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Ah, well-a-day! For poor Max, stranded in the depths of the colonies, there is, of course no hope. But for you, my stalwart CapK, having the benefit of mixing with all the intelligentsia of Wellyboro, will soon learn the correct use of Enlgish as she be spoke ent thet roit, me dook?WE call Association football, "footy" over here - and WE invented the game - so there!! 
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WE call Association football, "footy" over here - and WE invented the game - so there!!But, like a lot of things that were invented here, you don't do so damned well at them, do you? The "Association" part of soccer these days is about hooligan relationships during and after the match, isn't it? It's the one part of the game where England always triumphs!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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One question stales ... What are you ON? And can I have some 
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Jeez Hev - there's me thinking I'd just done my cleverest post ever. I thought its only shortfall would be that only one person on the planet would get it - but it seems I overestimated the reality. A clue....where was David Helfgott in the early 80's? Where does he live now? Another....What do Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones have in common? stales 
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I thought its only shortfall would be that only one person on the planet would get it - but it seems I overestimated the reality.
Oh no, you misunderstood me.  I got it (even got the reference to Jarrett Park - despite having not lived there for 14 years )... And yes, the men in black theme came through ok too. I was just in awe of how you managed to come up with it!!
there's me thinking I'd just done my cleverest post ever.
Yup! I thought it was pretty clever too... so now can I have some of whatever it is you are on?  
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Max - when in Rome.......
I grew up in Sydney where it's all Rugby League. Attended a "rugby school" - Steve Cutler & Peter Fitzsimons (former Wallabies) are a couple of the better known alumni - but played soccer (coz me farver's a Pom).
Took up rugby at 30 - and loved it.
Have 2 sons that played aussie roolz every lunch time at school - so guess what they wanted to play when winter came along. After one season my wife and I were hooked. To be frank it's the best organised sport I've ever seen. Every kid has a go and the emphasis during the first years is on skills development and participation.
The coming season will be my older son's eighth - he'll be 13 in a couple of weeks. It will be the first time that official scores are kept - and arguably, the first time that winning matters. McDonalds are heavily behind the sport in Oz - well they have been - VERY smart marketing. For A$27 every kid gets a footy, a sticker book, tickets to games, discount vouchers (to Macs and a range of their "partners") and insurance cover. For every 7th child (boys and girls are welcome, mixed teams to Under 14's) registered with the club Mac's provides a ball. Thus, at training, every kid has a ball - figuratively and literally.
Show me any other sport that does more than that! Only problem is its only played in a few states of Australia. For this reason I'm keen for my boys to play rugby U at school. If they ever travel O/S, one phone call to the local RUFC means they will have somewhere to stay, people to meet and something to do on Saturday arvo. It is also a great game.
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Ok - I'll buy - Fitzie's birth defect........
He wasn't born in Zild was he?
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My faith is restored....
Apologies to everyone else for the self indulgence!
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