Giants leading the 49’ers 10-7 in the 3rd, a flasche of Warsteiner and a nose full of Latakia A/O. And I know the latter two will hold out, even if the Giant’s can’t.
I was utterly disappointed that both Green Bay and New Orleans lost. IMO, that paves the way to another N.E championship. Anyhow, Go Giants!
That made my day…I am a huge Giants fan. I grew up in NJ not far from the Meadowlands so have been a fan since I was very young. I cannot believe that the Giants are a 3 point underdog to New England though.
How lovely!
Not a word… 
@GreenGrass I can never tell whether you’re trying to be funny, or if you’re just constantly being an ass.
When I were a lad I played rugby and it never really occured to me that there was anything wrong with walking off a sports field bleeding, bruised and occasionally a broken nose, staved finger or dislocated shoulder. All good fun.
However, the fact is, American Football is more dangerous. There is a simple reason why. Just as bare-knuckle boxing is safer than modern thick glove boxing, the same applies to AF. In boxing, you cannot punch nearly as hard without all the tape and padding or you will simply break your knuckles in short order, most likely against skull bone. Similarly if you look at how hard the guys get hit in AF, that just can’t happen in rugby or more bones would be broken. In both cases this leads to many more concussive type injuries; brain injuries and in the case of AF more broken necks and spines.
I had all this explained to me by my brother who is a huge Eagles fan (his wife is Bears,hmmm) when I was making a comment about how much tougher rugby was.
Of course any sport at college level on up is pretty brutal. I remember my other brother (who is significantly bigger than me) playing at uni. These teams are where the international teams are picked from, along with the better clubs. He was one of the small guys and having been tackled at some point ended up under an ever increasing mass of bodies (a ruck). The air was pushed out his lungs and he couldn’t breath. Then the weight started collapsing his rib cage and one buy one his ribs started popping. Of course he couldn’t scream because he ahd no air in his lungs. I think in the end only three were actually broken. Puffster that he is, that was his last game!
Let’s make up and be friends! And @greengrass much as you amuse me, I sometimes wonder if you’re trying to get banned?
Classic!
Well since I’ve been here I always see greengrass as a surly old man who just doesn’t give a damn one way or another…now for all I know he’s a 19 year old girl, but old man is the impression he gives off. And thank you Mr. Snuff. I get so tired of hearing “american football if for pansies”…though it’s often another p-word that’s used, and I am not sure on how far the rules allow for foul language, lol.
I will watch the super bowl but since my Cowboys had another(gulp)rough season I have switched to watching the English Premier League soccer games that are live streamed online. This year some of the MLS games will be televised on NBC and I can’t wait :)>- I am very happy to see that my fellow statesman Clint Dempsey is having an outstanding season with Fulham, the man’s a beast on the pitch!! I hope soccer continues to pick up momentum with fans here in the US, it’s a fantastic game.
Any foul language and arguing…its up to you.
That being the case, do you Britt’s (is there a more acceptable term?) know that on this side of the pond “fanny” is a very mild word, milder I believe than your word “Arse” which I believe is pretty interchangable with our usage of “ass”. Also isn’t the word “munch” kind of rude over there too? Just means to eat, usually food, over here. There’s 30 seconds of your life you’ll never get back.
@Mr. 0
Damn it!!!
I needed those 30 seconds!!
:-w
@Mr.O - that 30 seconds, even though I had absolutely nothing else to do with it, is very grudgingly conceded and lamented for it’s pointless waste. I believe some people understand the duality. Not me, although I do know that munch itself is not a naughty word. It is, rather, a ‘doing word’.
Well, it’s not all gold… on the other hand I think it’s good to learn about such things. Do you mean the ass/arse duality, or the general bi-costal contrast? Never mind, my head’s allready tired…
I was refering to the butockular duality.
I say it’s important to learn a new word everyday, even if the word is butockular.
Yeah, I just want to say that I’m genuine in my curiosity here. I’m somewhat of an anglophile, what with British music, TV, and the mags I used to read a lot(silly ones, but good). I just realized that I was lacking in good examples, and therefore it wasn’t really going anywhere. That being said, I think most Americans know the meaning of wank/wanking, but I’m only reasonably certain of the meaning of “minge”, I think our word “beaver” is about a match for that. What else should us Yank’s know about?
@Mr. O in the UK a rubber is an eraser and a fag is a cigarette.