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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Football #46476 12/04/01 09:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #46477 12/04/01 10:58 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Grasshoppers #46478 12/05/01 05:39 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Hang on Captain, we're goin' in.... #46479 12/05/01 06:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #46480 12/05/01 06:54 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Grasshoppers #46481 12/06/01 02:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Volleying #46482 12/06/01 06:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter the joy of scoring (tennis, that is) #46483 12/06/01 08:07 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass the proffered explanations aren't all that engrossing. http://www.lta.org.uk/projects/origscor.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the joy of scoring (tennis, that is) #46484 12/07/01 12:31 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Thanks. Now I know the score.I think Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gesundheit: Or the Joy of Football #46485 12/22/01 11:50 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 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. 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