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NUMBER ONE REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR OBAMA!
Stryc9Fuego:
Yeah. I love that X-TREME advertising meme as much as I hate talking about politics. And I really hate talking about politics. So I won't.
I refuse.
Now we take the "D" rail over to baseball!
Personally, I'm a Rays fan, but that's just because I live here.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 24 Sep 2008, 20:33 ---*Ryan Giggs is the only sports person that springs to mind.
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See, this is WHY I want to hang out with you.
öde:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 24 Sep 2008, 20:33 ---resorting to The Fast Show references
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See, this is WHY I want to hang out with you.
valley_parade:
Maybe you should come to Bostoncon, Dan.
benji:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 24 Sep 2008, 20:26 ---Here's an idea which doesn't crop up very often - Sport is a thing which is also really fun to talk about.
It is an excellent social device. If you have it in your arsenal of conversation topics, all manner of doors will open for you.
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This is true, and I have no problem with people using sports for this purpose. I was once wandering around the streets of Mandalay in Burma to try to get a feel for it. A man stepped out of an electronics shop and said "hay, football." Now, I didn't speak much Burmese beyond the word for hello and counting to 10, and the only English he knew was "football," "goal," and "my son," but Myanmar (Burma) was playing Cambodia in a game of soccer football, and because we all knew the rules to this game we were able to sit and enjoy each others company despite sharing no other language or culture in common.
But when fans of the two local football rivals actually stop speaking to each other close to the big game, or when parents get in fights with referees a little league games, I just have to shake my head in consternation.
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