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More staples … or more glue … or something!

Posted on January 18th, 2007 – 12:33 PM
By Michael Rand

We saw this on Deadspin earlier today, as did one of our readers. It is, indeed, amazing. We’ll provide the link to this crazy Youtube love of a gust of wind carrying sign boards onto a soccer field in South Africa via Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots. We don’t imagine Deadspin needs our help. But seriously, check out the link. It’s a little frightening, like trying to imagine playing soccer as you decompress coming out of the Metrodome, except with huge boards flying around.

10 Responses to "More staples … or more glue … or something!"

Smitty says:

January 18th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

Wow! Someone has found a way to make soccer appealing to U.S. audiences!

Paul Paulos says:

January 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

Goes to show, God hates soccer too…..”Use your hands, use your hands, God was heard screaming”

Paul Paulos says:

January 18th, 2007 at 1:30 pm

I noticed the players were protecting themselves from the debris thrown by the “winds from nowhere”. Winds always come from somehwhere but even overlooking South African hysteria, were those players fined for using their useless appendages (hands) or should they have played the game correctly and kicked those panels out of their face ?

Rocket says:

January 18th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

I’m starting to get the impression that Paul Paulos isn’t particularly fond of soccer.

SuperRookie says:

January 18th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

I am getting the impression that Paul Paulos is trying really hard to be a COW.

He is after all the only original commenter not to be picked yet.

Kind of like the one armed kid in basketball when we were all younger.

Paul Paulos says:

January 18th, 2007 at 2:43 pm

Thanx (I suppose) Rook, but no COW for me. I much appreciate my role as sniper or, more accurately, Culture Scout !! The only thing I’d like about the sex chance (into a cow, that is) would be throwing out a gem of an idea my bloggers (ugly term) would then feed off.

As for soccer, I heard it on a reliable source (me) that the fans in the soccer endzones ( are they still called endzones ?) were terrified since they clearly heard the deep and horrible moans of God above as He begged his little men below to simply lie down and cover their heads with their hands. Turns out only those little men (they are always on the little side after all) who kept their hands plastered at their sides (habit dies hard for such little men in spanky pants), only those players were hurt. Moral of story ? Don’t play soccer in crappy minor league stadiums, and if you can play ANY other sport except this one, do so.

Robert says:

January 18th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

That blows…

I know, too obvious.

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Mr.Dean says:

August 18th, 2007 at 5:50 am

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