Soccer is a game of Football

Dear Everyone and Everything,
Well it has been a tough couple of days, or should I say rough. The semester is in full swing ACHTUNG! Students Crossing! (peak times during and after a Halle 8 party)




So, also now that the World Cup is nearly upon us and in the spirit of going to the Fußball on a Saturday afternoon and watching Frankfurt lose, I thought that I would clarify up some confusion.

Anytime I say football or hear this word in the northen hemisphere (Except USA), I am assuming one means to play soccer. Not any of the four or five codes of playing a game with a ball and your feet.

I think the term was coined up one day (a long time ago), because of the use of one's feet in the game "foot+ball=football" sort of scenerio. The shape of the ball has nothing to do with the word football either. For example, the use of an oblong ball in Australian Football (AFL or Aussie Rules ot Aerial Ping Pong) is definatly a game of "foot+ball=football" but also incorperates fully grown men jumping up and on top of each other, punching a football (red and oblong shaped) in tight, tight short shorts. Very entertaining!

I hope this arguement is now over! Now, anyone for a game of cricket? (btw. this is a whole 'nother ball game!!)

Peace out and love our work
Bec

PS Dare I say "Richpoint"? hehehe