What If America Hadn't Won An Olympic Basketball Gold Medal in 40 years...
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Starblayde
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Well if no-one else gave a toss about Basketball then you probably wouldn't mind not winning....
Marxist said:
Look dickhead, if we gave a flying fuck about basketball it might make a difference.
On the other hand in those few sports where our small country might hold sway we don't spend all our time bragging about it like you do dickhead!
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heh saw the thread and as I thought didnt think it was worth opening BUT as I have I might has well comment
I dont know if you practise hard at being a bit of an annoying tosser - another word for you - or does all come naturaly.
We know we are all shit at football but that is the beauty of the game - taking part - obviously something that you have little idea of
I dont know if you practise hard at being a bit of an annoying tosser - another word for you - or does all come naturaly.
We know we are all shit at football but that is the beauty of the game - taking part - obviously something that you have little idea of
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Gord said:
For him its natural.
I love Steve Urkel.
I had a thang for him like you wouldnt believe.
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Hi, Marxist. I think there may be a semiological nut missing in this thread.
If I can quote from Levi-Strauss, one of my heros,
"Marxism seemed to me to proceed in the same way as geology and psycho-analysis....All three showed that understanding consists in the reduction of one type of reality to another; that true reality is never the most obvious of realities....."
The symbolic nature of a game involving balls, the psychological universals, are our totems today - only taking a different form in the USA from Britain.
I suspect you may be feeling a bit left our of our football clique. So I invite you to come in and talk about "balls" in any sense you like.
If I can quote from Levi-Strauss, one of my heros,
"Marxism seemed to me to proceed in the same way as geology and psycho-analysis....All three showed that understanding consists in the reduction of one type of reality to another; that true reality is never the most obvious of realities....."
The symbolic nature of a game involving balls, the psychological universals, are our totems today - only taking a different form in the USA from Britain.
I suspect you may be feeling a bit left our of our football clique. So I invite you to come in and talk about "balls" in any sense you like.
Gord
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WriterDom said:
What the fuck has that got to do with anything - It is two tours - so it makes sense to have a unified compt. Again some of you yanks are so obsessed with having to be the best that you loose the plot and the whole point about everything. Sport is about taking part, competing, being your best. I could list more sports where a British team is World champions and better than you tossers
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Marxist said:
I'm honoured Marxist. The single thing that puts me off America now is the aerosol cheese. The abundance of missionary work is attractive.
I can always empty a wallet quicker than anyone I know. My nuts are always safe beneath my sporran.
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Gord said:
That's a great "feel good" explanation. But any European who thinks he could win consistently on our tour would be playing here as much as possible.
I'm saying we're the best at everything. Yall could kick some serious ass at cricket.
WriterDom said:
Everything?
Middle Distance running - NO
Marathon Running - NO
Rowing - NO
Judo - NO
Karate - NO
Soccer - NO
Rugby - NO
Table Tennis - NO
Badminton-NO
Squash - NO
Swimming - NO
That's a short list of some of the ones you are not best at.
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Marxist said:
Ummm David Beckham is on about £6M a year...... Roy Keane £50k a week....seems pretty huge to me....
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It is funny the only sports the US any good at is the ones that no one else plays
Baseball - Yawn The world series what the fuck is that all about lets call it the world series , but lets only play it between ourselves
American Football - again who gives a shit apart from you lot
Basketball - minor in everycountry apart from
Name me one ' global port ' that the US are anygood at - apart from Golf
Baseball - Yawn The world series what the fuck is that all about lets call it the world series , but lets only play it between ourselves
American Football - again who gives a shit apart from you lot
Basketball - minor in everycountry apart from
Name me one ' global port ' that the US are anygood at - apart from Golf
Marxist said:
You're off again. Sport is about enriching the soul not the wallet.
Some sports are fortunate enough to generate huge amounts of money (Formula One Motor Racing for one) but it does not make them a better sport than the other, only richer.
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