
My life is funny. Is everyone's life funny?
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I've decided I like this World Cup. Mostly because the rules/goals are easily defined. They run around kicking the ball to each other until they can get it in the goal. The (aptly named) goalie tries to prevent it.
I understand tennis, soccer and ping pong. There's no complicated second down and 9, conversion, travelling, fumble stuff.
And the ball is big enough that you can see where it went....not like baseball, where the ball kind of disappears when hit and then shows up in the outfield.
Next the US plays Italy. The teams are really friendly to each other. I would like to be employed as a "trash talker". I would yell things like, "Go cook some spaghetti! We're going to turn you into pizza topping!"
They could have a trash talker, too...who would say things like, "The Statue of Liberty is a ho! Go eat a Big Mac!"
I understand tennis, soccer and ping pong. There's no complicated second down and 9, conversion, travelling, fumble stuff.
And the ball is big enough that you can see where it went....not like baseball, where the ball kind of disappears when hit and then shows up in the outfield.
Next the US plays Italy. The teams are really friendly to each other. I would like to be employed as a "trash talker". I would yell things like, "Go cook some spaghetti! We're going to turn you into pizza topping!"
They could have a trash talker, too...who would say things like, "The Statue of Liberty is a ho! Go eat a Big Mac!"
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Hands up those who understand the 'offside' rule???quirky wrote:I've decided I like this World Cup. Mostly because the rules/goals are easily defined.


Everybody should believe in something.
I believe I'll have another coffee!
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I believe I'll have another coffee!
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That's as good an explanation as any!
My Dad explained it years ago with salt and pepper pots as the defenders, and the bottle of vinegar as the striker inching that little bit too far up the field! Seemed to make sense in a strange condiment kinda way.

My Dad explained it years ago with salt and pepper pots as the defenders, and the bottle of vinegar as the striker inching that little bit too far up the field! Seemed to make sense in a strange condiment kinda way.

Everybody should believe in something.
I believe I'll have another coffee!
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/vindalowe/refreshcoffee.gif[/img]
I believe I'll have another coffee!
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/vindalowe/refreshcoffee.gif[/img]
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Is it just me? Or does it seem like everything in the store all of a sudden (or gradually but rapidly) comes in way too many varieties. There was a whole side of an aisle dedicated to WATER today.
And this is bad...because little old ladies stand in front of a shelf section for several minutes before deciding what barbeque sauce to buy and you're waiting patiently nearby with your cart and a killer wedgie that you can't do anything about because there are too many shoppers around. And yet, you understand her plight because there are WAY TOO MANY OPTIONS!
I first noticed this in relation to Dawn dishwashing liquid. How many years did it come in blue in a nice bottle? Now they have pink, orange, green...the green is green apple...don't get that one, because if you wash a pan that your cooked bacon in with it...it develops this pukeworthy scent....
Now they have foam! Where it's already foamy! I'm a conscientious objector to the number of options Dawn gives! So I only buy the blue one.
If this perpetuation of a plethora of options continues, they're going to have to open up different branches...like "Wal-Mart Dairy Shop" "Wall Mart Detergent Shop" "Wal Mart meat Mart".
And this is bad...because little old ladies stand in front of a shelf section for several minutes before deciding what barbeque sauce to buy and you're waiting patiently nearby with your cart and a killer wedgie that you can't do anything about because there are too many shoppers around. And yet, you understand her plight because there are WAY TOO MANY OPTIONS!
I first noticed this in relation to Dawn dishwashing liquid. How many years did it come in blue in a nice bottle? Now they have pink, orange, green...the green is green apple...don't get that one, because if you wash a pan that your cooked bacon in with it...it develops this pukeworthy scent....
Now they have foam! Where it's already foamy! I'm a conscientious objector to the number of options Dawn gives! So I only buy the blue one.
If this perpetuation of a plethora of options continues, they're going to have to open up different branches...like "Wal-Mart Dairy Shop" "Wall Mart Detergent Shop" "Wal Mart meat Mart".
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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