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Mushy Bees stuck up a Facebook post mentioning that every 4 years he gets commissioned to do a World Cup video despite having little interest in the subject. This made me wonder what my World Cup song would be? So I tried to tell my truth rather than go "yay! footy!". Video starring drawings by my wife.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 10:29, Reply)
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I was surprised at how sweet to be honest, i assumed you'd make a shouty thing about football being crap but that's a lot more personal innit.
I've never enjoyed watching football, but I did used to enjoy getting drunk and shouting with a load of people in a pub when world cups were on. Right up until I got pulled out of a crowd by the police and chucked in a cell, then cautioned for public disorder. I steer clear of it altogether now.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:04, Reply)
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and I know fuck all about football
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:17, Reply)
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on the board when that happened. www.b3ta.com/board/141638
Maybe it helped inspire you though since you came up with this www.b3ta.com/board/158651
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 12:04, Reply)
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I must say that, as much as non-footy liking people don't like people talking about footy, I hate it when people who don't like footy bang on about how they don't like footy.
But they are not as bad as the one's who decide to like footy every two years when there's a tournament on, coming up to you and asking if you saw the match... then go blank when you start analysing it
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
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it's that people use it as a conversational starter and it completely trips me up as I have nothing to say other than I don't like it much, so I end up saying nothing and the conversation dies.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:30, Reply)
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That'll trip them up then, reverse psychology & all that.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:35, Reply)
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he was a footballer whose fancy moves led to a dance being named after him.
That football anecdote will make sure they never ask you again :)
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 12:26, Reply)
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you're favourite player was the spightly Arsenal captain Charles 'Charlie' Charles. one half of the famous Charles brothers.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 13:18, Reply)
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"I'm sorry, I don't speak football" doesn't always go down well. I used to pretend at school, now I'm openly meh...
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:28, Reply)
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I generally just lie to people that I once had a child which was killed by a football, so that people feel uncomfortable talking about children (the most boring subject in the world) or football in my presence and so can talk about interesting things instead.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 12:26, Reply)
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I'll try that one - might substitute pet for child in tale. "yeah, yeah, Hammy was killed by a bad volly".
Although I might just stick to "meh..." and turn invisible.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 12:45, Reply)
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Sad thing is, my missus now gets access to some big footie clubs through work, including Manchester United, and there are some priveleges involved, but they're totaly wasted on the two of us.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 13:13, Reply)
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My life condensed to two minutes and four seconds. Excellent job!
Top wah-wah skills there, too.
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 18:00, Reply)
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Fuck em...
I usually just say that I used to like football until everyone started 'all that tripping up' and then go one about 'how they all getting paid obscence amounts for fuck all...' then throw in 'but I don't mind watching the rugby in a pub'. That usually sates the appities of most football bores as well as those with a casual interest - just hope you don't get a rugby bore... then you're back to square one! In that situation I have a trump card. A quick subject change into snowboarding means I can waffle at length about a) Snowboards b) Boots c) Ski resorts d) the countries they are in e) broken bones etc etc
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 18:15, Reply)
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such a meeting place for people who don't like sport?
Is it really a geek hang out that much?
( , Fri 26 Mar 2010, 19:14, Reply)
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If you like men in shorts... An average of 2.48 goals in a match of 90 minutes simply isn't ebough to hold my attention. Or maybe my 'watching running and kicking' threshold isn't that high? To quote David Mitchell, 'I *have* heard of football, I just wish it would stop.' ;-)
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as a kid but nowadays if someone says "did you see that tackle in the 55th minute by that guy on that other guy in that match that was well out of order innit?"
My only response now is "I`m, umm, er, going over there"
( , Sat 27 Mar 2010, 17:58, Reply)
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Even though I like sport. I know how awkward it can be.
( , Tue 30 Mar 2010, 20:47, Reply)
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But I know bugger all about Dr Who either... :(
( , Fri 2 Apr 2010, 10:09, Reply)
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Reminds me of the BMX bandits too :)
( , Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:16, Reply)