4th of July

[Travis Kroells 0]

Yeah, and we thank you for tha. :) We also burnt down your White House too. :D

Yeah, but if it we'rent for you Brits, the white house wouldn't be white...

 

So...Thanks for making an icon. :)

[Images 0]

bah. its the thought that counts...

 

 

...well at least we play football not that strange thing with body armour and helmets :D

[Nemesis 0]

bah. its the thought that counts...

 

 

...well at least we play football not that strange thing with body armour and helmets :D

And lost the European Championship :)

[Travis Kroells 0]

ROFL, it's like that Nike comercial...

 

 

Football is football....Unless its football.

[NDak 0]

...well at least we play football not that strange thing with body armour and helmets :D

No I think your thinking of the game called Soccer...Football is an American (and some Canadian) Sport... :) :D :)

 

::ducks and runs before anyone thwaps him::

[Seiben 0]

Ya know, I've been wondering why foot ball is called football, when you don't even play it with your feet? :D

[Images 0]

Exactly! Which is why you should re-name that game right now to "Rip-off of rugby with body armor" :)

 

I'm a mean person :D

 

If nobody but American teams play in that baseball thingymebob called the world series? doesn't that mean that America wins every time? kinda dull i would have thought.

[NDak 0]

Exactly! Which is why you should re-name that game right now to "Rip-off of rugby with body armor" :)

 

I'm a mean person :)

 

If nobody but American teams play in that baseball thingymebob called the world series? doesn't that mean that America wins every time? kinda dull i would have thought.

There are two Canadian teams too :D

[Images 0]

There are two Canadian teams too :D

And thus, the whole world takes part. :)

[Seiben 0]

There are two Canadian teams too :D

Heh, more like 1 and a half. Since the Expos play most of their home games in Puerto Rico. And that half is going to turn into just one, come next season when the Expos move to DC, or whereever. :)

[Guest fleet admiral mikey]

that sucks i want the expos to stay here in canada

[Seiben 0]

Yeah, it sucks, but hey.. the 8000 or so people filling Olympic Stadium for Expo games, just aren't enough to keep them afloat. :D Montréal's not interested in baseball anymore.. sad thing that.

[Nemesis 0]

American football and European football originated from the same game. It's when there would be two towns and they had to get a pigskin into the other town and their were basically no rules so there would be fighting and so on.

 

The British were the first to develope games, they were football (soccer) and rugby. These were separated by north and south can't remember which was where.

 

Then in North America they decided to make there own, so two of the biggest unversities in the day got together Harvard and McGill, and wrote up the rules the rules for football, they played the first game and I think McGill won. Then the rules were rewritten for each country which is why Canadian and American football is differant.

[Images 0]

yeah but american football seems like rugby players who want to be lazy! You can pass forward, you can knock down a guy even if they obviously haven't got the ball, you can slam a guy above waist height, you get to keep land you take every time the ball is put down, you wear tonnes of body armor and there are no scrums (which are really tough).

[Nemesis 0]

yeah but american football seems like rugby players who want to be lazy! You can pass forward, you can knock down a guy even if they obviously haven't got the ball, you can slam a guy above waist height, you get to keep land you take every time the ball is put down, you wear tonnes of body armor and there are no scrums (which are really tough).

Well in football's defence it's not about brute strength as much as it is about stratedgy. It has nothing on hockey of course which actually is one of the most difficult sports to play.

[Dumbass 0]

I think George Carlin said it best.

 

In football you are downed in enemy territory, the two minute warning has sounded, there is sudden-death overtime, and you need to execute a lateral assault or prepare for the blitz to get into the end zone.

 

In baseball the object of the game is to run home. :D

[Akeen 0]

One thing I've always woundered, is why do American sports tend to involve men in tights grabbing eachother?

[Travis Kroells 0]

::Grabs Vanroy, and puts on a pair of tights::

 

... Meh/Bridge, maybe America wasn't founded by prudes after all...

[Seiben 0]

::Grabs Vanroy, and puts on a pair of tights::

 

... Meh/Bridge, maybe America wasn't founded by prudes after all...

::shudders:: Not a pretty site.. :D :)

[Merina 0]

I post this July 2nd and it's already gone burzerk!! ::runs around like a madwoman::

[Seiben 0]

lol.. welcome to STSF. :D This topic went berzerk long before today. :)

[Dumbass 0]

... Meh/Bridge, maybe America wasn't founded by prudes after all...

The only real "prudes" that contributed to the founding of this nation were the Pilgrims, which by the time of the Declaration of Independence were but a tiny minority. Heck, one of the advantages of living in the colonies back then was that the colonists could escape the prudish norms of Europe.

 

And would you believe Ben Franklin wrote a book called "Fart Proudly!"? True story.

[Seiben 0]

Is it now? Well you learn something new everday. :D

[Saek tr'Vosh 0]

Isnt it strange how we keep discussing body parts and functions... :D

 

I wonder if anyone ever wrote "Burp with Purpose..." :)

 

::thinks that just might call down the thunderbolts::

[Dumbass 0]

And would you believe Ben Franklin wrote a book called "Fart Proudly!"? True story.

For those who still doubt me...