Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I actually watched a bit at work. Kid I work with had it on TV. I decided 2 things about the World Cup. 1. It's STILL soccer 2. It's STILL BORING!!!! Here's something more interesting. JHC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwjBA2V9ShE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Not this year. Enjoying several of the games, not so much others. Still too slow for my everyday sports taste, but good this WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I couldn't GARA about the world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Personally, I'd as soon watch concrete set. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I couldn't GARA about the world cup. Yep, Grizz sed it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Everything about soccer bores me! It's only a thin and thready pulse better than GOLF!! I'd almost prefer that someone rolled me in saw briars!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10304502_785557804822640_8264350370890446070_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I actually played intermural soccar in HS, not good enough for real football, I wanted to do something. Well, the only team we could play against was the rival HS from across town, and they had a girl on their team, everyone took it easy on her until they got kicked by her once. I don't remember doing that for very long, was doing mainly for a buddy as he needed an excuse not to go home to an abusive father. After it was established, we didn't show up for soccar much. The abusive father took his own life shortly after. Any man who would take a 2x4 to a child didn't deserve that easy an end but at least he was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Everything about soccer bores me! It's only a thin and thready pulse better than GOLF!! I'd almost prefer that someone rolled me in saw briars!! I'd a whole lot rather watch golf. Every player gets a score on every hole. You never know when or IF someone's gonna score in soccer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 World Cup? I went shooting today, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I think both activities, (I refuse to call either a sport) should have paintball booby traps and snipers armed with paintball guns to shoot them as they move about. The number of hits should be deducted from the score in soccer and a stroke added for each hit in golf. Both activities are terrible wastes of real estate that could be used for shooting ranges, race tracks, and baseball fields!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Perhaps some are intimidated by hand-eye or foot-eye coordination? (winky smiley). I've been shooting the CA State Trap Shoot for the last 7 days (200 birds/day - Handicap 100 left tomorrow AM). Still enjoyed the US-Portugal game Tuesday night at the hotel, and actually began to see the strategy and playmaking, and anticipated the action for the first time. It suddenly became quite a bit less boring, but still not my cup of tea. Golf is not fun to watch unless you have played it - you GAIN the appreciation for what those pros can do with that little ball, and as pointed out, it's all on JUST YOU, every hole, every single stroke. No teammates, and no Rank Score bailouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Jack, SASS #77862 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I was in Europe in 1974 and the WC frenzy was astouning to me.Didn't get it then, don't get it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I played intramural soccer with my fraternity in college. I watched when the U.S. women's team won a few years back. Otherwise, it bores me silly. Played a bit of golf in high school and after. I can watch golf more readily than soccer. I'm now thinking of George Carlin, for some reason. I can't post it... Just too much profanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I like watching good lookin women play tennis in short skirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 How about Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weather Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 What is this World Cup you speak if ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnee McGrutt Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Women's beach volleyball is a good sport. There is always something to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Mud wrestling, cole slaw wrestling, banana puddin wrestling. All great sports. Soccer, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 What is this World Cup you speak if ? I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Howdy, The objective of the world cup is to kick folks and see if they remembered to wear a cup. Im pretty sure that's it. I rather watch reruns of John Wayne and clean my BL-22. Since I put a telescopic sight on my BL-22 I guess its a BLT-22, right? Best CR ps Favorite spectator sport- wimmins beach volleyball, now that's worth watchin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Peasants!!! World Cup Football is a tournament showing the skills of some of the most highly conditioned and trained athletes in the world competing in the most popular sport in the world. They run for 45 minutes at a time, getting the snot kicked out of them frequently with only shin pads and cups for protection. There is no comparison in any "American" sport. They play in all weather. Want to "kill" the clock? Can't do it. they add the time you wasted on the fake injury to the end of the game so you play for all 90 minutes of the game. Every member of the team is productive all of the time or he is jerked off of the field. You don't have the situation where 10 people on the team are only supporting cast for the one super star. Oh yeah. Once he come off he cannot go back in. Penalties? You bet. But they have teeth. Two minor infractions (yellow card) equals a major (red card). Red card sits you on the bench and not just for this game but the next as well. The game is run by one official with two assistants. Right or wrong on his calls, his is the final and only words on the rules of the game. there is no replay or committee overseeing his every action. The only stops in the action are for, an extremely rare water break every 30 minutes at the officials discretion or an injury that is severe enough to warrant carrying the injured off of the field. Yes, I know that the players are noted for their "dives" but that also is dangerous as the official can give yellow cards for "diving". All in all it is a highly skilled game, that the sports equipment sellers hate because of the lack of necessary tools to play the game. You need a ball and a field or street or vacant lot or....... come to think of it all you need is the ball. I know it is currently popular to be