View Full Version : You lucky, lucky Americans...
:yell: HAH!
Now you're stuck with him. Ner ner.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6248835.stm
Professur
1/11/07, 02:08pm
ROFL
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 02:09pm
Is this soccer? I don't get that here. Fraid I won't be able to give a damn one way or t'other. Sorry.
highwayman
1/11/07, 02:18pm
Other then another over paid athlete, this means what to me?
Is this soccer? I don't get that here. Fraid I won't be able to give a damn one way or t'other. Sorry.
Oh no no...you don't understand. This is the BECKHAMS. You don't have to be interested in his sport to be infiltrated. They will spread and conquer your country. Penetrate every area of your media. They'll have a reality TV show before long. Victoria Beckham will have her own chat show. Brooklyn Beckham will have his own clothing company. Romeo will have a perfume. You'll be buying the Brand Beckham without even knowing you are........
Brooklyn is a boy? WTF kinda name is Brooklyn for a boy...that's like...well, Paris for a girl.
highwayman
1/11/07, 02:37pm
well, Paris for a girl.
That is any diferent then Porche?
Yeah. Three boys. Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. Doesn't it make you want to cry...
unclehobart
1/11/07, 02:44pm
What sad names for kids. They will grow up to have a complex. They need real names like Gilgamesh, Ajax... and BigBlock... nice girly names. Now if its a boy... hmm... something like !!CORBA!! ... just like that... 4 exclamations and all caps... nice legal name... really says 'future MP'.
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 02:46pm
You'll be buying the Brand Beckham without even knowing you are........
Wanna bet?
Nice.
If I had 3 boys I'd just call them Jim1, Jim2 and Bob.
The little Beckhams will most likely grow up with American accents and turn to Hollywood stardom before long. I mean, it's LA after all. It'll be the Osbournes all over again.
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 02:47pm
If one of them discovers the next Randy Rhoads, that'll be a good thing then.
That is any diferent then Porche?
Um yes....Achilles? Menelaus? Helen? Battle of Troy? That Paris. Paris was a man...a hot enough man to make Helen run away from Menelaus.
Although Orlando Bloom made him look like a nancy.
I couldn't get passed Boagrius in the beginning scene.....I could eat him with a spoon :love3:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Nathanjones.jpg/200px-Nathanjones.jpg
Jesus. You do like the scary ones don't you tonks :D
And yes that does include you Hobart.
See, if I saw him I'd probably just burst into tears.
a) there is a Lourdes in my kids' school
b) ANYone who can make it so I don't have to see those skanky assed Britney/Lindsay/Paris/Nicole whoeverthehellelse whores is very welcome in my book.
ANYone who can make it so I don't have to see those skanky assed Britney/Lindsay/Paris/Nicole whoeverthehellelse whores
:rofl2:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Nathanjones.jpg/200px-Nathanjones.jpg
Jesus. You do like the scary ones don't you tonks :D
And yes that does include you Hobart.
O...M...............
I'll be back later guys...I have some...laundry to do...yes, laundry...
Jesus wept - don't you just want to lick his belly button?
highwayman
1/11/07, 03:48pm
:rofl:
Jesus wept - don't you just want to lick his belly button?
No, but I kind of want to prod his veins.
In his arms.
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 04:34pm
Jesus wept - don't you just want to lick his belly button?
No. No I don't.
TexasRaceLady
1/11/07, 04:42pm
Is this soccer? I don't get that here. Fraid I won't be able to give a damn one way or t'other. Sorry.
I second this motion, SN'P.
And, as highwayman said, "another over-paid athlete".
Who the hell cares?
We love you, Scanty...just not silly overpaid ball kickers :D
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 05:23pm
Plus I have a long standing and well documented hatred of the sport as a whole. You...yer peachy keen.
Professur
1/11/07, 05:44pm
We love you, Scanty...just not silly overpaid ball kickers :D
Of course, if they pick it up and try to throw it, they're fucking national heros.
It's not what they do with the ball that makes us dislike them...it's all the silly horseshit they do off the field that makes the folks dislike them.
Professur
1/11/07, 05:51pm
Are you perhaps referring to ..... the fans?
No...I'm talking about all the Beckham Drama...and all the TO horseshit from training camp and in the media...and the whining of Randy Moss...and all the criminal activity of too many too mention.
I like players that play ball and shut up during the rest of the week.
Professur
1/11/07, 06:35pm
Football
Baseball
Basketball
For a minute there, I thought you were serious.
SouthernN'Proud
1/11/07, 08:41pm
Intentional obtuseness, tonks. He'll be OK when he gets his warm milk.
Now if its a boy... hmm... something like !!CORBA!! ... just like that... 4 exclamations and all caps... nice legal name...
