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kenetiks
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Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
|  Posted: 2005-12-22 11:00
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On 2005-12-22 07:27, BackSlash *Jack* wrote:
Atleast in Rugby we don't wear pads because we're scared of getting hurtzies OHNOES!
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Perhaps you should look up the history of american "football".
And you will notice that the pads are there for a reason.
The reason they are worn is due to numorous fatalities in the early forms of american football.
Our american football was a violent and often times fatal sport to play. The complaints started coming in a new rules and safety equipment was adopted due to the large number of serious injuries and deaths that occured.
In contrast, if the new public rulings and paddings where not adopted, the sport would have continued it's bloody reign even today.
So, let's not bash Americans for being wimps for wearing pads as rugby could not compare to the brutality of early American football.
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Shigernafy
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2005-12-22 11:01
Here here for brutal american sports!
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Special K
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Joined: November 12, 2005
Posts: 127
From: Somewhere between here and there...
| Posted: 2005-12-22 11:18
Yes, but we like our players still intact at teh end of the game, so thats hwy we ware pads.
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Sardaukar
Admiral
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Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
| Posted: 2005-12-22 12:54
Uh... as an American... America is the only nation in the entire frickin' world that calls Football soccer. Not just Europe; EVERYONE ELSE CALLS IT FOOTBALL!
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MARCHING BAND IS BETTER!
*runs*
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-RevenG-
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Joined: March 03, 2004
Posts: 2673
| Posted: 2005-12-22 13:36
Pfft, real men play nekkid.
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YIIMM
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Joined: June 16, 2005
Posts: 851
From: Barcino, Hispania Tarraconensis
| Posted: 2005-12-22 16:32
Surely someone would've noticed by now that practically no other country plays American football. Rugby 4tw
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kenetiks
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Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2005-12-22 17:21
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On 2005-12-22 16:32, Mandator wrote:
Surely someone would've noticed by now that practically no other country plays American football. Rugby 4tw
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Of course they don't. They can't handle the pressure.
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Axalon
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Joined: June 15, 2003
Posts: 442
From: East Windsor, NJ, USA
| Posted: 2005-12-22 17:22
Meh, Backy's still miffed about the fact that their army got 0wned by 11 farmers 224 years ago.
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Fattierob
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Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2005-12-22 18:35
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On 2005-12-22 17:22, Axalon wrote:
Meh, Backy's still miffed about the fact that their army got 0wned by 11 farmers 224 years ago.
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axy, i less then three you
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fatafan86
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Joined: July 24, 2005
Posts: 4
| Posted: 2005-12-22 18:45
futball americano 
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Cataclysm
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Joined: November 26, 2005
Posts: 45
| Posted: 2005-12-23 05:39
JOHN CLEESE'S (of Monty Python fame) LETTER TO AMERICA
To the citizens of the United States of America:
In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA
and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the
revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her
Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical
duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories
(excepting Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Your new prime minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor for
America without the need for further elections. Congress and the
Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year
to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the
following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Then look up "aluminium," and check the pronunciation guide. You
will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour',
'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell
'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix "ize"
will be replaced by the suffix "ise."
You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra'; you
may elect to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you find you
simply can't cope with correct pronunciation.
Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to
acceptable levels (look up "vocabulary"). Using the same
twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like"
and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of
communication.
2. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to
take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of
"-ize."
3. You will relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The
Queen", but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above).
4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd
will be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in
England. It will be called "Come-Uppance Day."
5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns,
lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and
therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.
Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to
sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then
you're
not grown up enough to handle a gun.
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything
more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if
you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is
for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand
what we mean. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts,
and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect.
At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the
benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will
help you understand the British sense of humour.
8. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have
been calling "gasoline") -roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.
9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French
fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling
potato chips are properly called "crisps." Real chips are thick cut,
fried in animal fat, and dressed not with mayonnaise but with
vinegar.
10. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive
with customers.
11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not
actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be
referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted
provenance will be referred to as "Lager." American brands will be
referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," so that all can be sold
without risk of further confusion.
12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors
as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors
to play English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English
dialogue in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was an experience akin to
having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
13. You will cease playing American "football." There is only one
kind of proper football; you call it "soccer." Those of you brave
enough will, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some
similarities to American "football", but does not involve stopping
for a
rest
every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch
of nancies).
Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to
host an event called the "World Series" for a game which is not
played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that
there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable.
14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from
Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the
acquisition of all monies due backdated to 1776.
Thank you for your co-operation
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DOM700 [-IMO-]
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Joined: July 26, 2001
Posts: 3175
From: Eckental, Germany, Sol-System
| Posted: 2005-12-23 06:28
Thank you for giving me a smile on my face 
Btw...I have read something about the oil projects in Alaska and the cars made in the US....you wouldnt need that much oil if you would start to use cars which actually burn the petrol and use that energy instead of whatever the current cars do (no clue how a car with the same power can use 3 times the ammount of petrol a normal european car needs, most people here would choose a Lada instead of a chrysler...)
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Cataclysm
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Joined: November 26, 2005
Posts: 45
| Posted: 2005-12-23 15:01
oh well
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