Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA09431 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:53:27 +0100 Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3102A6CF9E@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: FW: England humour Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:40:06 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain X-Filter-Info: UoS MailScan 0.1 [D 1] Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Come on Scott, you're comparing a sport played by two countries (remember
that 99% of all those world league players are NFL rejects), to the biggest
team sport in the world. I bet 99% of this list recognise the name Pele,
but not Doug Flutie.
Besides American Football is just rugby for wimps :-)
Vincent
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> From: Scott Chase
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2001 7:04 pm
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: FW: England humour
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> >From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
> >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
> >Subject: Re: FW: England humour
> >Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 08:30:10 -0400
> >
> >Hi Vincent -
> >
> > >> Universal Pictures announced today they plan to make a film of the
> > >> momentous football match that took place on Saturday.
> >
> >Damn, you mean we won a soccer game? Nobody told me.
> >
> >
> Maybe they could make a documentary out of the Miami Hurricanes versus
> Penn
> State Nittany Lions matchup last Saturday. It would be much more
> interesting
> than a movie about a boring soccer game.
>
> If soccer were so important, Dennis Miller would be announcing in the
> booth
> during "Monday Night Soccer", with sidekicks like Pele and any other
> famous
> soccer player there may have ever been.
>
> Now a matchup between the Canadian Football League and National Football
> League champions would be awesome. I wonder if Doug Flutie would shift
> allegiances.
>
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