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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #209375 - 02/03/13 07:36 PM Football? Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont Nope, handegg. Being the professional sports cynic that I am, I love this. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #209379 - 02/03/13 10:12 PM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8429 Loc: Land of the Flat Water count me in as your lieutenant. Great stuff. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209389 - 02/04/13 06:23 AM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 Just a minor nit. It should be pointing to the other foot for maximum effect. Top #209400 - 02/04/13 01:31 PM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Unless he is a leftfooter. (taking the ball with the right foot and shooting with the left. Top #209403 - 02/04/13 07:54 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska The photo on the right should be labeled Elbowegg. Top #209405 - 02/04/13 08:29 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 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'. Top #209406 - 02/04/13 08:51 PM Re: Football? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 What I like is when they call basketball roundball. As if that were the onliest sport with a round ball. Top #209411 - 02/05/13 06:01 AM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague "Then get a shot" Get a shot? When he gives one? I ain't askin', I'm just askin'. Top #209466 - 02/08/13 05:29 PM Re: Football? [Re: Faldage] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 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. Top #209467 - 02/08/13 05:36 PM Re: Football? [Re: BranShea] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 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. Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > 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. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222191 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 29 Guests and 7 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 64 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 18 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8429 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6787 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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