Football is certainly a fever.
Which football Marcus?. We have American football while the rest of the world calls footbal by a name that we call soccer
He's talking about about Australian Football. It's a cross between soccer, rugby and a pitch invasion. Played on an oval field just to be different.
All football is feverish.
Football can drive out all other topics of conversation.
i saw a football game once. nearly 50 years ago. they had to drive an ambulance onto the field to remove a young man with a broken neck
Quote from: billy rubin on April 27, 2023, 11:48:19 AMi saw a football game once. nearly 50 years ago. they had to drive an ambulance onto the field to remove a young man with a broken neck
It's not just that but concussion as well. Though, for all the injuries, I can't see them stopping football.
many people here think it is very important
Quote from: billy rubin on April 27, 2023, 06:45:53 PMmany people here think it is very important
Happily, they're not important.
I watched a TV description of Aussie football tonight. It is called Footy I am told.
I have long believed that Aussies are completely nuts. They have been shown to take risks, with pride, that sane humans would take pains to avoid.
One of the star "Footy" players is an American, a Texan who is seven feet tall. He is regarded as a "fair dinkem" mate who has become as nuts as his Aussie team mates.
If we get into armed combat somewhere in the world, I sure as hell want to have the antipodean lunatics on my side.
The Aussies were well respected as warriors in Vietnam.
Transcendence is an ingredient of exponential energy
Quote from: Tank on May 01, 2023, 08:47:21 AMThe Aussies were well respected as warriors in Vietnam.
And in WWII:
"If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it." -Erwin Rommel.
Racism in sport is seriously sick.
I consider myself a true racist. There is only one race of people on this planet. The hooman one. I despise the complete lot, equally.
:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: