TheBanyanTree: Some Muvvers really DO have em!!

[woofie at woofess.com]

OK - Let's get a few things straight here! 

There is football, which is often called soccer. 

Then there is rugby union - commonly called rugger - a gentlemanly but still 
physically rough game played by gentlemen, who pretend to be couth. 

Then there is rugby league, which is an uncouth game played by uncouth New 
South Welshmen and a few other later ring ins. It is characterised by lots 
of punch ups between players, between players and referees, between players, 
referees and spectators and between spectators themselves. You can tell if a 
game of rugby league has been played on a ground by all the pools of blood, 
broken beer bottles and chipped teeth scattered everywhere. 

Then there is that embarrassing game called Australian Rules, which doesn't 
seem to resemble anything much at all. It consists of a lot of grown men 
(extremely uncouth grown men) who stand around on a field scratching their 
bums while a few other men beat each other silly over a ball at the other 
end of the field. This game was invented by Victorians -  from a rather 
intellectually-challenged  state which gave the world Fosters and VB. Both 
of which are classified as extremely toxic compounds on  govt poisons' 
registers. 

Lastly, there is something which the rest of the world calls gridiron, but 
which Americans erroneously believe is football. The game does have a tiny 
ball in it, but the players don't seem to be able to do much with it. This 
game is sort of like a reality battle chess game and the players line 
themselves up on positions on this grid wearing fancy dress. They then carry 
out a complicated dance routine while shouting "HIKE" a lot and looking 
upside down through their hind legs. After many hours the players of one 
team might actually advance a few feet forward, but this cannot be relied 
upon. 

Woof, setting you all straight:) 

Laura writes: 

> On 25 May 2010 at 14:30, Roger Pye wrote: 
> 
>> AFL
> 
> For some reason, my husband was watching Australian Football this past weekend.  I 
> watched for a few minutes, then asked him what the rules were.  He said, "I have no idea." 
> 
> Still, it was fun to watch.  Proper blokes playing proper ball.  Not like our sissy American 
> "football" players with their pads and helmets and tights.  Bah.  What kind of footballer 
> wears tights? 
> 
> No offense intended, Dee and Jena, or to any of you other American football followers.  But 
> if you'd ever watched Aussie League football, you'd know what I mean. 
> 
> -- 
> Laura
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>