Okay, after England's performance today, I'm grudgingly willing to resume to mantle of Albion. But what a great -- and well-deserved -- result for the hard-working USA team.
I think I have this whole football thing worked out: England has never invented a sport that the rest of the world hasn't learned to play better; while America has never invented a sport that the rest of the world has learned to play.
We hosted an exchange student from Spain, and as we watched a baseball game, the batted ball hit the pitcher's foot.
ReplyDeleteExchange student: "He's out!"
Me: "No, he reached first safely."
Student: " In Espain, if you hit the man who throws the ball, you are out."
Me: "This could explain why baseball isn't poplular in Spain-you don't know how to play it."