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From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP)
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Subject: Re: Foosball!
Date: 15 Jan 2002 19:51:22 GMT
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC), drsquare <nowhere@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art,
> ("Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com>) wrote:
>
>>"drsquare" <nowhere@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
>>news:82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> >foosball table:
>>>
>>> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which
>>> case it's spelt differently anyway.
>>
>>Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? 
>
>Maybe you spend so much time in Germany?
>
>>It
>>does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, relentlessly. Well,
>>on TV anyway. 
>
>What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that.

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~uyeyama/foosball.html