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domiguy -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 10:59:45 AM)
Wow! what the fuck! AMERICA!!!!! AMERICA!!!! We are the center of the universe and based on the discussions I've had, with of four of my friends, I can confidently proclaim...That I have "THE WORLDS LARGEST COCK!" out. D.G. p.s. Jesus please protect me from your followers.

pahunkboy -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 11:32:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: domiguy Wow! what the fuck! AMERICA!!!!! AMERICA!!!! We are the center of the universe and based on the discussions I've had, with of four of my friends, I can confidently proclaim...That I have "THE WORLDS LARGEST COCK!" out. D.G. p.s. Jesus please protect me from your followers. hmm- some how this post jumped out at me. ;-0~~

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 2:41:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BobTheMaster Actually 'The World Series' is so named because it was originally sponsered by 'The World' newspaper, and not coz the americans believe they are the centre of the world..... although saying that...... lol That is a fascinating little tidbit. I did not know that to be truthful. [8D]

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 2:44:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mgdartist Well, speaking as an American reading this thread and feeling rather ambivalent, I'd like to quote the OP; "Hi, I don't care, thanks." MGD Hai!! That is copyrighted! I stole it. It is mine! [8D]

ScooterTrash -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 2:52:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent To be fair, it's not unique to the US. Most English fans think they have the god-given right to win every sport we play. What's worse, if you exclude the power-houses of darts and snooker, we never win anything. One football world cup in 80 years, one rugby world cup in 30 years and we're yet to win a cricket world cup (which has been going on approx. 35 years). Talk about delusions of grandeur. If we had our own football world cup we wouldn't even win that - the game would be called off due to bad weather or alcohol-fuelled crowd violence or something. Yet, rule britannia etc. Hell, that's OK NG...show up sometime, we'll play some darts and I'll even provide the alcohol fuel...lol. I'm sure by the end of the day, we'll forget who claimed to be the world champion...lol.

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 2:57:10 PM)
Unfortunately I can not hit the broad side of a barn with a bass fiddle, so I am not much of a world champion when it comes to darts.. But I have fun getting loaded in the process.

mgdartist -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 4:59:22 PM)
Just seems like if other countries think american football and baseball are such a joke, and don't take them seriously, why the hell should you care what we call the final showdown events? I'm no big fan of either, but nor am I a big fan of anti-American sentiment, however thinly disguised. MGD

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 5:43:23 PM)
Heh. I am anything but anti-American. I think my posting history will back that up. Your personal attack in no way detracts from the validity of questioning the vanity of professional athletes.

slavejali -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 5:55:56 PM)
We have started doing it in Australia too. We go to martial arts events that titled themselves 'World Cup'..and the people taking away the medals really believe they are "world class" even though perhaps they only came up against competitors from 6 countries...and in their actual event they may have only come up against 4 people in total We are making plans to take a team to Florida in July for another "World Cup" in the States...grin. People have big egos, they want to feel that they are the best of the best of the best, so titling these events this way ensure they get the people to participate, its all propoganda. Think about it, even at Olympic level, the winnners there, are they really the best in the world? Or are they just a bunch of people who have focused on a particular sport and "competed"...I had a conversation with Master about this at one time, he said some players in the NFL have been clocked as breaking Olympic level speed runs....so where does that leave our Olympic medal winners in regards to "World" ranking in reality? Heck, Farmer Bob from Hichikitchicoo, could be the fastest man alive and we would never ever know it. Life on earth is just one giant big game, you can get caught up in the illusions that are presented to you or not. Your choice. Nothing to worry or be concerned over though. [;)]

LotusSong -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 7:10:32 PM)
When you pay a twenty-something male multi-million dollar contracts to play a game.. it seems to have that effect.

HydroMaster -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/5/2007 11:55:49 PM)
What are you talking about America being the only country that plays football. Europe has an professional American style football league, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!...oh, wiping a tear way almost kept a staight face when I said that. Athletes think they're the world because we as a people allow them to. We place them above doctors and educators by buying into their hype...paying for sportsware, autographs, stupid bobbleheads. The only time I've seen people on mass get together and say I'm tired of this bullshit was during the MLB strike...when already overpaid athletes bitched and moaned about not being paid enough. All those empty seats made a statement. Too bad it didn't last.

