Footy Frenzy
In the absence of Mark's nightly Braves games and in anticipation of missed college and NFL football in the fall, we are trying with all of our might to embrace Australian Rules Football. Affectionately known as "Footy" the sport combines soccer (kicking the ball to advance the team down the field), basketball (dribbling the ball with a hand at least every 10 meters), rugby (players kick the crap out of each other wearing no pads), and football (kicking the ball through a goal). Make sense? We would not be surprised if it doesn't.
We watched the Geelong Cats take on the Melbourne Demons on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and we are still trying to grasp the concept. Although the Cats did whoop up on the Demons and climbed to the number 2 spot in the Premier League after this week's game.
Mark has even joined a tipping (betting) pool where he is 25 out of 48 in the third week. Not bad for an American that doesn't really know anything about the game.
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did you hear about the NZ player who cut off his pinky b/c it kept breaking during football? He reasoning was, "What can I say, I gotta have my footy". It was in Newsweek last year.
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