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Page 6 of 7 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > Topic Options #46476 - 12/04/01 04:33 PM Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Football musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago That's not the sport I was thinking of... If ones' ability to offend must be defended, then it *follows that ones' need to defend must be offensive. So many analogies, so little time... Would it be 'safe to say' that baseball is *alone in having the *defender originate the objects' play/motion... or is the object the bat? This, of course, excludes sports (such as pool) where the "objectives" are *often different. I can't give tsuwm all my strategy up front, now can I? Top #46477 - 12/04/01 05:58 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #46478 - 12/05/01 12:39 PM Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Grasshoppers Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 In what way does this description not fit the far older game mentioned in my subject header? Is this a test? And who's to say which is older? There's references to an ancient Egyptian game at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Besides, cricket doesn't count. US'ns don't play it (well) enough. Top #46479 - 12/05/01 01:43 PM Hang on Captain, we're goin' in.... musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago "Besides, cricket doesn't count. US'ns don't play it (well) enough." Max - My impression (and that is all I have) is that baseball is a form of c*****t (why are we whispering?) having four bases instead of two... ...it is clear that we don't *know it well enough either. Top #46480 - 12/05/01 01:54 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #46481 - 12/06/01 09:30 AM Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Grasshoppers Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 My post was not a test A test is an international competition, is it not? PS I'm jus try and to have some fun, I know cricket is older and staider than base ball and that the defense originates the play. It's just that these games that seem to delight in overly large scores, like cricket, basketball and American football, seem sort of... Wait, what did I do with that shovel now? Is this hole deep enough yet, baas? Top #46482 - 12/06/01 01:29 PM Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Volleying musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago "...that seem to delight in overly large scores... Let's not forget tennis... where the first and second scores are fifteen (where did that number come from?), the third is ten and the fourth doesn't even have a numeric value... and why is the person who hasn't *scored in "love"? That should open up a can of *worms. Top #46483 - 12/06/01 03:07 PM the joy of scoring (tennis, that is) tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass the proffered explanations aren't all that engrossing. http://www.lta.org.uk/projects/origscor.htm Top #46484 - 12/06/01 07:31 PM Re: the joy of scoring (tennis, that is) consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Thanks. Now I know the score.I think Top #46485 - 12/22/01 06:50 AM Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Football consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Michigan Temperature conversion chart 70 and above Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal underwear People in Michigan go swimming in the Lakes. 60 above North Carolinians try to turn on the heat People in Michigan plant gardens. 50 above Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Michigan sunbathe. 40 above Italian & English cars won't start People in Michigan drive with the windows down 32 above Distilled water freezes. Lake Superior's water gets thicker. 20 above Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats. People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt. 15 above Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold. 0 People in Miami all die... Michiganders lick the flagpole. 20 below Californians fly away to Mexico. People in Michigan get out their winter coats. 40 below Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door. 60 below Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic. Michigan Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough. 80 below Mt. St. Helens freezes. People in Michigan rent some videos. 100 below Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Michiganders get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg. 297 below Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products Cows in Michigan complain about farmers with cold hands. 460 below ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale). People in Michigan start saying, "Cold 'nuff for ya?" 500 below Hell freezes over. The Lions win the Super Bowl! I received this from a Michiganian transplant in Florida. Jokes on her. I'm still driving around with my window down three days before Christmas. Kinda nice how this ties in both the Gesundheit and the football(if that's what you want to call what the Lions do for their millions). Top Page 6 of 7 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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