# posh & beckham 'threat' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114 "2003-06-11T15:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/41 "2003-06-13T12:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amanset \* > \*\*PLEASE take him away. > > I’ll even throw in a few quid to go towards the flight costs. \*\* Since I’m not quite awake, I thought that said “fetid squid.” ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/42 "2003-06-13T12:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Since I’m not quite awake, I thought that said “fetid squid.” \*\* I’d throw in one of those as well if it would help the cause. ---
**Author:** ![Pixelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pixelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixelle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/43 "2003-06-13T13:01:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Asylum \* > \*\*Being an ignorant American, why so much vile directed towards Posh Spice and Beckham? Not that I have any feelings for them one way or the other, but what’d they do that’s so bad? \*\* They’re rich and in people’s faces all the time. The British normally only seem to tolerate this from members of the royal family. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/44 "2003-06-13T13:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Asylum \* > \*\*Being an ignorant American, why so much vile directed towards Posh Spice and Beckham? Not that I have any feelings for them one way or the other, but what’d they do that’s so bad? \*\* just find a picture of them. the only person ive ever with a more inflated self opinion of themselves than ‘posh’ spice )who is, blatantly common as muck) is robbie williams. glad to see peeps can see through these fools like a pane of glass like i can though ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/45 "2003-06-13T13:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yookeroo \* > \*\*I ain’t British. > > And satire is easy to miss (assuming it was even there in the first place) when you grow up hearing endless cheap shots taken at the sport you love. \*\* Hmmmm. Not British. Let’s see. Enjoys soccer…no sense of humor…must be German. Do you own a monkey? ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/46 "2003-06-13T15:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cowgirl \* > \*\*How can Becks make the kind of money he’s accustomed to, playing soccer in the USA? > > Also I heard that no one wants him on their team in the US because he’s too much celebrity and not enough soccer player. \*\* He’s not going to play in the U.S., at least not in the near future. He’s probably going to a Spanish side–Barcelona have first dibs, but Real Madrid probably have the best chance of signing him. The rumor for a while has been that Posh wants to live in Spain or Italy, and Beckham apparently won’t have any trouble finding work in either country (Milan is also interested in him). Those European sides will pay him far more than he’d ever make in the U.S. But you’ve got to be kidding that none of the MLS teams would like to have Beckham playing for them. For one thing, they can use whatever publicity they can get (professional soccer being such a low-profile sport in the U.S.). Secondly, he’s still a damn good player, despite being such a media whore. Sure, he’s got his head up his ass, but he’s deadly accurate with free-kicks and crosses into the box. That’s why so many of the top sides are falling over themselves trying to sign him up. It’s also why, as an Arsenal fan, I’m glad that he won’t be playing for Man U anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/47 "2003-06-13T15:30:00Z")
I don’t know if this is the right place to mention that since the World Cup, most larger Japanese bookstores have a “David Beckham” section. Could you fine Brits be so good as to take him back? Seriously, I mean it. Kids point at me and say: “Bekkamu! Bekkamu!” with alarming regularity. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/48 "2003-06-13T15:54:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jovan \* > \*\*Kids point at me and say: “Bekkamu! Bekkamu!” with alarming regularity. \*\* And that’s _bad_? How about if cute ladies did the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/49 "2003-06-13T16:02:34Z")
