Yep.eleven bravo wrote:
i went to summer school at a school right next to the rose bowl when the games were played here (94?)
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Yep.eleven bravo wrote:
i went to summer school at a school right next to the rose bowl when the games were played here (94?)
Last edited by coke (2012-02-28 16:48:00)
Only Americans call it "soccer".Mutantbear wrote:
would you rather have the common name across the world for football be "soccer" except in england where it is still called football and people poke fun at england or would you rather the most played sport in the world be baseball and the world series was like the world cup and everyone loved it
they really showed a clip of hopping lowridersm3thod wrote:
yeah, USA94 ah memories. the bbc even did the dallas makes over for their world cup coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUOlVehw0w
m3thod wrote:
no one but the americans call it soccer, you change.
obviouslycoke wrote:
Only Americans call it "soccer".Mutantbear wrote:
would you rather have the common name across the world for football be "soccer" except in england where it is still called football and people poke fun at england or would you rather the most played sport in the world be baseball and the world series was like the world cup and everyone loved it
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yeah everytime a match was played that was the bbc wc intro. i also associate lowriders with america so thats why it prob went in hahaeleven bravo wrote:
they really showed a clip of hopping lowridersm3thod wrote:
yeah, USA94 ah memories. the bbc even did the dallas makes over for their world cup coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUOlVehw0w
our version of footy came first, the fact america hijacked the name for their brand of pansy rugger makes it even harder to bear.Mutantbear wrote:
m3thod wrote:
no one but the americans call it soccer, you change.obviouslycoke wrote:
Only Americans call it "soccer".Mutantbear wrote:
would you rather have the common name across the world for football be "soccer" except in england where it is still called football and people poke fun at england or would you rather the most played sport in the world be baseball and the world series was like the world cup and everyone loved it
it was just a would you rather question, im not saying America is right
so defensive
That's a pretty good summation of modern England.eleven bravo wrote:
i associate england with those weird looking helmets the bobbies wear and the weird looking helmets the guards protecting the royal residency wear and scones and 80's punk rockers with torn jeans and green spiked mohawks carrying stilleto knives and also bad teeth
do you like research this shit?!eleven bravo wrote:
i associate england with those weird looking helmets the bobbies wear and the weird looking helmets the guards protecting the royal residency wear and scones and 80's punk rockers with torn jeans and green spiked mohawks carrying stilleto knives and also bad teeth
well i am, come ova' ere if ya hard enough.Mutantbear wrote:
holy shit im not even talking about that
why are you so defensive
Battle honour after the defeat of the French Imperial Guard at Waterloo.m3thod wrote:
do you like research this shit?!eleven bravo wrote:
i associate england with those weird looking helmets the bobbies wear and the weird looking helmets the guards protecting the royal residency wear and scones and 80's punk rockers with torn jeans and green spiked mohawks carrying stilleto knives and also bad teeth
i have no idea wtf those bear fur hats have ever been about
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He was an asshole, that's what happens here.eleven bravo wrote:
i remember my aunt's asshole boyfriend was mugged almost as soon as he landed in london sometime during july 1991
asshole was probably doing asshole things in an asshole place and got arseholed for the pleasure.eleven bravo wrote:
i remember my aunt's asshole boyfriend was mugged almost as soon as he landed in london sometime during july 1991
m3thod wrote:
asshole was probably doing asshole things in an asshole place and got arseholed for the pleasure.eleven bravo wrote:
i remember my aunt's asshole boyfriend was mugged almost as soon as he landed in london sometime during july 1991
the dude was inches away from punching me in the face and kicking me and i was 8 years old at the timecoke wrote:
He was an asshole, that's what happens here.eleven bravo wrote:
i remember my aunt's asshole boyfriend was mugged almost as soon as he landed in london sometime during july 1991
Not really. It was only worn by a very few, elite regiments. Hence why it was granted as a battle honour, in the British army.eleven bravo wrote:
that kind of headgear was pretty common for euros at the time