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Topic Categories: Behavior • Humor • Streaming videos • Your Inner Child
Posted on: March 13, 2010 6:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: photography, sports, futbol, professional soccer, cultural observation, acting lessons, humor, funny, television, streaming video
I love futbol, but OMG, these boyz are such crybabies and drama queens! These soccer/futbol players demonstrate the reasons why I think they all are in desperate need of acting lessons: their ridiculous overblown theatrics.
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Real Men(tm) play Rugby.
Posted by: SimonG | March 13, 2010 7:59 AM
I don't know the first thing about soccer, but from looking at that clip, it seems to be a make-believe-'sport' in the same vein as professional wrestling, right?
Posted by: Phillip IV | March 13, 2010 8:45 AM
i agree with @simong -- real men play rugby OR australian rules football. if there isn't at least one death per game, it wasn't played right...
Posted by: travelgirl | March 13, 2010 10:41 AM
BTW, the fine word "football" should remain reserved for the authetic game first codified in the "Laws of the Game". It must definitely not be used for a game mostly played by hand with an egg-shaped something that surely doesn't deserve the honour of being termed "ball".
Posted by: sparc | March 13, 2010 11:03 AM
Grrl: The word is "Football", sometimes adorned with "Association" to distinguish itself from the pussy game of "American Rules Rugby Football".
Phillip: You're seeing the histrionics used to get the ref to call a foul against the opposing side. As the officials have got better spotting false claims, the acting has become, let us say, more emotional. Football is a marvelous game packed with 90 minutes of exciting action and no damn cheer leaders.
Rugby (or, more properly, "Rugby Football") is a damn fine game...but doesn't have the continuous to-and-fro flow of a football match. Australian Rules Rugby Football is another fine game but doesn't get out of Australia.
Posted by: MartinDH | March 14, 2010 8:39 AM