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| Subject | Re: Detroit pistons rule! <sings>Lets get it started..</sings> | |||||||||||||||
| From | Phill <phill@pacific.net.au> | |||||||||||||||
| Date | Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:05:02 +1000 | |||||||||||||||
| Newsgroups | digitalmars.D | |||||||||||||||
"Matthew" <admin@stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> wrote in message news:caje01$2kof$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > "Sam McCall" <tunah.d@tunah.net> wrote in message > news:cajcdk$2hgb$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > Matthew wrote: > > > > > Is this related to some sporting pastime whose name is a malapropism, with > > > respect to its primary mechanism and form? In other words, American > *foot*ball? > > > > > > Here is Aus, they insist on calling football "soccer", and calling the three > > > different kinds of rugby-like sports "football". Go figure! > > Hey, I'm a kiwi, and take exception to any suggestion that aussie rules > > is rugby-like :-P > > Sorry, I should have been more specific. They are three sports that involve large > men who have insufficient ball control to cheat and pick up the ball and run > around and throw it to each other. > > :-) > > Actually, to be serious, since I've been here 7 years, and my in-laws are BIG > rugby union people, I've come to sort of enjoy rugby union a little, in > internationall games at least. But Aussie rules just seems a little silly; the > extremely short and tight shorts and lack of sleeves don't help, albeit I'm aware > that the ladies like this aspect. And RL is the ugliest game in the world, played > by the dumbest men in the universe. > > For the non-Australasians reading this, there've recently been a spate of > "shocking revelations" about the exploits of the professional rugby league > players here in Aus, including a number of different allegations of pack rape. > The country has been stunned to learn that if you get bands of ill/un-educated, > not very bright to start with, young men, pay them hundreds of thousands of > dollars a year, pander to their every whim, laud them above all other members of > your society, and surround them with adoring women, then they'll develop a > disproportionate impression of their own self-worth and have no respect for > women. Big shock! > > My sons both appear to be likely to develop my physical size, and the sporting > skills - which skipped me <g> - of their grandfathers. We've already decided that > the morally corrupt Rugby League institutions in this country aren't gettting a p > aw on them, at any stage of their development. F-ing cretins! > > Mr hot air. > > P.S. Since the boys could play union for either England or Australia, we've > decided that if they look like there's a chance they might be good enough, we'll > move to NZ at a suitable age, so they can play for the one team that plays with > beauty and passion. ;) > > | ||||||||||||||||
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