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On 1/19/04 8:24, in article buglql$r08$1@nnrp.gol.com, "Bryan Parker"
<puntspeedchunk@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> Football.
>>> 
>>> I used to be one of the few English people who played the game, and I
>>> didn't understand it either.
>>> 
>>> I can say from my limited experience that there is a 'ball' involved.
>>> Unfortunatly, I didn't play long enough to discover when the 'foot'
>>> comes in to play.
>> 
>> You played one sequence and then quit the sport?
>> 
> I love it when Canajuns use France mixed in with their English. In America
> we call it a footbal "skirmish".


Yet, strangely enough, supposedly 'Merkin commentators such as Troy Aikman,
John Madden, Al Michaels, Jim Nantz, and Deion Sanders all use the term,
amongst dozens of others.

Now go back to watching girly men compare the merits of various ramen shops.