From: "Phydeaux" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:46:48 +0900 Organization: Korea Telecom Lines: 28 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.48.81.10 X-Trace: news1.kornet.net 1011087383 11820 211.48.81.10 (15 Jan 2002 09:36:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@feeder.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:36:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!news-hub.kaist.ac.kr!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27002 foosball table: . . . / . / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .--.---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---.--. / / ../.../.../...X.O.X.../.../.../.../ /| // / . / / X / / X X / / // . // /|. / X / X X / / / / // /| // / / / / X / / X X X / // /|| // / / X X / X X / / / / // / || // /|/ / / X / / X / o / / // / || / /. / / / X X / / / / / /| || :--'---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---'--: / | || | ___/___/___/___/__O/___/___/___/____ || | |' | | / / / / / / / / | || '""' | |/ / / / / / ' / | || | / ' ' ' | || | | | || | | | || | | | |' '""' dew '""' kind of an odd angle, but, eh... -Phydeaux ###### From: Przemyslaw Brojewski Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: 15 Jan 2002 15:14:59 GMT Organization: KIS - Katedra Informatyki Stosowanej Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: zly.kis.p.lodz.pl X-Trace: kujawiak.man.lodz.pl 1011107699 21235 212.51.216.2 (15 Jan 2002 15:14:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@man.lodz.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jan 2002 15:14:59 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.7 (sun4u)) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.158.233.21!news.ebone.net!news1.ebone.net!157.25.192.109.MISMATCH!news.ipartners.pl!news.icm.edu.pl!news.man.lodz.pl!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27007 Phydeaux wrote: : foosball table: : : / / : / / / / : / / / / : .--.---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---.--. : / / ../.../.../...X.O.X.../.../.../.../ /| : // / . / / X / / X X / / // . : // /|. / X / X X / / / / // /| : // / / / / X / / X X X / // /|| : // / / X X / X X / / / / // / || : // /|/ / / X / / X / o / / // / || : / /. / / / X X / / / / / /| || : :--'---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---'--: / | || : | ___/___/_______/__O____/____________ || | |' : | | / / / / | || '""' : | |/ / / / | || : | / | || : | | | || : | | | || : | | | |' : '""' dew '""' chopped off unnecessary sticks. brojek. ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 37 Message-ID: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-195-113.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011107742 12845 213.122.195.113 (15 Jan 2002 15:15:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:15:42 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27018 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:46:48 +0900, in alt.ascii-art, ("Phydeaux" ) wrote: >foosball table: > . . . / > . / / / / / / / > / / / / / / / / > / / / / / / / / > .--.---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---.--. > / / ../.../.../...X.O.X.../.../.../.../ /| > // / . / / X / / X X / / // . > // /|. / X / X X / / / / // /| > // / / / / X / / X X X / // /|| > // / / X X / X X / / / / // / || > // /|/ / / X / / X / o / / // / || > / /. / / / X X / / / / / /| || >:--'---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---'--: / | || >| ___/___/___/___/__O/___/___/___/____ || | |' >| | / / / / / / / / | || '""' >| |/ / / / / / ' / | || >| / ' ' ' | || >| | | || >| | | || >| | | |' >'""' dew '""' I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which case it's spelt differently anyway. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: "Anonymous" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:31:45 -0000 Organization: Anonymous, Plc Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.37.170.80 X-Trace: pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk 1011109003 29021 193.37.170.80 (15 Jan 2002 15:36:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@axion.bt.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jan 2002 15:36:43 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!bt !not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27014 Joaquim Gāndara wrote in message ... >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com... >> >> >foosball table: >> >> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which >> case it's spelt differently anyway. > >Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? It >does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, relentlessly. Well, >on TV anyway. And we all know that television is just the government's tool >to pacify us. And that's good, because then Mel can kill us all. Right Mel? e.g. in "Friends", Joey and Chandler have a "foosball" table. But over here in Scotland (and in the rest of the UK) we call it "table football", or refer to it as "my football table". -- Graeme Porter -^-_ _ / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit | / \ | -=/=\\____//=\=jaa ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-199-42.