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Why is it called FOOTBALL when most of the time they are running with the ball in their HANDS? This has been a mystery to me.

Just a random musing before I hit the sack for the nite!
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I live here and I've always wondered why! LOL. I guess kicking the ball once in a while explains it. (Don't really care cause I abhor tha game!)
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Ima defy the threadendingness and post away.

That image has stuck in my mind since I first saw it. Ever since I've made sure to let everyone calling american football "football" know that it's really handegg.
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So, aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

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Just a random musing before I hit the sack for the nite!
Surely you mean 'night'?

You shouldn't go fathoming one Americanism while propagating another.
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You shouldn't go fathoming one Americanism while propagating another.
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Hahaha! Nice one Rachel! I saw Billy Bragg make a similar joke this weekend - it's something that's always bothered me. Calling it football is such a misnomer..
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Since we are on the topic...

Why do you brits insist on calling it "AH-Loo-Minium"

There is no "I" in the last bit of aluminum.
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