haters of the sport but that is only in America. Popular? After the first week of preliminary round of the qualified teams, Brazil had already counted over 600,000 tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Ever see mobs of baseball hooligans vandalizing towns and beating people? Any NFL stadiums ever get burned down by a mob? Hundreds of people trampled at a hockey game? Ever see two countries go to war over a tennis match? Apparently there's something about this Futbol game that drives people insane. Avoid it I say. It is a vexation of the spirit. It's also the favorite game of Al Qaeda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Watchmaking also takes a great deal of hand eye coordination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Ever see mobs of baseball hooligans vandalizing towns and beating people? Any NFL stadiums ever get burned down by a mob? Hundreds of people trampled at a hockey game? Ever see two countries go to war over a tennis match? Apparently there's something about this Futbol game that drives people insane. Avoid it I say. It is a vexation of the spirit. It's also the favorite game of Al Qaeda. My theory as to why Soccer fans act out so violently is because watching the game is so tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Peasants!!! World Cup Football is a tournament showing the skills of some of the most highly conditioned and trained athletes in the world competing in the most popular sport in the world. They run for 45 minutes at a time, getting the snot kicked out of them frequently with only shin pads and cups for protection. There is no comparison in any "American" sport. They play in all weather. Want to "kill" the clock? Can't do it. they add the time you wasted on the fake injury to the end of the game so you play for all 90 minutes of the game. Every member of the team is productive all of the time or he is jerked off of the field. You don't have the situation where 10 people on the team are only supporting cast for the one super star. Oh yeah. Once he come off he cannot go back in. Penalties? You bet. But they have teeth. Two minor infractions (yellow card) equals a major (red card). Red card sits you on the bench and not just for this game but the next as well. The game is run by one official with two assistants. Right or wrong on his calls, his is the final and only words on the rules of the game. there is no replay or committee overseeing his every action. The only stops in the action are for, an extremely rare water break every 30 minutes at the officials discretion or an injury that is severe enough to warrant carrying the injured off of the field. Yes, I know that the players are noted for their "dives" but that also is dangerous as the official can give yellow cards for "diving". All in all it is a highly skilled game, that the sports equipment sellers hate because of the lack of necessary tools to play the game. You need a ball and a field or street or vacant lot or....... come to think of it all you need is the ball. I know it is currently popular to be haters of the sport but that is only in America. Popular? After the first week of preliminary round of the qualified teams, Brazil had already counted over 600,000 tourists. Most of those sound like great reasons to be excited to watch marathons as well: Incredibly well conditioned athletes; Even the best run for over two hours; They take water breaks while they run; The rules are very simple-run, as fast as you can, for 26.2 miles; Only seldom have people cheated, e.g. Rosie Ruiz You only need a pair of shoes; AND You don't have to be a superstar to run in the same race as the superstars. You just need an entry fee. Finishing takes a bit more. I think there is a reason people don't see marathons getting lots of airtime either though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 My theory as to why Soccer fans act out so violently is because watching the game is so tedious. They get all keyed up.....and nothing happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 But I am not bored with the World Cup at all. I'd have to watch it to get bored with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 But I am not bored with the World Cup at all. I'd have to watch it to get bored with it. I'm right there with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I dislike soccer for the lack of scoring and endless running, heck Marathon runners run for a couple of hours and I don't watch them either. If you want to watch a non american game watch Rugby. I love rugby for the songs.. In England after a match fans go to their local Pub and sing some of the raunchiest songs you've ever heard. Great fun! Pint of Bitter Govner and a round of "The Harlot of Jerusalem" if you will. "In days of old there lived a maid, she was the mistress of her trade, of ill repute a prostitute, The Harlot of Jerusalem. Corus: Hi Ho Kathusalem, Kathusalem, Kathusalem Hi Ho Kathusalem, The Harlot of Jerusalem and that is all you get on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tascosa, SASS# 24838 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Im not bored a bit.... cause I dont watch soccer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I dislike soccer for the lack of scoring and endless running, heck Marathon runners run for a couple of hours and I don't watch them either. If you want to watch a non american game watch Rugby. I love rugby for the songs.. In England after a match fans go to their local Pub and sing some of the raunchiest songs you've ever heard. Great fun! Pint of Bitter Govner and a round of "The Harlot of Jerusalem" if you will. "In days of old there lived a maid, she was the mistress of her trade, of ill repute a prostitute, The Harlot of Jerusalem. Corus: Hi Ho Kathusalem, Kathusalem, Kathusalem Hi Ho Kathusalem, The Harlot of Jerusalem and that is all you get on this forum. Good thing is if you get drunk and pass out during a soccer match, you won't miss anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Women's beach volleyball is a good sport. There is always something to watch! Women's Pole Vault www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_qm3Ym8-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 They run for 45 minutes at a time, No, some of them trot for maybe 15 seconds at a time. Then stop and watch someone else wave their hands and yell to get them into a new position. A few run for short bursts of 5 or 6 seconds. Then go back to the trotting or walking into position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sarge Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 We need a new category combining cowboy action and soccer. Maybe we could shoot the ball after they kick it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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