tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post7797555191693126345..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: The World GameStubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-14814595962844688062009-01-16T20:17:00.000+11:002009-01-16T20:17:00.000+11:00I knew you'd love it!!I knew you'd love it!!Fad MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682635778182144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-65464115635112690902009-01-16T18:34:00.000+11:002009-01-16T18:34:00.000+11:00Comrade!!Comrade!!Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-86898193543522220022009-01-16T17:16:00.000+11:002009-01-16T17:16:00.000+11:00Those owls are horrible. Now maybe I'm starting to...Those owls are horrible. Now maybe I'm starting to see what Ramon doesn't see in them.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-35974109701203879752009-01-16T17:04:00.000+11:002009-01-16T17:04:00.000+11:00Just getting back to the owls for a second... this...Just getting back to the owls for a second... this is for you Ramon!<BR/><BR/>http://flickr.com/photos/jciv/3180518152/in/set-72157594364222944/Fad MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682635778182144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-29669148020238264632009-01-16T16:27:00.000+11:002009-01-16T16:27:00.000+11:00Only a few Muslim countries ban alcohol outright, ...Only a few Muslim countries ban alcohol outright, and I'll bet in those that don't (and even in some that do), many Muslims sneak the odd drink or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-72001717895667001952009-01-16T16:06:00.000+11:002009-01-16T16:06:00.000+11:00Apart from a goodish chunk of the world that is Is...Apart from a goodish chunk of the world that is Islamic, Boogey.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-36551465071419046072009-01-16T15:48:00.000+11:002009-01-16T15:48:00.000+11:00Alcohol drinking is nearly universal, and I would ...Alcohol drinking is nearly universal, and I would say it's a cultural practice, given that it's not essential nutrition. Not only that, alcohol consumption also permeates heaps of other other cultural traditions too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-69381327851694241832009-01-16T13:40:00.000+11:002009-01-16T13:40:00.000+11:00I was thinking of sex as being the global thing th...I was thinking of sex as being the global thing that we all share, but that's a physiological/biological thing. Not cultural.<BR/><BR/>Or is it?Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-69176110924814107752009-01-16T13:13:00.000+11:002009-01-16T13:13:00.000+11:00The closest I got was: Coffee drinking. Masturbati...<I>The closest I got was: Coffee drinking. </I><BR/><BR/>Masturbation has to be at least as popular as Soccer.Mr Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920080753047166402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-81584434134710464972009-01-15T16:15:00.000+11:002009-01-15T16:15:00.000+11:00See also, The Soccer War.See also, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soccer_War" REL="nofollow"> The Soccer War</A>.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-10437524416638422092009-01-15T14:14:00.000+11:002009-01-15T14:14:00.000+11:00And you complain that posts end up being about my ...And you complain that posts end up being about my dating problems Ramon. <BR/><BR/>No matter where they go, it'll always end in owls.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-24263176378093086682009-01-15T13:33:00.000+11:002009-01-15T13:33:00.000+11:00What was this post about, again?Oh yeah, soccer - ...What was this post about, again?<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, soccer - that's right.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-79245592258850303112009-01-15T13:27:00.000+11:002009-01-15T13:27:00.000+11:00Yeah, rightYeah, rightsquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-60442471698172419912009-01-15T13:23:00.000+11:002009-01-15T13:23:00.000+11:00Just before the owls kill him and everybody else o...Just before the owls kill him and everybody else on earth.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-7895868700620922292009-01-15T13:21:00.000+11:002009-01-15T13:21:00.000+11:00The main character ends up realising he has been a...The main character ends up realising he has been a complete goose for being so afraid of owlssquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-8679717916582806922009-01-15T12:56:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:56:00.000+11:00I forgive you, Melba.Squib, I appreciate anything ...I forgive you, Melba.<BR/><BR/>Squib, I appreciate anything which panders to my already monsterous ego.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-15468039469029545832009-01-15T12:45:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:45:00.000+11:00Will do Melba, you're right, it's a very limited r...Will do Melba, you're right, it's a very limited range. I even checked to see whether the range was bigger in the US but nosquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-65588596440680821232009-01-15T12:35:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:35:00.000+11:00Oooh Pandora squib. Do let me know if you find any...Oooh Pandora squib. Do let me know if you find any good glass beads other than Pandora ones, because they have a very limited range of colours, designs etc.<BR/><BR/>I may as well come out on the owls. I don't just like them, I find them quite totemic and awesome. And I give my mother owls when I find them, ie trinkets and such.<BR/><BR/>So, I guess that is the nail in the coffin for you and me, eh Ramon? After our impasse over Israel, now Owl-gate.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-86705231701309294342009-01-15T12:28:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:28:00.000+11:00Ramon you inspired me to write a short story about...Ramon you inspired me to write a short story about a man who is afraid of owls<BR/><BR/>Also I'm getting a Pandora bracelet for my birthday because I love glass and I'm going to get an owl charm because they are bewtiful like Persey said and no Beckham always seems so vain and smug. He's Narcissus and talking of which, soccer players always look like mini gods out there on the green thing (field, pitch, I don't know) whereas Aussie footballers always look like ferals that have escaped from the pub. I think it's the shortssquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-87427625077764762562009-01-15T12:27:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:27:00.000+11:00I think Becks is hott, but the voice, oh the voice...I think Becks is hott, but the voice, oh the voice, reverses any moistness that might occur from seeing him in shorts or sans shirt.<BR/><BR/>I like owls too, so I can't understand why Ramon hates them. <BR/><BR/>Don't you know there was a great kebab shortage in Turkey for a couple of centuries so they had to eat other things.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-89326772078763252792009-01-15T11:58:00.000+11:002009-01-15T11:58:00.000+11:00It is astonishing how quickly and thoroughly we ha...<I>It is astonishing how quickly and thoroughly we have purged our tables of, say, owls (which, as Mary Land instructs in her 1954 tome Louisiana Cookery, are to be fricasséed).</I><BR/><BR/>From <A HREF="http://nymag.com/nymetro/food/features/n_10380/index1.html" REL="nofollow"> here</A>.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-39144468971759970352009-01-15T11:41:00.000+11:002009-01-15T11:41:00.000+11:00I can't imagine owls being tasty. The only reason...I can't imagine owls being tasty. The only reason to eat an owl is in revenge for their existance, pepetrated by mentally lopsided owl-haters. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I find them to be graceful, beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, talented and powerful. Like Beckham.<BR/><BR/>I thought all chicks thought Beckham was hot? Or maybe it's jut a man-crush thing, because he's so god-damned talented.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-63148118356798511772009-01-15T11:32:00.000+11:002009-01-15T11:32:00.000+11:00I like Istanbul more and more.I like Istanbul more and more.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-24643988132871391602009-01-15T11:24:00.000+11:002009-01-15T11:24:00.000+11:00No Ramon, I'm pretty sure they would have eaten al...No Ramon, I'm pretty sure they would have eaten all the owls in Istanbul by the turn of the century. 17th that is.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-88981437893913455062009-01-15T11:15:00.000+11:002009-01-15T11:15:00.000+11:00"Does the author talk about the origins of the gam..."Does the author talk about the origins of the game?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, that's what the whole book is. <BR/><BR/>The bit about unifying the world was just in the introduction.<BR/><BR/>I'm at page 50, and we're just at the time where 'football' starts to split between those who want to use their hands and those who don't - which leads to rugby and soccer being different sports.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.com