Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Chandler Bing discusses an aspect of the World Cup

The Friends sit in Central Perk discussing life, love, and whatever other bullshit that goes along with it when they turn their attention to the World Cup. Chandler has been watching it since it started and has issue with one particular aspect of the tournament

CHANDLER: Could there BE any more flopping? I mean, what is THAT all about?

And SCENE...

I've been watching as much of the World Cup as I can stomach, and one thing more than anything else stands out; the constant flopping. These players would make Vlade Divac blush with their overreacting and pained expressions as they fall to the ground when someone so much as runs near them.

I have personally witnessed players being removed from the field on a stretcher after the smallest collision with an opponent, only to return to the game 30 seconds later as if nothing happened, 5 separate times. And I have only watched a few matches. This gross overacting is reminiscent of a recent satire article on theonion.com about NBA flopper-extrordanare Manu Ginobli. It is seriously that bad in the World Cup. These players should be ashamed.

The rest of the world treats American football fans with contempt and scorn, saying that soccer is the real game and that their players are the toughest athletes in the world. If that's the case, why do they all act like such pussies when they play? The only NFL players that ever act the way these wimps do are the punters, and most people don't consider punters NFL players. They're more of a necessary evil, like place kickers.

Get your act together, World. Quit acting like little bee-yotches and play the damn game. It would be far more fun to watch.

With that, I will close with a Friends comparison. World Cup is to NFL football as Ross is to Joey. Simply put, Joey is the tough guy and Ross is the whiny wimp. You get the picture.

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