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Location: Nîmes, south of France | Originally posted by V-elite:
Hi All , by the way the word "Disponible" is a French word which means at" your disposal" I`ve got it on good authority my wife is French ,hail to all the Disponibles :) Thanks V-elite for the clarification, it's exactly what i wanted to say using that word. And thank you for coming back to the topic, I must say i am amazed on how it can derive from in just few posts. :) et merci à madame de s'etre decarcassee, bien le bonjour d'Alsace ou l'on peine à sortir de l'hiver! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | And don't forget to line up 'Canadian' or you'll get scowls.
No blocks, no hits, just scowls.
(Canadian lineup-everyone respects the order everyone arrived in whether they're in the line or not. "Oh no! She was here first, serve her!") :cool: |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Arnaud: Hope i made all you laugh, sure that sort of mistake will happen from time to time.... This is not as funny as Frank from China saying 'hell to everyone'. What ever happened to Frank? |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | we may even let you play real Canadian football rather than that ponderous boob-obsessed thing you do.
Really Fillhixx, you are going to compare that game to real football we invinted? It still remains the best sport ever inspite players like T.O. Canidahhh just copied us and made enough changes to ruin a good game. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | It was my understanding that the game was invented when a Canadian and an American university team got together to play 'football.' One team came ready to play 'footie'(soccer) and the other to play 'rugger'(rugby). They worked out the difference and each took home a new game.
The upshot is, though American football pays a lot more (economy of scale and all y'know) the Canadian game is faster and more fun. :p
(Not that I care, not playing much in team sports since I blew my shoulder out a few years ago... I no longer care much about that kind of thing. Sports are like sex. Fun to play, boring to watch.
History
Canadian football was originally called rugby football, and is a descendant of rugby union football as played in the 1860s and 1870s by the Montreal Football Club and at McGill University. It is from this varsity play that the game now known as American Football entered the United States, as McGill challenged Harvard University to play.
The Canadian Football League was known under various names throughout its history including the Canadian Rugby Football Union, and the Canadian Rugby Union. The Canadian Rugby Football Union, original forerunner to the current Canadian Football League was established in 1884.
As the rules of American football are very similar to Canadian football, the CFL has maintained a close relationship with its American counterpart, the National Football League (NFL).
The CFL regular season begins in June, and play-offs are be completed by mid-November. In cities with outdoor stadiums such as Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Hamilton, Ottawa, and Regina, low-temperatures and icy field conditions can seriously affect the outcome of a game. wikipedia
American football in its current form grew out of a series of three games between Harvard University and McGill University of Montreal in 1874. McGill played rugby football while Harvard played the Boston Game, which was closer to soccer. As often happened in those days of far from universal rules, the teams alternated rules so that both would have a fair chance. The Harvard players liked having the opportunity to run with the ball, and in 1875 persuaded Yale University to adopt rugby rules for their annual game. In 1876 Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, which used the rugby code, except for a slight difference in scoring. wikipedia |
stephent28: good advice and good seller
