I promised y’all an “Ask the soccer ref” thread . . . so here it is. Kinda.
This is also your opportunity to “Ask the guy who has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.” For starters, let’s cover this topic:
“When was the last time there was a fight scene choreographed so that you weren’t bored?”
The movie “Dragon” a few years back did a good job with the fight scenes.
And, in general, this is your opportunity to ask me stuff about myself that isn’t covered in my bio. I can’t, off the top of my head, think of anything I won’t answer in public, but if I don’t answer it in public I’ll be happy to do so in email.
Q1 What do you do when during a match a ball hits the crossbar, explodes and the bladder falls onto the goal-line: the vast majority of it over the line?
This is a question from a referee’s exam *
In answer to the fight scene: I saw a Jackie Chan fight scene a few years back that I loved - but it was the only bit I caught so I don’t even know which movie it was. I just remember them fighting on top of a heap of poker (ie slot) machines.
And Brunetter: I didn’t realise your cool-chick status was ever in doubt. Not in my book.
"Ok how about this … is the Ultimate Fighting Championship real? Do you want to compete in it?
And last but certainly not least, aren’t I a cool chick for watching it?"
If by the UFC you’re referring to that thing they had on Friends, I haven’t ever seen news of one, but I won’t deny that there are thousands of martial arts tournaments every hear held globally. The thing is that there are many, many federations and to get them to hold joint competitions requires a lot of planning beforehand. It’s sort of like the NBA. The Lakers right now are the NBA champions, but that only applies to the NBA, not the other basketball pro leagues.
As for competing, I don’t like violence. Let me clarify. I DON’T LIKE VIOLENCE. That said, there are certain situations I’ve been in where it has been almost necessary to use deliberate force. I wouldn’t want to compete in the UFC . . . too many really huge guys with more knowledge just about fighting than I have about things in general.
You are a cool chick without your knowing about it and watching it. But you already knew that
dpr said:
“Q1 What do you do when during a match a ball hits the crossbar, explodes and the bladder falls onto the goal-line: the vast majority of it over the line?”
You, to the best of my knowledge, have a dropped ball at the spot on the goalie box where the line is parallel to the crossbar and on that spot which is nearest to where the ball landed. The ball is NOT a goal because in order for it to be a goal the whole of the ball must have crossed the whole of the line. Same as in out-of-touch.
Sue: Several years back, I was limber and loose and all that fun stuff. Then I started playing football and stopped stretching like that. So right now I can’t do a split, but I can come pretty close.
