I thought she was a bloke.

[pete01]

It's tricky. There are a very small number of people who are born with female parts but who are actually genetically male.

Thanks, I didn't know that.

 

[pete01]

American sports are all showmanship: Basketball, football, Baseball

Are you saying they are no good at the sport?

 

[pete01]

Don't derail the thread. There's some on here that don't like that.

Who gives a ****

 

[noseall]

American sports are all showmanship: Basketball, football, Baseball

 

[noseall]

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Pussies.

 

[noseall]

American sports are all showmanship: Basketball, football, Baseball

And sponsors.

They could put a glass eye to sleep.

 

[pete01]

Pussies.

Or sensible? Maybe they dont end up with cauliflower ears or even worse?

 

[noseall]

Or sensible? Maybe they dont end up with cauliflower ears or even worse?

That's as maybe. It's just family entertainment, rather than serious sport. Dull as dishwater.

 

[Odds]

I'm not sure TACO is a term that should be

Pussies.

They enforced the rules on padding after too many people were killed playing the game in the early years.

 

[noseall]

Thanks, I didn't know that.

You'd be surprised what happens when Hermes and Aphrodite get together...

 

[Brigadier]

American sports are all showmanship: Basketball, football, Baseball

'Murcan team "sport" is first and foremost about selling advertising and generating money, rather than true corinthian competition.

 

[blup]

"There is panic on one popular island after a huge slump in customers amid rising anti-tourism protests"

Nothing against a foreign holiday but it won’t stop the brexxers spending their money on holidays abroad

 

[MNW67]

Are you saying they are no good at the sport?

I actually like baseball. The slow grind can become hypnotic. It is really hard to hit a baseball pitch, not so much because of the speed, but because the double seam on the ball means it can swing wildly; up, down, sideways or any combination.

American Football has incredible athletes. But it is too choreographed for me these days.

I have always found basketball unbelievably boring.

 

[pete01]

I actually like baseball. The slow grind can become hypnotic. It is really hard to hit a baseball pitch, not so much because of the speed, but because the double seam on the ball means it can swing wildly; up, down, sideways or any combination.

American Football has incredible athletes. But it is too choreographed for me these days.

I have always found basketball unbelievably boring.

I thought Americans preferred basketball over football (soccer) because of the fast pace and goals a plenty, no 0-0 draws ?

 

[MNW67]

I thought Americans preferred basketball over football (soccer) because of the fast pace and goals a plenty, no 0-0 draws ?

I've heard the same. Americans are much more different to us than many people imagine. They like to watch cars go round and round in a circle. There is probably a psychological thread linking together why they prefer all their strange sports. I've sometimes wondered whether anyone has studied it.