• Football (Was: Too much? (Was: Command Languages Versus Programming Lan

    From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu on Wed Apr 3 23:22:16 2024
    XPost: comp.unix.shell, comp.unix.programmer

    In article <uukndn$6jp4$1@dont-email.me>,
    James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
    On 4/3/24 03:38, David Brown wrote:
    ...
    lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for
    those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or
    round balls)

    I'm curious - in which country is "football" used as the name of a sport
    that doesn't involve feet? I know of many countries where "football"
    refers to a sport where the use of hands is prohibited, and others where
    it's allowed, but I'm not aware of any where the use of feet to kick the
    ball is prohibited.

    You are, of course, nitpicking. American football, as I'm sure you're
    aware, is almost entirely not played with the feet.

    Yes, there is kicking involved, but it is a very small part of the game and
    is almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

    Thus ends today's lecture on sports. You may resume your normally scheduled programming. (See, that's a little joke, because this *is* a programming newsgroup...)

    --
    (Cruz certainly has an odd face) ... it looks like someone sewed pieces of a waterlogged Reagan mask together at gunpoint ...

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-america-made-donald-trump-unstoppable-20160224

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