The World Cup trophy is not a cup, or reasonable facsimile thereof, because in its early days the ball was kicked a lot more often? :D
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:321027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
