X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4f17,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4f17,public X-Google-Thread: fc9f9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9f9,public X-Google-Thread: fe7ce,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe7ce,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 10:01:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!mark From: mark@NOHAM.otford.kent.btinternet.co.uk (Mark Kent) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.politics.socialism,alt.seduction.fast,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: drsquare is a useless troll was Re: What does everyone reckon our chances are for the Euro 2004 qualifying? Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:00:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5ca04a.qjp.ln@192.168.1.1> References: <7vI58.26624$jb.1324289@news2.calgary.shaw.ca> <3C5AC13B.9060609@mindspring.NS.com> <0lhl5ugo85pjshh3t861eimu9gq7n7tumk@4ax.com> <3C5ACEF7.1010005@earthlink.NS.net> <3C5D92E7.2070002@mindspring.NS.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.122.230.118 X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1013191254 8058 213.122.230.118 (8 Feb 2002 18:00:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:00:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14503 alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian:36102 alt.politics.socialism:15410 alt.seduction.fast:76174 comp.os.linux.advocacy:189795 Dutch espoused: >"Jonathan Ball" wrote >> drsquare wrote: >> > On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:23:28 GMT, in alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, >[..] >> > So what? All they have to do is smack it down the pitch with those sticks >> > like in golf. The only thing stopping them from scoring from the other end >> > of the pitch is all that padding. >> >> You don't know what you're talking about. Any idiot >> can run around on a field kicking at something; even >> you can probably do it. Let's see you even *stand* on >> ice skates, let alone take a shot at the puck without >> landing on your fat ass. > >Now that we're thoroughly off-topic I might as well say my bit. > >I've played the major sports at the medium amateur level, men's inter-city >basketball in Timmins/Noranda, Junior football (18 years old), and industrial >league hockey. I've only kicked a soccer ball around a few times. There's no These are only major sports in one or two countries. Elsewhere, they're minor at best. >contest. Hockey players can only play for 30 to 90 seconds before needing a 5 >minute rest, and they put fresh players out. It's the MOST physically taxing game >there is. There's no coasting like in soccer. The speed and hitting is amazing There's no coasting in professional football at all. Your knowledge of football is unbelievably small. -- Mark Kent Take out the ham to mail me.