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: paris.btinternet.com 1011116680 16077 213.122.199.42 (15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!peernews2.colt.net!fr.colt.net!isdnet!btnet-peer1!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27013 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com... >> >> >foosball table: >> >> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which >> case it's spelt differently anyway. > >Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? Maybe you spend so much time in Germany? >It >does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, relentlessly. Well, >on TV anyway. What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: "Michael Herzog" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:00:19 +0100 Organization: T-Online Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1011117316 00 18263 8XyeTHdESEAgeq 020115 17:55:16 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 320055015897-0001@t-dialin.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27006 "drsquare" schrieb > I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which > case it's spelt differently anyway. I don't think you can compare football with fussball / soccer. ;) Although if you translate word by word foot and ball become fuss and ball. ###### Reply-To: "-®e§¤N@n©e-" From: "-®e§¤N@n©e-" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:15:49 -0000 Lines: 31 Organization: ? ha! I am no leader, and I am led by no one. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-225-22-66.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.com Message-ID: <3c4472c8$1_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com> X-Trace: 15 Jan 2002 18:19:52 GMT, ppp-225-22-66.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.158.233.21!news.ebone.net!news1.ebone.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com!ppp-225-22-66.friaco.access.uk.tiscali.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27020 "foosball" is what Americans call it! (Just another one of those words! "faucet" -hmm!) Joaquim Gāndara wrote in message news:a21qc2$tt59p$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > "drsquare" skrev i meddelandet > news:l3q84uc79prbkr11dmh72bam0m25fp5mgl@4ax.com > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: > > > > >Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? > > > > Maybe you spend so much time in Germany? > > One might be led to believe so, seeing how I'm in Europe, but no. > > > > Well, on TV anyway. > > > > What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that. > > "Friends" for example. I seem to remember having heard it in another show as > well. (Since I can't remember which one, I move that the jury disregard that > last statement.) > > -jg > > ###### From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: 15 Jan 2002 19:51:22 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3c448825.2763098@205.158.27.245> References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.220.177.92 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newspeer.cwnet.com!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!global-news-master Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27023 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC), drsquare wrote: >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: > >>"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >>news:82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com... >>> >>> >foosball table: >>> >>> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which >>> case it's spelt differently anyway. >> >>Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? > >Maybe you spend so much time in Germany? > >>It >>does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, relentlessly. Well, >>on TV anyway. > >What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~uyeyama/foosball.html ###### From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: 15 Jan 2002 19:56:37 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3c448966.3083950@205.158.27.245> References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.220.177.92 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!global-news-master Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27022 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC), drsquare wrote: >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: > >>"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >>news:82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com... >>> >>> >foosball table: >>> >>> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in which >>> case it's spelt differently anyway. >> >>Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of it? > >Maybe you spend so much time in Germany? > >>It >>does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, relentlessly. Well, >>on TV anyway. > >What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that. > http://www.foosball.com/chp1hist.html ###### From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 02:29:16 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3c44d6de$0$5498$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.243.165.226 X-Trace: 1011144414 dread06.news.tele.dk 5498 62.243.165.226 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27044 "Michael Herzog" wrote in message news:a21qe4$hqn$00$1@news.t-online.com... > "drsquare" schrieb > > > I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in > which > > case it's spelt differently anyway. > > I don't think you can compare football with fussball / soccer. ;) > Although if you translate word by word foot and ball become fuss and > ball. Sure you can. Foosball comes from the german word fussball. And the game itself IS football only in a table sized version. European football that is .. which is why american also call it table soccer. ###### From: anonymous@bogus_address.con Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:57:22 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 32 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!5206!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!news-xfer.nuri.net!sn-xit-03!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27034 On 2002-01-15 claw@lords.com said: > > > ...foosball table: > > > I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, > > in which case it's spelt differently anyway. > >Then why do they call it "foosball" every time I've ever heard of >it? It does sound silly, but everyone just keeps on saying it, >relentlessly. Well, on TV anyway. For non-Americans, this can sometimes be confusing. Here's the explanation: 'Football' refers to a game played on a grass-covered field, where two teams of players compete against each other. In America, 'football' refers to the game of 'gridiron foot- ball.' In the rest of the world, 'football' refers to the game of 'soccer' (or some derivative of soccer). 'FooSball' is a registered trademark for a specific type of coin-operated gaming machine. 'FooSball' machines are often found in taverns, bowling alleys, and other businesses which tend to attract working-class people. The picture of the 'table' (which started this thread) was, indeed, a picture of a 'FooSball' game machine...which is why the artist correctly referred to it as a 'FooSball table.' ###### From: mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NewZealand Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: e220-0.math.canterbury.ac.nz X-Trace: cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz 1011153182 5221 132.181.20.4 (16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@canterbury.ac.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: xrn 8.02 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!canterbury.ac.nz!mathwft Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27035 anonymous@bogus_address.con writes: |> In the rest of the world, 'football' refers to the game of 'soccer' RUBBISH! In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland and New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of Australia it means Aussie rules; in South Africa it depends what colour your skin is. Anyway, here's a much better foosball table game than that other one... _____ .-"'""""''-. |__,-'" _.,/ ; } ,-' | ; | ; /" ,' { '..;,./_ o |-.,_ ;"; "|\ """"" '-.,__.------'______/)_____________________________________ / '..' () / / /________ o / . \ o _________/ /|/o ____ / /|" / (|==;o / o___/|\ /_|/"' / /-, )\ _.--"/"-, ' " _.--/ ~|\ / |_\ ______/_//) / / :'..' / / : "/- / / / (\/_/__/____/""| """""/|"'..' / / / ( / / /) ( / / '..|\""/"""""""" /_| / /.-' o `._ /_.-' `. / / |_\/ /-----' / /|" / / . / `-----/ /--------' /) / o;==|) __`--------/ / '..' / " ' '..' / /__________________________/____________________________/ Dunno who the artist was tho'... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \ \ Home of the mighty ALL BLACKS, perhaps the #1 rugby team! \\ \\\ Only semifinalist in all world cup competitions. ) `-') Winners of 60% of SANZAR tri-series contests. <_ o / Home of 83% of winning super-12 teams. \ / Home of the under-21's World Champs. / / Home of the schoolboy World Champs. /_,, ~~ Home of the women's World Champs. / ) Home of the 7's World Champs. | / ,----------------------------------------------------------- / _> <-------------- 3-peat Super-12 winners! / / | / | |=========================================================== | / | \___/ | Bill Taylor W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz o | ============================================================================= ###### From: anonymous@bogus_address.con Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:36:40 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 24 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsfeed.online.be!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27037 On 2002-01-16 mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) said: >anonymous@bogus_address.con writes: > > > In the rest of the world, 'football' refers to the game of > > 'soccer' > >RUBBISH! > >In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland >and New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of >Australia it means Aussie rules... Well, Bill, you snipped an important line from the original message. In totality, it read: > > In the rest of the world, 'football' refers to the game of > > 'soccer' (or some derivative of soccer). