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”
The name football comes from the fact that it’s descended from…wait for it…rugby football, a term in wide use in Britain.
Americans making up all kinds of weird shit just to justify their handegg in between ads.
There aren’t any rugs used in rugby, either.
And “cricket?” They would be crushed instantly.
Let’s talk about bad-mint-on.
Softball? It ain’t soft!
I don’t see any keys in hockey either.
Don’t even get me started on bowling.
What? The first pic is clearly a game of soccer
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.
What an original joke
Brilliant!
There are conflicting explanations of the origin of the word “football”. It is widely assumed that the word “football” (or the phrase “foot ball”) refers to the action of the foot kicking a ball. There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe that were played on foot. There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation.
That’s so convoluted even NASA boffins that ARE able to correctly convert from imperial to metric and land things on Mars got confused.
“Handegg is kinda sexy, NGL.”
–Easter Bunny
What sort of eggs are that shape? And why have they never been introduced to the Lilliputians?
Yes, and horse racing is called “fast glue.” I’d post the old 4chan pic of them all but some are kinda offensive.
It is still a ball.
It’s Hand Ball.
And Handball, well really that’s a FUTure sport. We’ll call it…Futball!
That’s- that’s an arm.
Handegg or armegg. Both are equally close to being as suitable for the sport as football.
Handeggery with ads.
Feet ball is where the footjobs really happen.
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.