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The europoor mind cannot comprehend why this might be called football at all

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TIL the etymology of the word soccer. But, that still doesn’t explain why American football / rugby football is called this when the ball is very much carried by hand most of the time

We’re too poor to afford templates, we have to build our own from scraps

I like how you think, but this might offend ze Germans (and us europoors know better than to offend ze Germans)

Writing sci-fi stories and other things too: markmcclure.xyz Casting in the word shallows.

A very astute observation

And cricket also involves no insect

How deep does the conspiracy go

and spare a thought for water polo... no horses and no sticks