Melbourne Grand Prix

Quite a few people have said in this thread that they find Formula One very boring these days and a few have mentioned what big business it is as well. If it is any bigger than it ever was it must be boring less people than before. I was a Ferrari fan when they were a hopeless team. I'd watch the races hoping that the red cars would pull something off. It wasn't boring for me then and it isn't now. I find it is like cricket - the more you know about the finer points the more interesting it is.

Soccer. Now there's a boring game. Takes as long or longer than a F1 race and sometimes the games are a scoreless draw. No accounting for taste I guess...

Hi jon!
I think Fisichella comes from South America...........or is ti some one else?
You see i can't remember!
I don't like cars races as i don't like football.
I think they turn people into fanatics who drive cars like crazy and can't have a normal speech with others without screaming like in a stadium!
Poor, italian culture???
Where are you gone??
Where are the poets, the musicians, the writers?
Home watchin' tv?

Condolences!

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Soccer. Now there's a boring game. Takes as long or longer than a F1 race and sometimes the games are a scoreless draw. No accounting for taste I guess...

Now come on Dean... what does a Kiwi know about football
BTW Soccer is the American name for it, and they know nothing about the game either

Regards
Clive

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Originally posted by cunningplan:

Now come on Dean... what does a Kiwi know about football
BTW Soccer is the American name for it, and they know nothing about the game either

Regards
Clive

Clive

Rugby football is commonly termed just "football" in these parts, so I was trying to confuse the least number of people.

But you're right. We are even worse at football than we are at rugby. It just made my whole year when we lost at the Rugby World Cup at the semi-final stage. Then we lost the Americas Cup. What a great year!

How do you Brits rate your chances of winning the next Rugby World Cup. (I suppose that's a whole new thread really.)

Deane

Being a Welshman living in exile.. the Welsh Rugby team are looking good at the moment.

There seems to be a new found optimism amongst the fans and we do have a fellow countryman of yours to thank.. Steve Hansen, he certainly put us on the right road to success.

Regards
Clive

You're right!
Soccer is the right word!
But an old friend of mine was a rugby footbal player..............
Can they really hurt so much and be happy and proud at the same time?

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Originally posted by cunningplan:
BTW Soccer is the American name for it

zzzzz. WRONG! Soccer is an ENGLISH name for it - aSSOCiated football ring any bells? - just the riff raff refused to use it because it was considered an 'upper class' word. Now you just all think it's an American term. Isn't ignorance wonderful?

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zzzzz. WRONG! Soccer is an ENGLISH name for it - aSSOCiated football ring any bells? - just the riff raff refused to use it because it was considered an 'upper class' word. Now you just all think it's an American term. Isn't ignorance wonderful?

Isn't intellectual snoberry wonderful

Yes maybe but John is right and you are wrong.

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Yes maybe but John is right and you are wrong.

There, there, does that make you feel better Mick

To be honest it does.

Well Mick just call it good honest therapy. I'm glad I've been of assistance

You do have the odd use.

Thank You

That's ok, you carry on being wrong and we will get along fine.

I'll do my best not to let you down Mick.

I have every confidence in you. Just be yourself.

I've decided you can become my mentor, I'm sure most of my posts will be in similar vein to yours from now on

That is good, in fact very good indeed.

Perhaps, Mentor, you could spend an evening or two reading through my previous posts and pointing out the error of my ways.....

Cunningplan to get Mick spending less time posting on the forums innit

Oops sorry I know how much you hate Fritz

No I like Fritz, we are in the same Lodge.

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Originally posted by cunningplan:

Cunningplan to get Mick spending less time posting on the forums innit

To achieve this, Mick could just write a manifesto of his beliefs and have Adam post it at the head of the Padded Cell as a sticky.

I think it's time for Fritz to share his experiences of the many funny handshakes he's been having with Mick..

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
No I like Fritz, we are in the same Lodge.

Beavers ?

Did I just slip into a Parallel dimension?

Adam? Have you been drinking again????

I think we should be told!!

Andy