the '50's, we played something called Gator Ball, which in the north was called Speed Ball.
It was, basically, soccer - a bunch of pimply pubes in gym shorts kicking a ball back and forth. Anybody could play, even Fat Fat The Water Rat. All you needed was a moveable foot.
Zio and I were street kids in Sao Paolo in 1940. I met him when he was skinning a mongoose....what a crazy guy. We were brought to the US by Leo Carillo.
Someday Zio or I will spill the sordid events at Leo's San Pedro duplex. Strangely, on the plus side and yet to be revealed) we both escaped the place with SAG cards.
The song "Tit Toe Through the Tulips" comes to mind. It's a GAY sport. It got its foot hold in this country in "The Bay Area", and has been spreading across this country from metrosexual yuppy community to metrosexual yuppy community.
Not a sport? Even as a pastime it's not as exciting as curling.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ!
ReplyDeleteSoccer has all the appeal of watching paint dry. Some people can do that and pronounce it entertainment. It's much like Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio...
Hey, I love that, uhrm, what do you call it again? *snooze* Even talking about it is boring.
ReplyDeleteI have some suspicion that soccer is the reason Europe has fallen to socialism. It has to be part of it, or at least the mindset of a people who would call it entertaining.
Good call. Don your safety helmet, I am positive the flying monkeys will be by any time now... 3... 2... 1...
anything called "footy" just can't be called a sport...
ReplyDeleteby the way, did you see the guys lying around on the field faking injuries yesterday....
Doom, soccer and socialism are linked. No question. Which came first is a great metaphysical mystery.
ReplyDeleteNick ... curling is much more macho.
What Makes ... exactly. I haven't seen that much flopping and whining since a two-your-old went to the mat at the grocery store. Every time some one touches them, the scream and fall.
Then they ... trade shirts?
When I was a kid in Florida in the '50's, we played something called Gator Ball, which in the north was called Speed Ball.
ReplyDeleteIt was, basically, soccer - a bunch of pimply pubes in gym shorts kicking a ball back and forth. Anybody could play, even Fat Fat The Water Rat. All you needed was a moveable foot.
Yeah, Fat Fat The Water Rat would get an abrasion, fall down and cry. Same thing today.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't an "abrasion". I had to get stitches.
ReplyDeleteTry Australian Rules Football. Stupid game, great fights.
ReplyDeleteRhod, part of the "beauty" of it is that we can all play ... ahhhhh ... Fun Fair Positive, etc.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you and Zio went that far back ...
Zio and I were street kids in Sao Paolo in 1940. I met him when he was skinning a mongoose....what a crazy guy. We were brought to the US by Leo Carillo.
ReplyDeleteOh, what the hell; I can tell you.
ReplyDeleteLike many a poor kid, Zio fell into Zarex addiction, usually taking it right from the bottle, chased by a fifth of Bosco.
He put on a ton of weight. He met Nick in rehab.
Someday Zio or I will spill the sordid events at Leo's San Pedro duplex. Strangely, on the plus side and yet to be revealed) we both escaped the place with SAG cards.
ReplyDeleteThe song "Tit Toe Through the Tulips" comes to mind. It's a GAY sport. It got its foot hold in this country in "The Bay Area", and has been spreading across this country from metrosexual yuppy community to metrosexual yuppy community.
ReplyDeleteAn "automation system"? Tell me more.
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