You have a lot of endearing qualities, but in this you are absolutely wrong and, in fact, have shown yourself to be a typical butthurt Dallas fan. I’d thank you to keep your lies to yourself.
And Curling is Horseshoes with rocks. Hurling, though, has some potential.
The hell it doesn’t!
Yes OP… you are completely right… its silly to get wrapped up in these things… and the only known mental illness is when some unfortuanate person takes their small helpless child to Wisconsin… to see this tragic outfit… who think its amazing that stryofoam on their head is cool…
Bear Down… Chicago Bears… Bear down, Chicago Bears, make every play clear the way to victory.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We’ll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T-formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you’re wearing the crown.
You’re the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, Bear DOWN!!!
If I had the wings of a sparrow,
And the arse of a bloody great cow,
I’d fly high over Old Trafford,
And shit on the wankers below, below,
And shit on the wankers below.
Hey, I’m a curler, and I point out to anyone dropping in to watch a game that “Curling” is Scots-Gaelic for “Most awkward spectator sport ever”. Fun to play, confusing/boring to watch.
Futbol/football/soccer comes close, though. Especially on TV, with those wide camera angles where everyone is a tiny little white dot on a huge green pitch.
Does anything really revolve around the Steelers?
Da Bears!
Six rings?
Well, the Glazers are broke and Man U can’t buy trophies anymore, so this is attitude will serve you well.
That’s your worst complaint about them?! [head-butts Springtime]
I think the real question is if, when you look at them, you throw the fuck up.
QFT
For those who are grammar mavins… QFT is message board speak for Quoted for Truth.
Im also a Pittsburgh Pirate fan. I dont have to win every year to love my team.
I will always root for Man U, The Pirates, Steelers, Penguins and Lakers (even though I dislike Kobe).
What is the typical profile of a “lager lout”?
Are they unemployed, undereducated?
Why do they like to behave this way?
Someone who doesnt know better then to back Man U
So who ya think’d win in a game between the pope and all the priests and angels and all that, vs Ditka and da bears?
Fans are the reasons why I hate football. They get so carried away with it. It’s not as bad here in Australia since unlike the UK, we have other non-Olympic sports besides football.
I’m a little more tolerant of Australian rules football, though I can’t play sports because I’m not built for it.
I suppose the stereotype is a fairly young white man, probably employed but probably not a lawyer or engineer or anything else that requires a college degree. Likes to drink, fight and cause mayhem.
But really, just try going to a rugby club dinner, and you’ll find similar sorts of behaviour, only the participants probably are fairly privileged and college educated. So the stereotype is a bit unfair. Behaviour that is tolerated (sort of) as a kind of “boys will be boys” harmlessness when it’s med students and lawyers involved is held up as an example of the decline of British society when done by scaffolders and plumbers.
As to why they do it, I dunno. Testosterone and booze?
My daughter had a Chelsea team shirt when she was 6 or 7 years old. Grown men used to stop her in the street to berate her for her choice in football teams. How sad is it that a grown up should pick on a small child over football? She was 6. She probably just liked the colour!
The stereotype is absolutely fair. Any group of testosterone and alcohol fuelled young men will cause trouble but football is worse and class perception has nothing to do with it.
Do rugby and cricket matches routinely segregate fans or find it necessary to restrict alcohol in the grounds? Do the police dread certain sets of rugby fans coming to town?
Would you feel safe sending your teenage kids into the opposition end of the ground at a football match? what about rugby? what about cricket? what about pretty much any other sport you care to mention?
I love football, but I’m not blind to it’s faults.