But I don’t even _look_ like him! Also, I’d rather the ladies appreciate me for my wit and intellect rather than my fiendishly good looks. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/50 "2003-06-13T16:02:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skopo \* > \*\*Those European sides will pay him far more than he’d ever make in the U.S. > > But you’ve got to be kidding that none of the MLS teams would like to have Beckham playing for them. For one thing, they can use whatever publicity they can get (professional soccer being such a low-profile sport in the U.S.). Secondly, he’s still a damn good player, despite being such a media whore. Sure, he’s got his head up his ass, but he’s deadly accurate with free-kicks and crosses into the box. > > That’s why so many of the top sides are falling over themselves trying to sign him up. It’s also why, as an Arsenal fan, I’m glad that he won’t be playing for Man U anymore. \*\* Have to agree that MLS would love to have him. Never going to happen, though. They don’t pay nearly enough. The Washington Post had an article on the bidding for him, and I think Barcelona said they weren’t interested in paying the kind of money he wants for him and said he doesn’t fit their style (I assume they don’t want media whores). Real Madrid was said to have interest, as well as the two Milans, but those two were not major players yet. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/51 "2003-06-13T16:05:11Z")
The only way those two could get the kind of media attention in the US that they get back home would be if one of them murdered the other one. Then we’d pay nonstop attention to every aspect of their lives. Well, the remaining one anyway. We Yanks do have our standards. BTW, who would you want in trade so we can get Nigella Lawson? I’m willing to throw in Kelly Ripa and an Olsen twin to be named later. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/52 "2003-06-13T16:41:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Hmmmm. > > Not British. Let’s see. Enjoys soccer…no sense of humor…must be German. > > Do you own a monkey? \*\* Yes. Very wrong. God no. No. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/53 "2003-06-13T16:47:39Z")
I gotta add that calling soccer players “sissies” ain’t exactly the height of wit. That’s like saying that disliking **Dumb & Dumberer** is evidence of a humorless person. I’d actually have to argue that missing what’s funny in “sissy soccer players” is evidence of a great sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/54 "2003-06-13T16:52:40Z")
Could be an Algerian. Possibly a Serb. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/55 "2003-06-13T18:19:49Z")
I am a 6’1" 220 pound former semi-pro player and would just love, LOVE to see you call me a sissy to my face. I am certain **Yookeroo** is just as American as I. Your wit is tired and cliche. Soccer players are far from sissies. Try to remember we are out to fight ignorance, not wallow in it. As for Posh and Becks…feh…they don’t have the draw of the JLo’s and Ben’s that grow from the primordial ooze of our wonderful Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/56 "2003-06-13T18:28:31Z")
How could they be sissies? Their **fans** could kill me with their bare hands without breaking a sweat. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/57 "2003-06-13T20:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jovan \* > \*\*But I don’t even _look_ like him! > > Also, I’d rather the ladies appreciate me for my wit and intellect rather than my fiendishly good looks. \*\* You have a preference for why ladies (especially Japanese ladies) appreciate you? Weird! ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/58 "2003-06-14T05:36:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™ \* > \*\*I am a 6’1" 220 pound former semi-pro player and would just love, LOVE to see you call me a sissy to my face. > > I am certain **Yookeroo** is just as American as I. Your wit is tired and cliche. Soccer players are far from sissies. Try to remember we are out to fight ignorance, not wallow in it.\*\* _Really_, people. I can’t believe this has devolved almost into a **debate** over whether that was funny or not. **Yookeroo** , before this clown (who obviously hasn’t read the entire thread) you were the _only person here_ who didn’t catch the joke. Of course Americans calling soccer players “sissies” is a cliche! _That’s the joke_, for crying out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/59 "2003-06-14T05:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*_Really_, people. I can’t believe this has devolved almost into a **debate** over whether that was funny or not. **Yookeroo** , before this clown (who obviously hasn’t read the entire thread) you were the _only person here_ who didn’t catch the joke. Of course Americans calling soccer players “sissies” is a cliche! _That’s the joke_, for crying out loud! \*\* Yes. I know. It wasn’t exactly all that funny. Sorry. (And yes, I’m American, born & raised) ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114/60 "2003-06-14T05:54:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*_Really_, people. I can’t believe this has devolved almost into a **debate** over whether that was funny or not. **Yookeroo** , before this clown (who obviously hasn’t read the entire thread) you were the _only person here_ who didn’t catch the joke. Of course Americans calling soccer players “sissies” is a cliche! _That’s the joke_, for crying out loud! \*\* Besides, we all know that Rugby players can whip their asses anyway. /just watched state of origin game 1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posh-beckham-threat/181114.md?page=4)