For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 21, 2010

At least they get back up! In soccer, they lay on the ground gripping their knees and wailing. For a long time, I thought that was necessary for a soccer game to continue.

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Ejcapulet “get Back-up”??? in the rear ends? :-))))

At least you have soccer spot on. All they do is wail. Thats why they make millions of Euro a year. They are perfect actors, in the same category as Will Smith,Brad Pitt and Sean Connery.

But Connie, looking at a guy’s buns is fun, although you can’t tell much with all that padding!

EJCAPULET Soccer? Did you see Jeeter’s performance last week.? SAG is going to sign him up. Damned Yankees!

There is no such word as “anyways.”

I don’t get football either. It’s just a bunch of big, sweaty men rolling in the mud.

Pardon me. Who is Steve?

Back in ‘85, when the Bears won the Super Bowl, a local station bought rights to rebroadcast the playoff games during the week before the Bowl. The cut out all the huddles, time outs, and other standing around doing nothing stuff, and only broadcast the plays, one after another. Each game lasted something like 22 minutes.

I’ve found the only way I can tolerate watching the NFL on TV is to flip to the Spanish commentary. I’m not sure why (I don’t speak Spanish), but the enthusiastic delivery makes it at least seem like something exciting is going on…

…and thank goodness for Spandex! It makes football all that much more fun!

dsom8: Steve is Anne’s husband.

This isn’t Connie that Elly is talking with. It’s Anne and Anne’s husband is Steve.

I “got” football when I played it while in high school. Watching a game, especially professional sports, has never been of interest to me.

rkoper said,

There is no such word as “anyways.”

Yeah, but people still talk like that…. anyway(s).

Good-looking muscular men in tight clothes and padding constantly bent over ……. for Heaven’s sake, Anne! That’s one of football’s biggest appeals for me!!!!!!!!!! (Just don’t tell my husband that!!!!!)

The only way to watch football is to DVR it and fast forward everything except the actual plays - takes about 45-50 minutes - see the whole game, get back to your life!

…oh, but don’t dare compare it to wasting your hours during the weekdays watching soap operas, eh?

When did they start watching American football in Canada?

American football has to be the world’s leading homoerotic game. It’s like watching the giant walrus rut season.