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The guy in the second picture is an NFL quarterback. They get paid a LOT of money to play this game, which makes this his job!
By your logic, he’s using his hands to perform his job. I guess that makes it a hand job.
I thought you were going to make some Lemmy typical off-topic political point at first, but you had me chuckling at the end.
The football is one foot long. The European equivalent would be a meterball.
Official NFL Football Dimensions:
Length: 11.5 inches (29 cm)
So it’s not even a foot, and it’s not even a ball…
How far is 11.5 inches away from a foot? Since I don’t know what a foot is apparently, can you tell me how far off I was? Is .5 inches a lot? I can’t tell. I guess people don’t round for convenience? I can’t believe I was so off. 11.5 out of 12? Might as well be 1.5.
Brilliant!
What? The first pic is clearly a game of soccer
What sort of eggs are that shape? And why have they never been introduced to the Lilliputians?
I actually really like the name Egghand
And ball foot easily rolls off the tongue
Okay.
Foreign Football (top)
Domestic Football (bottom)
Association football (soccer) (top)
Rugby football (rugger) (bottom)
Easy.
American football is very different from rugby, though it shares common ancestry.
Football and Rugby are actually pretty different. I kinda wish we had rugby in America - sports aren’t fun to watch if nobody loses any blood.
What an original joke
There aren’t any rugs used in rugby, either.
And “cricket?” They would be crushed instantly.
I don’t see any keys in hockey either.
Don’t even get me started on bowling.
Let’s talk about bad-mint-on.
Softball? It ain’t soft!
I spend thousand of dollars per year on American Football games and I would be totally down with hand egg branding.
Yes, and horse racing is called “fast glue.” I’d post the old 4chan pic of them all but some are kinda offensive.
“Handegg is kinda sexy, NGL.”
–Easter Bunny
I’d be ok with throwy melon
Wow, I never considered this before, like, ever
(yes, that’s sarcasm, this “joke” is so tired)
You’re poking fun at Americans with this, but the origin of the term is British - both for American Gridiron and Soccer.
And to had to that, soccer comes from the term Association Football (hence A.F.C. -> Association Football Club) but since it was too long, the British shortened it to Soccer and it was the prefered term going back as far as the late 19th century. Refering to it as football regained popularity in the UK during the 1960s. As for Gridiron Football, the first part of the name was dropped long ago as at the time all football sports were simply called “football” in North America (this includes Rugby).
And yes this joke is sooo tired, my first reaction was “oh we’re going back to making those lame repeated memes that made me quit 9gag 10 years ago”
Americans making up all kinds of weird shit just to justify their handegg in between ads.
The name football comes from the fact that it’s descended from…wait for it…rugby football, a term in wide use in Britain.
And this argument is isn’t tiring?
Do you have to use archaic wording and measurement because the british did?
Seems like a you problem? May be grow up and stop blaming your dad for all your problems?
Spoiled brat that used to shoot birds in youth reaches adulthood and starts shooting bigger things