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There's no gentle way to break this news to you, son, so I'll just have to directly tell you that 'rugby union,' 'rugby league' and 'Australian rules' are =all= derivatives of soccer. ###### From: Mel Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:36:31 +0200 Organization: www.AdderleyStreet.co.za Message-ID: <5sla4uciuttsuil0u931lao6c1uv2ot0eo@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: user15099.vip-za.com X-Trace: 16 Jan 2002 12:34:06 -0800, user15099.vip-za.com Lines: 15 X-Report: Report abuse to newsabuse@vip-za.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!opentransit.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer1!btnet!newsfeed.lhr.globix.net!newsfeed.nyc.globix.net!infeed.is.co.za!feeder.is.co.za!newsfeed.vip-za.com!batman.vip-za.com!user15099.vip-za.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27048 On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC), mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) sucked my dick and said: >In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland and >New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of Australia it >means Aussie rules; in South Africa it depends what colour your skin is. let me guess, you're a chickenrunner...??? fucking cowards... -- smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself if in doubt, suck me www.AdderleyStreet.co.za ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 27 Message-ID: <8s2b4ugjmu0bflcjqc639oncv9g0jfc9l2@4ax.com> References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-165-15.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011194740 22350 213.1.165.15 (16 Jan 2002 15:25:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:40 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27042 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:57:05 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Joaquim Gāndara" ) wrote: >"drsquare" skrev i meddelandet >news:l3q84uc79prbkr11dmh72bam0m25fp5mgl@4ax.com >> > Well, on TV anyway. >> >> What programs are you watching? I've never heard anyone call it that. > >"Friends" for example. Well, the seppos always name everything wrong. >I seem to remember having heard it in another show as >well. (Since I can't remember which one, I move that the jury disregard that >last statement.) Well, yanky telly is hardly an authority on the matter. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <82g84usb3ffllfgno2qe17s8fskm2seph5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-165-15.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011194741 22350 213.1.165.15 (16 Jan 2002 15:25:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:41 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27040 On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:00:19 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, ("Michael Herzog" ) wrote: >"drsquare" schrieb > >> I think you'll find it's called "football", unless you're German, in >which >> case it's spelt differently anyway. > >I don't think you can compare football with fussball / soccer. ;) Soccer is football, so I really don't know what you're talking about. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-165-15.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011194744 22350 213.1.165.15 (16 Jan 2002 15:25:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:44 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!opentransit.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27047 On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC), in alt.ascii-art, (mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)) wrote: >In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland and >New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of Australia it >means Aussie rules; in South Africa it depends what colour your skin is. Those are all shite anyway. You need a 500-acre size pitch in order to play Aussie-rules. >Anyway, here's a much better foosball table game than that other one... > >_____ .-"'""""''-. > |__,-'" _.,/ ; > } ,-' | ; > | ; /" ,' > { '..;,./_ o > |-.,_ ;"; "|\ >""""" '-.,__.------'______/)_____________________________________ > / '..' () / / > /________ o / . \ o _________/ > /|/o ____ / /|" / (|==;o / o___/|\ > /_|/"' / /-, )\ _.--"/"-, ' " _.--/ ~|\ / |_\ >______/_//) / / :'..' / / : "/- / / / (\/_/__/____/""| >"""""/|"'..' / / / ( / / /) ( / / '..|\""/"""""""" > /_| / /.-' o `._ /_.-' `. / / |_\/ > /-----' / /|" / / . / `-----/ > /--------' /) / o;==|) __`--------/ > / '..' / " ' '..' / > /__________________________/____________________________/ No, that's Subbuteo. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: Foosball! References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: 152.78.71.90 Date: 16 Jan 2002 16:03:51 GMT X-Trace: 16 Jan 2002 16:03:51 GMT, 152.78.71.90 Lines: 27 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsfeed.online.be!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!152.78.71.90 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27026 Bill Taylor wrote: > Anyway, here's a much better foosball table game than that other one... > > _____ .-"'""""''-. > |__,-'" _.,/ ; > } ,-' | ; > | ; /" ,' > { '..;,./_ o > |-.,_ ;"; "|\ > """"" '-.,__.