[Attn British Isles] Ninjas and Lasers! [Archive]

floppybootstomp

6 Jan 2005, 2:04pm

Yes, there are some with that mentality ;)

Myself, I'm an oddity, I really don't care for football.

Last notable good thing Englad managed, far as I can recall, was a 5-1 win over Germany several years back. That felt good, even to a non-fan like me :D

How long does that thing last, btw?

Thrax

6 Jan 2005, 2:56pm

It's the song that never ends, yes, it goes on and on my friend...

bothered

6 Jan 2005, 3:50pm

I must be an odity as well, I hate football. It's like watching paint dry. If you see any news here you would think the whole country was obsessed with it. I quite like badgers though.

Thrax

6 Jan 2005, 3:53pm

Not much a fan of UK Football myself either, but I did take an interest in the Paraguay gold medal match for the summer Olympics; that was a bit entertaining, but I felt strangely dirty, as if a sliver of my soul had eroded irretrievably.

6 Jan 2005, 5:22pm

The tingle lets you know that it's working!

primesuspect

6 Jan 2005, 5:34pm

hahahah ireland: Guiness and fighting

Wales: Dirt and sheep

Scotland: Haggis and Eggs

;D

RWB

6 Jan 2005, 6:37pm

That ain't no football... but I left it running in the background becuase I like the beat :D

Gareth

6 Jan 2005, 6:38pm

So, what's wrong with sheep ? :scratch:

dragonV8

6 Jan 2005, 8:33pm

So, what's wrong with sheep ? :scratch:

Nothing..................according to PressX. ;D

floppybootstomp

7 Jan 2005, 12:37am

That ain't no football... but I left it running in the background becuase I like the beat :D

What? I certainly ain't no fan of football. but the Brit version of football is more football than that yankee version.

Our guys don't come out in full body armour then cry if they graze their elbow.

They are men. Men who take all the knocks, grimace, smile, then carry on.

American football is for wussies and cheerleaders. Poofs.

English football is for grown up men. Nuff said.

Trogan

7 Jan 2005, 1:05am

I thoguht you would be saying that about rugby insead of football, floppy.

Besides, I love football - just look below :D

I can't believe you bothered. You live in manchester and yet you don't like football...

bothered

7 Jan 2005, 11:14am

I can't believe you bothered. You live in manchester and yet you don't like football...

It's not that I don't like football, I hate football. Where I work (everywhere I've worked) there are a group who live for football. They talk about what 'we' are going to do to them, how 'we' should have won this, what 'we' need to do to win that. It's all complete rubbish, you'd think they were playing. None of them can talk about anything else. If somebody likes playing football, fine, I can see that but, paying a fortune and wasting loads of time to watch somebody else play it is beyond me. It's just a bunch of very rich tee shirt sellers ripping the public off with football as a side line. I really cannot think of anything more pointless or boring. The two football grounds here would make far better car parks.
Rant over, flame away. :)

Necropolis

7 Jan 2005, 11:50am

It's not that I don't like football, I hate football. Where I work (everywhere I've worked) there are a group who live for football. They talk about what 'we' are going to do to them, how 'we' should have won this, what 'we' need to do to win that. It's all complete rubbish, you'd think they were playing. None of them can talk about anything else. If somebody likes playing football, fine, I can see that but, paying a fortune and wasting loads of time to watch somebody else play it is beyond me. It's just a bunch of very rich tee shirt sellers ripping the public off with football as a side line. I really cannot think of anything more pointless or boring. The two football grounds here would make far better car parks.
Rant over, flame away. :)

Please refer to the attached picture for my view on this. I am an avid football fan, I go to as many games as I can and as of next season will be the proud owner of a season ticket for the lower Gwladys Street stand at Goodison Park. At the end of the day its personal choice, I know a few people who think like bothered, but I know alot more people who think like me :thumbsup:

bothered

7 Jan 2005, 12:58pm

Crypto

7 Jan 2005, 1:16pm

It's not that I don't like football, I hate football. Where I work (everywhere I've worked) there are a group who live for football. They talk about what 'we' are going to do to them, how 'we' should have won this, what 'we' need to do to win that. It's all complete rubbish, you'd think they were playing. None of them can talk about anything else. If somebody likes playing football, fine, I can see that but, paying a fortune and wasting loads of time to watch somebody else play it is beyond me. It's just a bunch of very rich tee shirt sellers ripping the public off with football as a side line. I really cannot think of anything more pointless or boring. The two football grounds here would make far better car parks.
Rant over, flame away. :)

Just being the Devil's Advocate for a bit, I'm sure a lot of people would see us computer geeks as more pointless and boring than sports fans. :)

I have to declare I'm a rugby fan and ex player. Who said England hasn't won anything lately?

Only the Rugby Union World Cup November 2003.

It's very quiet from our Antipodian friends isn't it :D

Cheers

Crytpo

bothered

7 Jan 2005, 2:29pm

Just being the Devil's Advocate for a bit, I'm sure a lot of people would see us computer geeks as more pointless and boring than sports fans. :)

Dead right, I get that at work as well. My argument is that at least I'm doing it, not watching somebody else do it. It's all in fun though, just banter. :D

floppybootstomp

7 Jan 2005, 4:12pm

Ah, Rugby, now there's a game, not that I follow that, either.

