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Started by Maladict, June 03, 2014, 04:58:07 AM

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Zanza

#345
June 14, 2014, 01:45:27 AM
Yeah :lol:

Syt

#346
June 14, 2014, 01:48:41 AM
If Ide would like to bandwaggon, here's a 1970s photo of German player Paul Breitner:



Or maybe:


(reading the "Beijing Review")
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Syt

#347
June 14, 2014, 01:49:32 AM
Quote from: Zanza on June 14, 2014, 01:45:27 AM
Yeah :lol:

I was considering young Jogi Löw for a bit. :D

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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Admiral Yi

#348
June 14, 2014, 01:52:12 AM
He's hoarding typing paper because he knows the workers' state can't produce it.  He's a hypocrite.

Syt

#349
June 14, 2014, 01:59:05 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 14, 2014, 01:52:12 AM
He's hoarding typing paper because he knows the workers' state can't produce it.  He's a hypocrite.

:lol:

Nah, based on the books shown, those are stacks of books about the 1974 World Cup in Germany (which Germany won). Probably for signing or something. Breitner was famous for constantly handing out Mao Bibles (the little red book) to people, though.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Zanza

#350
June 14, 2014, 02:24:35 AM
He's a suit at Bayern Munich nowadays though. I guess he came to terms with being a millionaire.

Syt

#351
June 14, 2014, 03:34:07 AM
Money tends to have that effect on people. :P
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

celedhring

#352
June 14, 2014, 04:46:59 AM
What a nice day, isn't it?

Syt

#353
June 14, 2014, 06:27:54 AM
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Liep

#354
June 14, 2014, 06:37:06 AM
They call it soccer in Ireland? :huh:
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Syt

#355
June 14, 2014, 06:49:06 AM
Probably to spite the English.
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Viking

#356
June 14, 2014, 06:51:43 AM
Why "soccer"?

Because, way back in the 1840s the different kinds of football played in england tried to unify their rules. The issue for debate was "tripping" - what we today call tackling. This was from before catching the ball with the hands was banned. At that time players could shout "mark" and catch the all with their hands. They could then place it on the ground and take a free kick. See Aussie Rules Football if you want an idea of how it worked.

In the Eton School Game the player calling the mark would place the ball on the ground a kick it. In Rugby School Game the player calling the mark could pick the ball off from the ground and run with the ball in hand. The Rugby School Game permitted tripping the player carrying the ball while the Eton School Game banned tripping the man dribbling the ball. Arguments ensued and the Rugby delegates left in a huff. The Eton School Rules became the basis for the rules played by the schools which formed the Football Association.

Consequently the two kinds of the game became known as Rugby Football and Association Football. This was shortened to "Rugger" and "Soccer" (for a-soc-iation). So countries where the game was introduced by the English upper class it gets known as soccer to distinguish it from rugby, which the upper class also introduced.
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The Larch

#357
June 14, 2014, 07:17:00 AM
Quote from: Liep on June 14, 2014, 06:37:06 AM
They call it soccer in Ireland? :huh:

Football there refers to Gaelic Football.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football

Liep

#358
June 14, 2014, 07:21:20 AM
Makes sense, thanks!
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

Zanza

#359
June 14, 2014, 07:50:26 AM
Nogomet? Can you explain that Warspite?
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