------'______/)_____________________________________ > / '..' () / / > /________ o / . \ o _________/ > /|/o ____ / /|" / (|==;o / o___/|\ > /_|/"' / /-, )\ _.--"/"-, ' " _.--/ ~|\ / |_\ > ______/_//) / / :'..' / / : "/- / / / (\/_/__/____/""| > """""/|"'..' / / / ( / / /) ( / / '..|\""/"""""""" > /_| / /.-' o `._ /_.-' `. / / |_\/ > /-----' / /|" / / . / `-----/ > /--------' /) / o;==|) __`--------/ > / '..' / " ' '..' / > /__________________________/____________________________/ That's not table football; that's Subbuteo. It's a very good pic though, and a much better game than table football IMO. -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/) ###### From: drsquare Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 39 Message-ID: <98gb4u0sos1ebmlc4b93mnpvf0ld9lor3i@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-1-132-232.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1011206715 18232 213.1.132.232 (16 Jan 2002 18:45:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:45:15 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27057 On 16 Jan 2002 16:03:51 GMT, in alt.ascii-art, (Harry Mason ) wrote: >Bill Taylor wrote: >> Anyway, here's a much better foosball table game than that other one... >> >> _____ .-"'""""''-. >> |__,-'" _.,/ ; >> } ,-' | ; >> | ; /" ,' >> { '..;,./_ o >> |-.,_ ;"; "|\ >> """"" '-.,__.------'______/)_____________________________________ >> / '..' () / / >> /________ o / . \ o _________/ >> /|/o ____ / /|" / (|==;o / o___/|\ >> /_|/"' / /-, )\ _.--"/"-, ' " _.--/ ~|\ / |_\ >> ______/_//) / / :'..' / / : "/- / / / (\/_/__/____/""| >> """""/|"'..' / / / ( / / /) ( / / '..|\""/"""""""" >> /_| / /.-' o `._ /_.-' `. / / |_\/ >> /-----' / /|" / / . / `-----/ >> /--------' /) / o;==|) __`--------/ >> / '..' / " ' '..' / >> /__________________________/____________________________/ > >That's not table football; that's Subbuteo. It's a very good pic though, and >a much better game than table football IMO. Yes, you can actually move the players, and the winner isn't decided by who can swirl the poles the fastest. -- .. .. .' ' ' .' ' ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' : : : '..' : : : : : .' .' .' .' ###### From: "Sam Blanning" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Foosball! Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:10:41 -0000 Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <5sla4uciuttsuil0u931lao6c1uv2ot0eo@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-3683.antelope.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk 1011218702 18047 217.134.30.99 (16 Jan 2002 22:05:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Jan 2002 22:05:02 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsgate.cistron.nl!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.42.224.136!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27052 "Mel" wrote in message news:5sla4uciuttsuil0u931lao6c1uv2ot0eo@4ax.com... > > >In New Zealand and Wales, football means rugby union; in Queensland and > >New South Wales, it means rugby league, and in the rest of Australia it > >means Aussie rules; in South Africa it depends what colour your skin is. > > let me guess, you're a chickenrunner...??? > > fucking cowards... 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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NewZealand Lines: 80 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: e220-0.math.canterbury.ac.nz X-Trace: cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz 1011247485 2718 132.181.20.4 (17 Jan 2002 06:04:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@canterbury.ac.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:04:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: xrn 8.02 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!canterbury.ac.nz!mathwft Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27076 |> There's no gentle way to break this news to you, son, so |> I'll just have to directly tell you that 'rugby union,' |> 'rugby league' and 'Australian rules' are =all= derivatives |> of soccer. Yes, but so is American football!! So that rather defeats the point of your post, dunnit!? 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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:20:48 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 20 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!193.190.198.17.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed2.onemain.com!news.earthlink.net!feed1.onemain.com!news.atl.earthlink.net!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:27070 On 2002-01-17 mathwft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) said: > > There's no gentle way to break this news to you, son, so > > I'll just have to directly tell you that 'rugby union,' > > 'rugby league' and 'Australian rules' are =all= derivatives > > of soccer. > >Yes, but so is American football!! >So that rather defeats the point of your post, dunnit!? No. The point of the original post was to differentiate between 'football' (=any= permutation of football), which is an outdoor field sport, and 'FooSball'...which is an indoor table-top game. There seemed to be some confusion on the part of other posters over the terminology. Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive