What's so Manly about American Football? - Page 3

jinx · 10-26-2009, 08:46 PM

Ours are mighty-mite, mite, and midget - I just like to say peewee.

Cloud · 10-26-2009, 08:47 PM

read the article--it's scary.

monster · 10-26-2009, 08:49 PM

What's manly about inviting brain damage?

Cloud · 10-26-2009, 08:50 PM

nothing. don't let your kids grow up to be footballers.

monster · 10-26-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

read the article--it's scaremongering.

fixed that for you.

Imagine an article written in the same style about people driving cars and getting in crashes.

monster · 10-26-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

nothing. don't let your kids grow up to be footballers.

sure-fire way to get a footballer is to ban them from playing, I reckon

Everyone told me the last thing I wanted was a hockey player... but I got one. Sure, I'm worried about his teeth and brains and limbs, but if I stop him rather than support him, the damage mey be even less fixable.

Cloud · 10-26-2009, 09:00 PM

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Imagine an article written in the same style about people driving cars and getting in crashes.

we need something like that. so much uproar over little things, when we are wilfully blind about a practice that kills thousands of people every day.

monster · 10-26-2009, 09:02 PM

there are plenty of articles like that. We just ignore them because we have to to continue our everyday lives with some shred of sanity.

ZenGum · 10-26-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Sure, I'm worried about his teeth and brains and limbs, but if I stop him rather than support him, the damage mey be even less fixable.

Limbs heal. Teeth are replacable. Only brain and spine are really crucial and vulnerable. Helmets help.

I think your management strategy is wise.

monster · 10-26-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I think your management strategy is wise.

thanks ...but you wander off in the bush alone. Now that is manly, but.......

(and we really need a pic)

ZenGum · 10-26-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

What's manly about inviting brain damage?

Football is carefully designed so that the damage only occurs to parts of the brain related to feelings, hygiene and dress sense. How much more manly do you want?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

thanks ...but you wander off in the bush alone. Now that is manly, but.......

No, manly is taking a bulldozer, or better yet a tank, and taming that damn wilderness.

lookout123 · 10-27-2009, 07:05 PM

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oh fuck, lookout. how about a broken bone gore douchechill warning on that!?

Sorry, didn't even think about it. You did watch the good clips though, right?

TheMercenary · 10-27-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

thanks ...but you wander off in the bush alone. Now that is manly, but.......

(and we really need a pic)

You could always fall back on this...

http://www.irb.com/

Spexxvet · 10-28-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

...I'm liking the hockey, though. Although it's a little "white".
...

Old time hockey was the best!

10-26-2009, 08:46 PM	#31
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ours are mighty-mite, mite, and midget - I just like to say peewee. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-26-2009, 08:47 PM	#32
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	read the article--it's scary. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-26-2009, 08:49 PM	#33
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What's manly about inviting brain damage? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-26-2009, 08:50 PM	#34
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	nothing. don't let your kids grow up to be footballers. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-26-2009, 09:02 PM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	there are plenty of articles like that. We just ignore them because we have to to continue our everyday lives with some shred of sanity. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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