Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Jan 2002.
Foosball!
alt.ascii-art
· 18 messages · 15 Jan 2002 - 17 Jan 2002
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kind of an odd angle, but, eh...
-Phydeaux
Phydeaux <dwe...@kornet.net> 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.
"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet news:82g...@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? ObAscii: DIE, SCUM! , OO ___.-_ \ ' .' .||-/ `- , splat - bb ' '-.. -jg
Joaquim G�ndara wrote in message ... >"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet >news:82g...@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
"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet news:l3q...@4ax.com > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com>) 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
"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> 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.
"foosball" is what Americans call it! (Just another one of those words! "faucet" -hmm!) Joaquim G�ndara <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message news:a21qc2$tt59p$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet > news:l3q...@4ax.com > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > > ("Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com>) 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 > >
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC), drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com>) wrote: > >>"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet >>news:82g...@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
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:44:40 +0000 (UTC), drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:28:15 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com>) wrote: > >>"drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet >>news:82g...@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
"Michael Herzog" <mic...@nnyconline.de> wrote in message news:a21qe4$hqn$00$1...@news.t-online.com... > "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> 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.
On 2002-01-15 cla...@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.'
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...
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Dunno who the artist was tho'...
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On 2002-01-16 mat...@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.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:53:02 +0000 (UTC), mat...@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
Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> 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/@./.@/)
"Mel" <me...@adderleystreet.co.za> wrote in message news:5sl...@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... Oh yes, the name 'anonymous@bogus_address.con' *really* blends in with everyone else on the newsgroup. Idiot.
|> 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!?
I hope that was a gentle enough way to break the news to you...
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On 2002-01-17 mat...@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
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