On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:49 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > >>> No hard feelings Sanchez. Buy yourself a football (a round one!), > >>> and get out into the fresh air. > >> A "round football"?!! Well colo*u*r me surpri*z*ed. > >> > > Soccer man, soccer. > > > > No definitely football. > > Why call a sport where the object of the game is to pick the ball up in > your hands, run with it and throw it to your colleague so he can do the > same *foot*ball. In the UK thats a foul and if you do it deliberately > you could get sent off!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FootBall there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.[1] These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . except me." Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]