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To: TaraP; Irish_Thatcherite

Soccer is "football" in Britain, except in Ireland, where "football" is more like rugby, and soccer is "that girly game."

Or so I've heard.


6 posted on 01/14/2007 12:55:20 PM PST by Tax-chick ("I don't know you, but I love who you seem to be.")
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To: Tax-chick

This is great news!

When Mrs. Slim asks me why we're not rich and famous I can tell her I'm protecting us from recruitment by Tom Cruise.


8 posted on 01/14/2007 12:56:51 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tax-chick

I stopped being interested in soccer some 50 years ago when I saw Johnny U on black and white TV.


15 posted on 01/14/2007 1:44:31 PM PST by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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To: Tax-chick

We think the same thing about American Football....

;)


20 posted on 01/14/2007 2:58:44 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
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