Spoony Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) You don't understand the rules of NFL? You throw the ball that isn't a ball and then spend ten minutes discussing who's going to throw the ball that isn't a ball next. Almost there. The rules are actually that you throw the hand-egg and then spend ten minutes deciding who to THROW the hand-egg to next. The hand-egg is thrown by the same person each time: the quarterback. Alternatively the QB can run with the hand-egg or hand the hand-egg to someone else and they'll run with it. You have 4 attempts ('downs') to get the hand-egg forward 10 yards. If you achieve this then you get another set of 4 downs to get the hand-egg forward another 10 yards. If you get the hand-egg into the opponents 'end zone' (final 10 yards) and it's in the control of one of your players, you score a touchdown (6 points). If you score a touchdown you then get 1 attempt to kick the hand-egg between the big sticks for another 1 point (or you can attempt to run or throw the ball into the end-zone from 10 yards out for 2 points but you wouldn't usually bother). Rather than attempt to score a touchdown you can kick for 3 points from wherever on the pitch by kicking it between the big sticks. You would usually attempt to do this if you are on your 4th down because if you fail to get 10 yards in your last attempt it turns over to the other team who start from where you finished, so the further down the pitch that is the better. As for the rules and what referees get up to, no one knows. They just pontificate and gesticulate wildly, sometimes putting their hands on their hips or throwing flags into the air. It's all a bit homosexual. Edited January 19, 2014 by Spoony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 so is it basically rugby with 16 advert breaks, but dressed for moto cross? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wait, wait, wait. There is a show called 'Splash', in which people dive into a swimming pool? This is a TV show? WTF. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 19, 2014 Administrator Share Posted January 19, 2014 Please take the NFL talk to the appropriate forum, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wait, wait, wait. There is a show called 'Splash', in which people dive into a swimming pool? This is a TV show? WTF. Wait, wait, wait. There is a show called 'Splash', in which people dive into a swimming pool? This is a TV show? WTF. Suarez is on it next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Wait, wait, wait. There is a show called 'Splash', in which people dive into a swimming pool? This is a TV show? WTF. I know. Some people actually watch it! Broken Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yer man on MOTD Extra just pronounced the name Nuala 'Noo-ah-la'. Useless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 http://ptos.moderntoss.com/ Periodic table of swearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yer man on MOTD Extra just pronounced the name Nuala 'Noo-ah-la'. Useless! Unless told otherwise, I would probably have said the same. Irish pronunciation is pretty baffling to us Brits - we've learnt Siobhan by now, but other names just look temptingly obvious. Nuala is pronounced? (I'm guessing "Noola"...?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Aye. Aoife and Caoimhe are my favourites to get y'all to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) In primary school there was an Irish girl who's name was Aoife, always would forget how to pronounce it.. Aoife - "EE-Fah"? Not sure about the other one... Edited January 19, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Caoimhe Not sure about the other one... Kee-va or Kwee-va Saoirse (SEER-sha or SAIR-sha) is my favourite female Irish name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 19, 2014 Moderator Share Posted January 19, 2014 Kwee-va. Insert standard nod to 'Gráinne != Grainy'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 that's the complication with teaching kids to stay safe and 'stranger danger' and all that, it's usually somebody they know my missus' work is loosely linked with this field and supporting kids in problem post codes etc., she called this one straight away I can only imagine that's a largely thankless job with not many perks bar the odd success story. Fair play to her and those like her! Many of the parents identified for some form of direct help think 'they', the helpers, interfere and hate the parents and just want to mess up families. There is no hard and fast way of statistically proving you've improved anyone's lot in life in the short term. It takes years to prove giving women self esteem courses or giving boys car mechanics courses can do anything but look like do goodery at tax payers expense. Cases where it goes wrong are obvious, get massive publicity and potentially end the career of somebody that improved things for dozens of kids over tens of years. How do you prove an intervention, big or small, saved a kid's life? How do you prove that taxes spent on adult literacy and home economics courses for current partners of girls with babies saves lives? Thankfully, my missus isn't at the sharp end, she's not making big decisions, but bloody hell I have to say the risks people take with their own career and well being to try and help others is just incredible - not just social workers but all manner of midwives, nurses, play specialists, intervention officers, adult educators, parole officers the whole lot. One of the tasks within her office, for those working from the office and not out in the field is to constantly phone the staff that do house calls with 'messages'. Those messages are usually junk, it's just making sure that female that's going to houses with histories is still able to pick up the phone. None of the above is relevant to the current case, just putting it out there. If only they did £90 haircuts instead, they'd get a **** medal. I love this post. A like is not enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 So, I take it Frank Sidebottom is one of those 'had to be there' things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2014 So, I take it Frank Sidebottom is one of those 'had to be there' things? Didn't help even if you were there, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2014 Kwee-va. Insert standard nod to 'Gráinne != Grainy'.My mom's name. **** nightmare.So much of a nightmare that when she first moved over here she ended up telling anyone she met that her name was grace. Did that for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Named our kid ...Aoibhin Friends of ours have one called....Oisin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Apparently I was going to be named Oisin. Dodged a bullet there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AVFCforever1991 Posted January 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2014 Apparently I was going to be named Oisin. Dodged a bullet there! Yeah, CarewsEyebrowDesigner is a much better name... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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