For the same reason that American's call their sport Football when their ball is almost never kicked.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why is the trophy for the World Cup not a cup, or even a reasonable > facsimile thereof? > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> there is nothing like the feeling of hitting the upper right corner from >> about 30yrds out, and running back >> to your teammates... NOTHING. >> >> i played for well over 18 years, and to this day, no other sport compares... >> not even golf. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The only cure for that attitude is one thing: Play footie for a year or >>> two. >>> The reason it's so popular everywhere in the world is because everyone >>> plays >>> it. Once you've tried to strike on a half volley while in full sprint with >>> a >>> defender going shoulder to shoulder with you it will become clear exactly >>> why it's the beautiful game. >>> >>> Or another possible solution for American viewers would be to overlay on >>> screen graphics of explosions and missles and shit every time a player >>> touches the ball. :p >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
