X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,b91e1505a89359c5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-15 20:00:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!canterbury.ac.nz!mathwft From: mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NewZealand Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: e220-0.math.canterbury.ac.nz X-Trace: cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz 1011153182 5221 132.181.20.4 (16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@canterbury.ac.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: xrn 8.02 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13798 anonymous@bogus_address.con writes: |> In the rest of the world, 'football' refers to the game of 'soccer' RUBBISH! In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland and New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of Australia it means Aussie rules; in South Africa it depends what colour your skin is. Anyway, here's a much better foosball table game than that other one... _____ .-"'""""''-. |__,-'" _.,/ ; } ,-' | ; | ; /" ,' { '..;,./_ o |-.,_ ;"; "|\ """"" '-.,__.------'______/)_____________________________________ / '..' () / / /________ o / . \ o _________/ /|/o ____ / /|" / (|==;o / o___/|\ /_|/"' / /-, )\ _.--"/"-, ' " _.--/ ~|\ / |_\ ______/_//) / / :'..' / / : "/- / / / (\/_/__/____/""| """""/|"'..' / / / ( / / /) ( / / '..|\""/"""""""" /_| / /.-' o `._ /_.-' `. / / |_\/ /-----' / /|" / / . / `-----/ /--------' /) / o;==|) __`--------/ / '..' / " ' '..' / /__________________________/____________________________/ Dunno who the artist was tho'... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \ \ Home of the mighty ALL BLACKS, perhaps the #1 rugby team! \\ \\\ Only semifinalist in all world cup competitions. ) `-') Winners of 60% of SANZAR tri-series contests. <_ o / Home of 83% of winning super-12 teams. \ / Home of the under-21's World Champs. / / Home of the schoolboy World Champs. /_,, ~~ Home of the women's World Champs. / ) Home of the 7's World Champs. | / ,----------------------------------------------------------- / _> <-------------- 3-peat Super-12 winners! / / | / | |=========================================================== | / | \___/ | Bill Taylor W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz o | =============================================================================