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#209375 - 02/03/13 07:36 PM Football?
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	Nope, handegg. Being the professional sports cynic that I am, I love this. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#209379 - 02/03/13 10:12 PM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5371 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	count me in as your lieutenant. Great stuff. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209389 - 02/04/13 06:23 AM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666	Just a minor nit. It should be pointing to the other foot for maximum effect.
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#209400 - 02/04/13 01:31 PM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Unless he is a leftfooter. (taking the ball with the right foot and shooting with the left.
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#209403 - 02/04/13 07:54 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 693 Loc: Alaska	The photo on the right should be labeled Elbowegg.
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#209405 - 02/04/13 08:29 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666	Originally Posted By: BranShea Unless he is a leftfooter. (taking the ball with the right foot and shooting with the left. Then get a shot with him using his left foot. I ain't sayin', I'm just sayin'.
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#209406 - 02/04/13 08:51 PM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666	What I like is when they call basketball roundball. As if that were the onliest sport with a round ball.
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#209411 - 02/05/13 06:01 AM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	"Then get a shot" Get a shot? When he gives one? I ain't askin', I'm just askin'.
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#209466 - 02/08/13 05:29 PM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Yet this is a real question. What dó you say in general. A player gets a shot when he shoots a ball? It's in these little things a foreign speaker feels most uncomfortable. It's often straight opposites. So I would have said: gives a shot and that would have revealed me as a non native speaker.
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#209467 - 02/08/13 05:36 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	he takes a shot.. he SCORES! and the goalie (goalkeeper) has given (up) a goal. (but that reads more like hockey-speak to me, not being much of a football (soccer) fan.
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