No, it was always the World Cup. It's just that when you won the world cup you won the Rimet Trophy.
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > So they changed the actual award to a trophy from a cup and the name to Cup > from a trophy...that's funny hehehe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 5:39 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: The footie starts tomorrow! > > > It used to be a cup from the 30's to the 70's. It was called the Rimet > Trophy back then. It's got an interesting history and a lot of politics > behind it over the years. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy#Jules_Rimet_Trophy > > > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:57 AM, 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:321084 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
