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From: MNMikeW on 15 Jun 2010 15:55 "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message news:87q3b1FkhU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "johnty" <johnty1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:a93d6b1e-fa19-47a1-850d-6bee089bffd5(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > On 12 June, 22:30, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: >> "Moderate" <nos...(a)nomail.comu> wrote in message >> >> news:824004852298066942.099433nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net... >> >> >I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The >> > whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire time. >> > Ridiculous. >> >> Soccer? I'd sooner watch paint dry. > > > It helps if you understand the subtleties of the game. > I've never watched anything worse than major league baseball. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Baseball is great....if you have a DVR. I watch every Mariner loss in the > span of an hour. > > Soccer....the only thing worse on TV is the PTL club. > > -Greg I'd take soccer over any show on MSNBC.
From: Rog on 15 Jun 2010 16:44 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:47:11 -0700, Pse wrote: >> On Jun 12, 8:52 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: >> > It's all what we're interested in. I bet more people would be bored >> > watching (or playing) golf than watching (or playing) soccer. > > On 13 Giu, 17:13, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> That's utterly ridiculous. On any given day in America, are more people >> playing golf or soccer? Which sport do people watch more of on TV - golf >> or soccer? > > I don't know about America. But if you want to include Europe, then keep > in mind that many countries here have *dozens* of soccer channels (some > channel can't even show footage of the games, they just talk for hours > *about* the matches aired somewhere else), and no golf channel at all. > Heck, here (Italy) we don't even get coverage of the PGA tour at all (15 > minutes of "wednesday special" on Eurosport and that's it), and you know > what? No one cares. > You can't really even compare the two sports here (golfers are roughly > 80,000 against a population of 60 millions, so more or less 0,1%), and in > most European countries (except for the UK I think, but I don't not know > exactly how big golf is there). > > - Pse "Rapid increase in demand following the golf boom in the late 1980s. 3.1 million participants in the United Kingdom aged over 16 (Sports Council, 1994), representing 7% of the population. 1,830 golf clubs (9–36 holes) in England (English Golf Union, 1997)." The Golf Channel used to be aired here, otherwise no dedicated golf programme. -- Rog http://www.rog.pynguins.com
From: dene on 15 Jun 2010 17:00 "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:87q45kF63jU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message > news:87q3b1FkhU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > > "johnty" <johnty1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:a93d6b1e-fa19-47a1-850d-6bee089bffd5(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > > On 12 June, 22:30, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > >> "Moderate" <nos...(a)nomail.comu> wrote in message > >> > >> news:824004852298066942.099433nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net... > >> > >> >I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The > >> > whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire time. > >> > Ridiculous. > >> > >> Soccer? I'd sooner watch paint dry. > > > > > > It helps if you understand the subtleties of the game. > > I've never watched anything worse than major league baseball. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Baseball is great....if you have a DVR. I watch every Mariner loss in the > > span of an hour. > > > > Soccer....the only thing worse on TV is the PTL club. > > > > -Greg > > I'd take soccer over any show on MSNBC. Dang....wished I'd thought of that. -Greg
From: William Clark on 15 Jun 2010 17:01 In article <87q367FvbgU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote in message > news:xX9Rn.76448$HG1.33425(a)newsfe21.iad... > > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:wclark2-CB4EED.18493912062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > In article <4%SQn.57616$mi.28861(a)newsfe01.iad>, > > > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > > > >> "Moderate" <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote in message > > >> news:824004852298066942.099433nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net... > > >> >I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The > > >> > whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire > time. > > >> > Ridiculous. > > >> > > >> Soccer? I'd sooner watch paint dry. > > > > > > That figures. > > > > Better yet, I'd sooner spend a couple hours reading the thoughts of > William > > Clark. > > Post of the year!!!! > > -Greg Both of you would be a far better person for doing so. You need to allow more than 2 hours, though ;-)
From: Moderate on 15 Jun 2010 17:52
"William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-392E54.17531514062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article > <813918425298243414.601006nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net>, > Moderate <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote: > >> William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >> > In article <hv5u4m$qio$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, >> > >> > OK, so do you want to take this bet? AAMOF I have posted about the >> > Memorial, but no one pays any attention because loons like you would >> > rather find absurd pretexts to take shots at Obama instead. >> > >> > So, are you going to take this bet, and how many PGA Tour events have >> > you been to? >> >> Before I make a bet we have to agree on the proof that you have been to >> 22 PGA events. > > Oh, where does 22 suddenly come from? Moving the goal posts in late > panic, are we? > > Let me remind you of your statement above "I doubt you have ever been to > a PGA event". I don't see 22 anywhere in there. Still, par for the > course for you. You avoided the question of proof. You said you have been to 22 events. |