11 - Game of Two Halves

[thinkb4ublink]

[Filtered away from people who've murdered since Slater's arrival (November)]

Right. Football. That game where you use your foot to move the ball about, not that American nonsense where your foot hardly touches the bleedin' thing. [How can you in good conscience even call it that, people, really?] Any one you lot know how to play?

[OOC: If you fear that you can't remember or it was under wraps for whatever reason, feel free to have Slater either forget/not know about it.]

Comments

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I do. Unfortunately, can't play.

WOULD NANOMITES DISQUALIFY REX? Because if not, I'll throw an unathletic nerd in

[requiresssacrifice]

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Why not?

Actually, probably not.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Slater gets how much planning that took and figures that if he upset him, the chances that Rex will plan that long would be slim.

HAVE A NERD, THEN

[requiresssacrifice]

I don't know how to play, but I imagine it's easy to pick up. You just... kick it in the other team's direction, right?

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Shoot in the goal, yeah. I mean, if you're madcap into it, ya could go into offside rules but eh... [He was never popular when he tried that. Well, that is, even less popular.] only three of us on each side.

[requiresssacrifice]

That sounds simple. [It's not.] I'd like to try. [He will be terrible.]

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

All right, then. I'll put you down for it an' let you know.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I know rugby football...

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Is that not just 'rugby', mate?

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Stitches in my chest. Doctor's orders, basically.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. That's too bad.

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

To be honest, if I could play, I'd be with George on this one. Rugby rather than football.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

It's more Loki's plan than mine, to be honest.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I've never played, but if it's anything like hockeyball, I'll play.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

What's hockeyball like, then?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Everyone has a stick and two nets and it's very violent.

[notiaraincluded.livejournal.com]

You mean where you kick the ball around for about half an hour til someone decides to kick it at the goal?

[Cause his football is still better, even if the name doesn't make sense.]

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Aye, he mentioned it. I really wish I could join in, but I'd get hurt.

Unless you actually need a referee.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Well, uh, no stick and let's keep the violence to... uh... make sure they started it, so we're covered. But yeah, hitting the ball in the back of the net oughta do it.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

That's only if you get paid to do it, mate.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Dunno. We are keepin' it small, I think. Spectators might work.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

So it's kicking only?

How is this sport not violent?

And besides, you can be as violent as you like as long as you can make it look like the other team started it in the hockeyball. Talking of which...

Do girls play?

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

It was mostly a joke. I'll come watch anyway.

[thinkb4ublink.livejournal.com]

Well, you try an' kick the ball and not the other players' shins.

Yeah, there's girls' leagues.