Football and Handegg - Page 4

On December 20 2011 00:34 Talin wrote:


Feet are used in almost any sport though. ^^

Except Starcraft I guess.

On December 20 2011 05:43 aphorism wrote:
I wasn't going to comment on this post, but after some reflection, I realized that this incorrectness in naming extends to so many other sports, the whole 'football vs. soccer' dilemma is the least of our worries!

Look at this athlete, one who engages in a sport universally referred to as 'basket-ball'
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Despite the name of the sport, this player is handling the ball with his hands! If football is so named because the players handle the ball with their feet, then why is this player not using his baskets to handle the ball?
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What about these athletes, who claim to be playing 'volleyball!?' Again, they are handling the ball with their hands, and their 'volleys' are nowhere to be found!
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This man appears to be hitting a ball with a racquet of some kind, so one might expect that his sport be called 'racquetball.' Instead, the sport goes by the completely nonsensical name of 'tennis!'
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Oh well, it seems like no sport these days has been named with even an ounce of sense, I'll just stick to watching my football.
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On December 20 2011 06:19 Newbistic wrote:
Hey, hey. Let's not forget that our testicles are egg shaped also. We refer to them as balls.

But then again, the only real sports event that I make sure not to miss is the World Cup, every four years.

On December 20 2011 06:50 Skilledblob wrote:


english is the only language I know that says balls for testicles. In german it's eier which translates to eggs.

On December 20 2011 07:00 EsX_Raptor wrote:

true that. in spanish we say "te metere una patada en los huevos" to say "i'll kick your balls."

On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote:
for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much

User was temp banned for this post.

On December 20 2011 07:22 Synwave wrote:


Possibly because its the women with the eggs

English: making complete sense, and non-sense since 1457

On December 20 2011 03:30 FryBender wrote:



In an effort to derail this thread further handegg MVP has to be Manning. And I'm talking about Peyton not Eli (yes even after last night's victory Peyton still should be the MVP).

On December 20 2011 06:09 Steveling wrote:


Now if I pointed out that basketball, handegg and volleyball all originated from US what would you say?
Inb4 Keanu Reeves realisation meme.

On December 19 2011 23:59 Mobius_1 wrote:
America --- inventing sports to replace those that they suck at since the Dawn of Time.