A few years back a friend of a friend legally changed his name to Comma although I'm pretty sure he actually wrote it as ",".
His name should have been Comma Chameleon. :D
As for the Beckhams... I don't think they'll be able to permeate every facet of our lives the way they have over there. They're not new and unknown over here the way the Beatles were, for example.
A.B.Normal
1/12/07, 03:45am
His name should have been Comma Chameleon. :D
As for the Beckhams... I don't think they'll be able to permeate every facet of our lives the way they have over there. They're not new and unknown over here the way the Beatles were, for example.
Hey Inky ,since your a sports reporter I have to ask,did you know LA had a Pro Soccer team?
Yeah, I did. There are actually a couple... there's also Chivas USA in the area somewhere.
1 million bucks US/week. Only in L.A., where being a 'star' is more important than actually being able to play.
SouthernN'Proud
1/12/07, 09:54am
ESPN was replaying Sportscenter this morning as I was getting ready for work, and they talked about this. Said the team had already sold around 2000 season tickets. The off-camera anchor piped in with something like, "That equal 250 mil?" Cracked me up. Subtle, I thought.
Gato_Solo
1/12/07, 10:17am
Yeah, I did. There are actually a couple... there's also Chivas USA in the area somewhere.
What's bad Scotch have to do with sports?
1 million bucks US/week. Only in L.A., where being a 'star' is more important than actually being able to play.
Make no mistake, Bish. Regardless of whatever else we might think about him, he can play.
Granted... but worth $1M/week?
This reminds me of when the Kings got Gretzky. He didn't go there because it was a prestigious team, or a kick-ass coach, or huge potential... he went there because of the $$$$$. An HE was the greatest player of all time!
It's an example of buying a team is sometimes easier than making one.
I don't know anout you but if I get offered the same job at different places I am most likely to go with the most $$$$ :shrug:
These folks only have a limited amount of years to play, I don't blame them for taking what's offered. It's when they complain that their millions aren't enough that butters my muffin.
SouthernN'Proud
1/12/07, 11:00am
It's an example of buying a team is sometimes easier than making one.
See Yankees, New York, time immemorable - present
Granted... but worth $1M/week?
This reminds me of when the Kings got Gretzky. He didn't go there because it was a prestigious team, or a kick-ass coach, or huge potential... he went there because of the $$$$$. An HE was the greatest player of all time!
It's an example of buying a team is sometimes easier than making one.
A) Buying a team is not the same as buying a championship (See Yankees, New York, time immemorable - present).
Edit: I'll bet it's significantly cheaper to buy a championship.
and 2) You're worth whatever somebody will pay you to do what you do.
I don't think it's worth it, but obviously someone does, don't they?
Re Gretztky, he got paid. There's lots more free cash running around LA than Edmonton (isn't that surprising?). Who can blame him?
Re Gretztky, he got paid. There's lots more free cash running around LA than Edmonton (isn't that surprising?). Who can blame him?
Canadians in general and Edmontonians in particular.
Happens all the time with musicians/singers, actors, sportsmen... get big in Canada and move down south for the bigger market (ie. more money). *handonhip
Gato_Solo
1/12/07, 12:29pm
There's lots more free cash running around LA than Edmonton (isn't that surprising?). Who can blame him?
I'm surprised, given the amount of crime in LA as opposed to Edmonton...:D
Canadians in general and Edmontonians in particular.
Happens all the time with musicians/singers, actors, sportsmen... get big in Canada and move down south for the bigger market (ie. more money). *handonhip
Of course, if you were offered quadruple your current salary to move to Philadelphia and do what you do now, you'd turn 'em down flat because that wouldn't be the "Canadian" thing to do? ;)
I'd have to talk with the Missus...but I get the feeling that she'd say 'No'.
This is a woman who gave away a trip to Cuba for two that she'd won..out of principle alone. She flatly refuses to go to Cuba.
**Not to say that there aren't any nice people in the USA...but family is here. If you'd said Barcelona or Madrid...I'd find myself enrolled in advanced Spanish courses so fast that my head would still be spinning when the first boxes were being unpacked in our new house.
Well, there is the mandatory indoctrination into Eagles fandom. That might intimidate some Canucks from moving to Philly.
Gato_Solo
1/12/07, 01:05pm
Can't say as I blame her, considering that Cuba is not a very nice place to visit in the best of circumstances. ;)
unclehobart
1/12/07, 01:06pm
Canadians in general and Edmontonians in particular.
Happens all the time with musicians/singers, actors, sportsmen... get big in Canada and move down south for the bigger market (ie. more money). *handonhip
Market, schmarket... its the tax shelter they want.
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