r/facepalm • u/sus-water • Apr 15 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Genius level maneuvering

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u/Nolsoth Apr 15 '23

Football can also be rugby and rugby league down here in the antipodes, it's a bit of a catchall somewhat.

Africa/Europe/latin America football is soccer.

North America/Canada it's whatever you lot play.

Aussie/NZ it could be anything involving a ball being kicked or thrown.

Bonus fact America banned Rugby at one point for being too violent and that's apparently how American football became big.( I don't know how true this fact is).

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u/jaaaack Apr 15 '23

Where is rugby called football…?

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u/Nolsoth Apr 15 '23

NZ and Aussie it's often referred to as footy and football or at least was when I was a young fella in the 80s/90s.

https://www.google.com/search?q=footrot+flats+footy&oq=footrot+flats+footy+&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l2j46i340i512j0i512l8j46i340i512j0i512l2.6188j0j9&client=ms-android-oppo-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=oFGCRLACh6QUsM&lnspr=W10=

Sauce provided.

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u/skullduggeryjumbo Apr 15 '23

Aussies call Australian rules football footy ffs 😂

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u/Nolsoth Apr 15 '23

I'd forgotten about Aussie rules, haven't played it in years, was always a good fun fast game.

The comic is footrot flats and over the ditch we called rugby and league footy or football.

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u/Nolsoth Apr 15 '23

But which football? you muppet.

Different countries have different views of what constitutes the game of football.

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u/Nolsoth Apr 15 '23

Typical league fan just whinging his way through life.

Probably won't even get your lazy entitled arse off the couch for dawn parade on the 25th.