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Subject: [OM] "Football", was Re: Re: Chuck's 'round-the-country tour
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:43:58 +0100
Those chaps are definitely part-time sportsmen.  Their waists are  
huuuge!

Chris

On 29 Jul 2008, at 00:11, Andrew Fildes wrote:

> Now I begin to understand why murkins are addicted to the most
> tedious football code on the planet - it has room for even those who
> indulge in the excesses of the local diet.
> Shot a game at the weekend - it's not exactly popular here so this
> was unusual.
> Yeah, it was an accident - I was only told it was a 'football' game,
> not which type.
> There were a lot more people on the field than off it - the officials
> outnumbered the spectators.
> Couple of frustrated ex-pat murkins who knew what to do and a lot of
> big islanders who didn't.
> In between almost falling over with boredom (Oh hell - now the tribe
> of referees are having a bloody conference too!) I noted that the
> team selection was very 'democratic' - in fact, I got the impression
> that I could get time on the field if they could find kit to fit.
> <http://www.pbase.com/afildes/oly_whoppers>
> Frankly, I prefer to see big hits between blokes with little or no
> padding.
> Oh - the E-3 has serious difficulty focussing on black and white
> striped objects.
> More to come when I've got time.
> Including shots of the extremely infrequent 'action'.
> zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................



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