NorthernGent -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 12:56:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ScooterTrash Hell, that's OK NG...show up sometime, we'll play some darts and I'll even provide the alcohol fuel...lol. I'm sure by the end of the day, we'll forget who claimed to be the world champion...lol. Now there's an offer.......we don't even win darts anymore, a Dutchman won the world title recently (85% of players are British)........I used to play a lot when I was younger so I'll give you a run for your money lol.......throw in some beer and it's an offer not to be turned down! I'll bring some of our real ales with me to mark the oocasion....

mgdartist -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 7:48:52 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SirKenin Heh. I am anything but anti-American. I think my posting history will back that up. Your personal attack in no way detracts from the validity of questioning the vanity of professional athletes. heh, id never attack a man who holds firefox in such high regard lol MGD

sleazy -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 9:26:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: ScooterTrash Hell, that's OK NG...show up sometime, we'll play some darts and I'll even provide the alcohol fuel...lol. I'm sure by the end of the day, we'll forget who claimed to be the world champion...lol. Now there's an offer.......we don't even win darts anymore, a Dutchman won the world title recently (85% of players are British)........I used to play a lot when I was younger so I'll give you a run for your money lol.......throw in some beer and it's an offer not to be turned down! I'll bring some of our real ales with me to mark the oocasion.... Now that is hardly fair NG, surely using real beer to influence the outcome of a game is sinking a little low. I am not sure the average american drinker could manage much speckled hen or theakstons old etc before requiring a crash mat to prevent injury during the inevitable collapse.[:D]

pahunkboy -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 9:29:12 AM)
its interesting to watch the olympics doping scandals unfold. the role of a circus is to fill the seats?

sleazy -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 9:34:52 AM)
Olympics doping scandal? You mean news of our dopey mayor etc have made it over there? [:D] The scandals have barely started, we are only about 4 times over budget so far!

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 9:53:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sleazy quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: ScooterTrash Hell, that's OK NG...show up sometime, we'll play some darts and I'll even provide the alcohol fuel...lol. I'm sure by the end of the day, we'll forget who claimed to be the world champion...lol. Now there's an offer.......we don't even win darts anymore, a Dutchman won the world title recently (85% of players are British)........I used to play a lot when I was younger so I'll give you a run for your money lol.......throw in some beer and it's an offer not to be turned down! I'll bring some of our real ales with me to mark the oocasion.... Now that is hardly fair NG, surely using real beer to influence the outcome of a game is sinking a little low. I am not sure the average american drinker could manage much speckled hen or theakstons old etc before requiring a crash mat to prevent injury during the inevitable collapse.[:D] Speckled Hen? Probably not, because it's piss water. But Black Sheep Ale? Sure, I'll take a handful of pints of that and play any day. Sorry, but British beer really is not all you guys are trying to crack it up to be. Try Polish or Czechoslovakian beer, because British beer does not even hold a candle to it.

NorthernGent -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 10:07:18 AM)
I've been to both countries and I would say the Czechs do the best lagers I've ever tasted. Then again, I'm not much of a lager drinker unless it's a red, hot day. I've also tried the Czech dark ales and they're ok. Now, when it comes to our ales, to say they're not all they're cracked up to be you would need to sample thousands of our ales to make a judgement. I was at a beer festival in Carlisle last year and they had 120 different ales on at just one festival - most of these from the Carlisle area. Black sheep - it's decent enough but it's one of our mass produced ales that's sold in most pubs. In terms of where it ranks among other ales, it's not even in the fourth division. We have villages all over the North of England which brew their own ales and they're sold only within the pubs of that particular village or at beer festivals - these ales are pure gold. None of this mass produced nonsense. Using our Black Sheep as a standard for British ale is like using Labatts Ice as a standard for Canadian beer. I can guarantee anyone who appreciates a good ale would have a field day at one of our beer festivals. They'd be like a kid at christmas.

popeye1250 -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 12:35:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SirKenin We're sitting here watching the opening ceremonies for the Super Bowl, and one of the Bears players is going on about how if they win they will be the champions of the world. Like what the fuck? How many countries in the world participate in this sport exactly? One? Hrmmmmm. Then there's baseball, the most blatantly obvious example. The World Series? Hello???? Two countries play in the American League. That's hardly the world. I think they need to get a bit of a grip. Anyways, I see they're watching in Baghdad. That's so awesome. Actually, it is playing live in over 100 countries. Satellites rock. But they have degrees in.........football.

SirKenin -> RE: Why do American athletes think they're "the world" (2/6/2007 3:15:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 But they have degrees in.........football. lol. Nice. [:D] NG: I would jump at the opportunity to go to one of Britain's beer festivals. Beer tasting is one of my favorite pasttimes. I, most likely as you, drink not to get drunk but for the taste. That is why I like Czech beer so much, as do you.

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