Spirituality
19 Nov 11
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by robbie carrobieWhat you refer to as "baked beans in tomato sauce" (really, how else would you make them) is what is known here as "pork and beans" even though there is practically no pork in them anymore.
baked beans in tomato sauce on toast, if you please!
And for your information, Heinz is far from the most popular maker of them here.
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by AgergCome to any Fourth of July barbecue anywhere in this great country and you will know what foods America has to offer.
You're both wrong - it's beans [b]on toast.
How good it is depends on the brand, usually Tesco or Asda medium quality own brand is quite tasty (and the smart-price variants of bread suffice very well) though with the smart price versions of the beans I find there is a slight after-taste not too dissimilar to washing-up liquid.
But yeah - beans on to ...[text shortened]... english breakfast[/b] - we do awesome food, and what do the americans offer!?
Corndogs 😞[/b]
Certainly not beans on toast.
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by SuzianneThe best in my opinion are B&M Baked Beans, and, my Dad brought me up putting olive oil and vinegar on them. They're great.
What you refer to as "baked beans in tomato sauce" (really, how else would you make them) is what is known here as "pork and beans" even though there is practically no pork in them anymore.
And for your information, Heinz is far from the most popular maker of them here.
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by avalanchethecatYour refusal or inability to comprehend sarcasm doesn't turn me into a bigot. Sorry to disappoint you... it seems you want me to be one.
Oh right, you justify racism under the guise of sarcasm? Personally I find bigotry offensive whichever way you dress it up, but then I don't take my morals from a book. And no, just that one thing.
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by AgergVery funny. 😀
You're both wrong - it's beans [b]on toast.
How good it is depends on the brand, usually Tesco or Asda medium quality own brand is quite tasty (and the smart-price variants of bread suffice very well) though with the smart price versions of the beans I find there is a slight after-taste not too dissimilar to washing-up liquid.
But yeah - beans on to ...[text shortened]... english breakfast[/b] - we do awesome food, and what do the americans offer!?
Corndogs 😞[/b]
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by sumydidWell known fact: the americans like shooting each other and giving sports stupid names like "American football" (how often do their feet come into contact with the ball!?).
I think someone recently alluded to a Brit-JW composite... if there ever was such a person. I can't even muster the thought without getting a headache and feeling dizzy.
Little known fact: The crappy food that the Brits serve up, is actually made from recipies etched upon bronze tablets discovered by Charles Taze Russell.
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by sumydidSumy
I think someone recently alluded to a Brit-JW composite... if there ever was such a person. I can't even muster the thought without getting a headache and feeling dizzy.
Little known fact: The crappy food that the Brits serve up, is actually made from recipies etched upon bronze tablets discovered by Charles Taze Russell.
Bronze tablets? Are you referring to Joseph Smith and the Mormons?
25 Nov 11
Originally posted by AgergOver we got three "footballs" (prolly more, but 3 major ones).
Well known fact: the americans like shooting each other and giving sports stupid names like "American football" (how often do their feet come into contact with the ball!?).
1. Australian rules (which is what anyone in Victoria would think you were referring to (The foot actually makes contact with the ball in this one, although the hands are used just as much. This is ver similar to gaelic football ,except they dont use a round ball)
2. Rugby league- This is what someone would think if you found yourself anywhere in Queensland ,although kicking had become a become more a of factor in this sport, the ball is predominately handled, ("passed" to each other,but only backwards in this one)
3. Soccer. Even thought there was a huge campaign recently in various circles to restore soccer to be called "football" once more, it hasn't really worked (not where I am anyway), if anything , it has caused even more confusion as to what people are talking about when they say "football". :0 Funny stuff..
26 Nov 11
Originally posted by karoly aczelAmerican football is much more exciting than any of the others because
Over we got three "footballs" (prolly more, but 3 major ones).
1. Australian rules (which is what anyone in Victoria would think you were referring to (The foot actually makes contact with the ball in this one, although the hands are used just as much. This is ver similar to gaelic football ,except they dont use a round ball)
2. Rugby league- This i ...[text shortened]... onfusion as to what people are talking about when they say "football". :0 Funny stuff..
one can score points by kicking the ball using the foot, throwing the ball
using the arm and hand, or running with the legs while holding the ball
with the arm and hand. Butting the ball with the head was not included
because it is considered a stupid idea by us Americans.
26 Nov 11
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Originally posted by RJHindsYou can score in rugby league by scoring a "try" (4points)(the equivalent of a touchdown, the only difference being that in league you actually have to put the ball on the ground ,and not just get it in the in zone), by kicking a penalty goal or a conversion for a "try", worth 2 points, and also a field goal, where the kicker actually has to drop-kick the ball for it to count is worth one point.
American football is much more exciting than any of the others because
one can score points by kicking the ball using the foot, throwing the ball
using the arm and hand, or running with the legs while holding the ball
with the arm and hand. Butting the ball with the head was not included
because it is considered a stupid idea by us Americans.
You "Gridiron" is a lamer sport for many reasons but three of the main ones are thus :
1. You always have "time outs" which gives your players a chance to have a break-not to mention all the specialized payers that come on and off during this very frequent breaks. This really makes the game boring as there is no flow in a game where the timeout is the norm.
2. you were a heap of protective equipment ,including enourmous helmets, that seem totally ridiculous to me. League player used to wear shoulder pads and nothing else (and not the huge ones you guys wear.) Now they dont even wear them at all. These guys regularly have four guys in a tackle , where four guys just pound this one guy into the dirt, and they play out an 80 minute game with no timeouts. These guys get absolutetly hammered, only to be back and playing again next week. My point being league players are way tougher than American football players.
3. There's not enough ball running in your sport to make interesting.
And the way they put on a kicker just to kick a point and then just take him off straight away is ludicrous. I like the fact that in our sport , the "player maker" like a half-back will do a lot of field position kicking , and deliver try-scoring passes ,because thats what they are chosen for. But then, they can have a 120Kilogram,pumped up "wrecking ball" of a man running at him , (our little halfback, who would prolly weigh 70-80 kilograms), and this halfback is expected to tackle this huge man running at him at full bore, all by himself. (And in 95% percent of cases he does)
What do you think of them apples?
26 Nov 11
Originally posted by karoly aczelHowever they could not hack it in American football, which pays much
You can score in rugby league by scoring a "try" (4points)(the equivalent of a touchdown, the only difference being that in league you actually have to put the ball on the ground ,and not just get it in the in zone), by kicking a penalty goal or a conversion for a "try", worth 2 points, and also a field goal, where the kicker actually has to drop-kick t ...[text shortened]... league players are way tougher than American football players.
3.
higher wages.