The picture thread

Dark Horseman wrote:

Soccer is more interesting if you start placing bets on which Nancy boy will get grazed on the ankle and go down. And any sport that decides the tie games by lining up and covering their groins with their hands has issues.

Ever heard the US based joke about Soccer?

Soccer - the official sport of the third world

All I'm saying, stop calling the US version "football", unless you start using your feet for the better part of the game!

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

kmorg wrote:

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

It's just the typical egotistical viewpoint of this self-important nation.

It's actually two countries, the Toronto Blue Jays are in Canada



I'm not a big baseball fan - watching a game on TV puts me to sleep. There's a reason it's called America's past time....... It's fun to go to games though!

Obviously Futbol has been around longer. Heck, Basketball and Hockey are variations of futbol.

Plus, any sport that you use your foot to score or move the ball in anyway can be considered football.

Futbol just never took off in America. There are more kid Soccer leagues than kid football leagues in the US and the kids start younger there too - kids just tend to gravitate towards football after a while. The only time that America tends to care about futbol is if the US team goes anywhere in the Olympics or The World Cup.

It's all good, we just like to joke about futbol they way you all like to joke about our football!

kmorg wrote:

All I'm saying, stop calling the US version "football", unless you start using your feet for the better part of the game!

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

Because the U.S. is like a whole other world. We have mexico: On The Border, Italy: Olive Garden, China: P.F. Changs, Greece: Taziki, etc.

kmorg wrote:

All I'm saying, stop calling the US version "football", unless you start using your feet for the better part of the game!

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

Well, I think the reason they call it football here is because of the kick offs, field goals and what not. The only sport over here you're allowed to use your feet on the ball.

I asked a similar question about the world series to a friend of mine who's really into baseball about a year ago, He said the name comes from the fact the recruit players from all over the world to play on the US teams. Whether that's true or not I could care less, baseball is boring as hell. But, that's the answer I was given

Also, I don't like Futbol/soccer either. The only sport worth a damn is hockey. BLOOD ON THE ICE!

Wow, now that we've totally derailed this thread I might as well go with it.

Yeah, I never got the "World" Series thing either but it is true that major league baseball is comprised of players from all over the globe. The NBA is starting to rival MLB for international players too but I think MLB started it.

And while I appreciate the athleticism necessary to play soccer/futbol, personally I still find the sport boring as hell. I understand why people think baseball is boring but for my money it's infinitely more entertaining than soccer; probably because I understand baseball's nuances much more than I do those of soccer. Soccer to me is "run, run, head, head, kick ,kick, miss, nil-nil". I get why a few baseball games go into the 8th tied at 0 but then I also know that there's no way the damn game is gonna end in a tie. Not so in soccer and therein lies the basic problem.

tohostudios wrote:

Wow, now that we've totally derailed this thread I might as well go with it.

Yeah, I never got the "World" Series thing either but it is true that major league baseball is comprised of players from all over the globe. The NBA is starting to rival MLB for international players too but I think MLB started it.

And while I appreciate the athleticism necessary to play soccer/futbol, personally I still find the sport boring as hell. I understand why people think baseball is boring but for my money it's infinitely more entertaining than soccer; probably because I understand baseball's nuances much more than I do those of soccer. Soccer to me is "run, run, head, head, kick ,kick, miss, nil-nil". I get why a few baseball games go into the 8th tied at 0 but then I also know that there's no way the damn game is gonna end in a tie. Not so in soccer and therein lies the basic problem.

I am with toho. Football is my favorite with hockey and baseball behind. I find the soccer games pretty boring - only tennis and golf are worse in my book. I like soccer a lot more when i am playing though. It just doesnt do much for me to watch - unless the inevitable fight breaks out.

Baseball is almost as interesting as watching the grass grow...but not quite.

I was wrong BTW. I do like one sport: woman's vollyball .

S.D. wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

It's just the typical egotistical viewpoint of this self-important nation.

contrasted with all other nations who immediately say the US sucks at soccer?

There used to be two Canadian teams but 1 moved to DC.

DallasBlack wrote:

I was wrong BTW. I do like one sport: woman's vollyball .

That's a good point. I also forgot about Foxy Boxing.

exact33 wrote:

S.D. wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Besides, what other country hold a World Series where only 1 country participates?!

It's just the typical egotistical viewpoint of this self-important nation.

contrasted with all other nations who immediately say the US sucks at soccer?

There used to be two Canadian teams but 1 moved to DC.

Yep - Washington Nationals. Very nice stadium!

By the way, my jacket there beats the hell out of your soccer conversation.

So do my cat pics!

And my flower pics. And my bird pics. And my Cardinals WS Victory Puzzle pics.

But I got caught up in the moment.

Hey, what happened to all the pictures? I see a whole page of you punters talking sports. Picture thread, people. WTF? I need a new pic of Required Fields looking bored and throwing the horns. I'm wallpapering my cubicle with them.

Bite me monkey boy.

DeathCult wrote:

Maiden roadie jacket from the first tour. Never worn, just picked it up.

I'm bumping my own picture, because well, who the hell else has a roadie jacket from the tour for the first album?

Nobody likes a show off.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Hey, what happened to all the pictures? I see a whole page of you punters talking sports. Picture thread, people. WTF? I need a new pic of Required Fields looking bored and throwing the horns. I'm wallpapering my cubicle with them.

How about a picture of you?? 15000 posts and nuthing but monkey pictures.....

Olafsto wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Hey, what happened to all the pictures? I see a whole page of you punters talking sports. Picture thread, people. WTF? I need a new pic of Required Fields looking bored and throwing the horns. I'm wallpapering my cubicle with them.

How about a picture of you?? 15000 posts and nuthing but monkey pictures.....

Maybe that is him !

Olafsto wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Hey, what happened to all the pictures? I see a whole page of you punters talking sports. Picture thread, people. WTF? I need a new pic of Required Fields looking bored and throwing the horns. I'm wallpapering my cubicle with them.

How about a picture of you?? 15000 posts and nuthing but monkey pictures.....

I don't want to ruin any perceived notions of my likeness that you all may have of me. Just think of me as having the looks & charm of George Clooney and the heaving bosoms of Sophia Vergara.