But at school it was about the only sport I liked, mostly cos you could bash the other guy and get away with it and get covered in as much wet mud as you liked.

When you're 13, this is a good thing :D

7 Jan 2005, 5:51pm

I don't have a problem with football or football fans Colin, as you say, each to their own. Just my personal view that it's not important and all the hype surrounding it is nonsence.
I know more people who think like me too, but that's just down to the circles we mix in, I'm sure if I went to football matches I'd know a lot more football fans. :)

You don't need to qualify your statements, bothered. You're right, football (on either side of the ocean) is as pointless and boring a marketting scheme as is professional wrestling. I'm not complaining: It's a great revenue generater and economy stimulator for the cities that have good teams, but it's still silly to feel any real connection to a team that you have no stake in, to effect on, and no actual feelings for beyond an irrational fan-sence.

It's not an opinion, bothered. It's not subjective. Getting emotionally invested in football is dumb (and it costs lives). You are right, and most of these bozos are wrong. They just need to get over it. :D

Note: I am merely clarifying and supporting bothered's statements. Flames, death threats, or bodily harm that is incited should be apropriately directed. Thank you. :)

Trogan

7 Jan 2005, 7:08pm

Football is football. It's better than most sports, even though most of you may disagree...

Necropolis

7 Jan 2005, 7:10pm

I what to answer CBDroege's post with my true thoughts but it would turn this thread into a debate and I cant allow that to happen.

primesuspect

7 Jan 2005, 7:16pm

keyboardjockey.com could use some traffic. it's been dead around there lately :D

Giusi-gurL

7 Jan 2005, 8:08pm

awww that was cute : ))
i like football (soccer)

i play on a house league team over here. we came in 2nd place this summer. w00t w00t

my fave teams are palermo and juventus (seria A) <3

floppybootstomp

7 Jan 2005, 8:21pm

Just because I no keen on football don't mean it's a bad thing. I think probably about 80% of British males are addicted to it.

It just doesn't do much for me.

My nearest team is Charlton and me Dad used to take me to see them when I was a kid. I think they're doing quite well now, they weren't back then.

Watching a live match is quite fun, but it's beyond me how some blokes have to catch every waking minute of soccer on the TV, it's like an addiction but to me is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

I don't even know who's top of the league at the moment :confused:

Football can't be all bad, John Peel, rest his soul, was a keen follower of Liverpool and that's good enough for me ;)

profdlp

7 Jan 2005, 8:28pm

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...

Who's to say what makes another person "happy"?

In the interest of amity and comity let us all try to be a little more understanding of others. :)

I hope you'll see it my way - or else! ;D ;D

muddocktor

8 Jan 2005, 12:15am

Personally, I find pro football (of either variety on either side of the pond) boring to me and at least on my side of the pond, full of overpaid prima-donna's who have hissy fits over nothing and blow up the actual physical danger of the sport all out of proportion. My favorite sport is racing, whether it be F1, Nascar, rallye or motorcycle racing. There you have the drivers really hanging their ass and lives on the line.

As for rugby, I know very little about the game but at least they hang their asses on the line too; none of that padding stuff for them. :D :thumbsup:

Access_Denied

8 Jan 2005, 12:51am

im with the magority of you all here, i like to play football (and it usually dosent turn out well with me being 130lbs) but if im gonna waste my time watching somethign it would be rally racing (i hate nascar :rarr: ) i dunno i see where the people that love it are coming from as i have the same feel for imports. i could watch them and talk about them all day so i wont go into how useless football seems to me :p

TBonZ

8 Jan 2005, 1:15am

I'm not into football, either British, American nor Canadian. I like hockey myself, big surprise. I personally am not addicted to it, hell, I don't even miss it now that there is an impasse in the league but comments above broadly cover all sport so I may chime in. :)

For me, I see what a winning team can do to a city and it's civic pride, it's almost electric when the team in your city is gunning for the Trophy. When your out and about in times like that, people are more friendly, less cold and more susceptible to speaking to one another when ordinarily you might not have anything in common to talk about (This is of course fans). People become animated, they bust out of their shells, you cannot mistake a fan during playoffs. Fans are galvinized and the city feels energized, it's a great feeling to experience. It affects people on a broad level and these are the moments that make me love sport, it's what keeps me watching and makes me want my team to do well.

Oh yeah, Badger is still the King.

profdlp

8 Jan 2005, 2:10am

...For me, I see what a winning team can do to a city and it's civic pride...
To expound on that thought from an American's perspective, most people believe that the civil rights movement began in the early 1960's. I happen to think that it actually began (albeit in a tiny way) with Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the National (Baseball) League. I am proud that the second black player was an American Leaguer, Larry Doby, who entered baseball a few weeks later in 1947 with my favorite team, the Cleveland Indians.

Once people saw what African-Americans could do on a level playing field (in this case literally!) in fair competition with whites, the idea that blacks were somehow inferior was doomed. Sports extend far beyond the boundaries of the playing field.

Giusi-gurL

8 Jan 2005, 6:08am

yay for hockey too! i played on the girls ice hockey team in high schooL haha... sucks that there's no NHL this year... but canada's junior team won the gold this year for the world championships.. w00t w00t :thumbsup:

i'd definitely have to say that hockey and soccer (football) are my two fave sports. i'm not particularly fond of baseball or american football.

i like this smiley --> :scratch: he's cute. : )))