Seriously though

I held tryouts for a u10 girls soccer team i am coaching, and my wife told me not to say football or good tackle or even tackle her.

she was expecting the girls to launch themselves at there opponent I couldnt stop laughing when she was explainig why.

I am going to give the girls and there parents a translation sheet LOL And some Footie terminology

 

I have used the word "tackle" here and haven't heard any laughs, so I'll have to ask around when I am coaching tonight. God forbid I start saying "good checking" (a la hockey) when one of the girls puts in a challenge.

I know that @FreezingTyke uses as much Yorkshire lingo as he can with the ladies team he coaches ovver ere (!) and his accent hasn't diminished. So they have obviously learned to translate his vocabulary well enough, because he's the last person who would start talking "all American". He even had the shirt (jersey!) colour changed to red when he started coaching them. Good lad.

 

I am not going to stop using it Calgary, I have a problem with team kit though, i wanted red but i have been out voted.

We are called Bethesda Breakers so the girls didnt think Red was the correct colour, as we have to choose Addidas kits only, league rules,they have gone with Blue with White addidas stripes down the sleeves, as blue reminds them of waves ie Breakers.Our away shirts are white.ie surf.
How 9 year olds think, its fantastic.

 

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Chips

 

They are here

Frozen nonsense, sometimes even sinking to 'fries' style depths.

Even proper Yorkshire chips are still technically rubbish cos they make you fat.

 

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I'll name five:

Going for a walk. Helps you lose weight, keeps you fit, can lower cholesterol and genuinely lowers stress and eases depression.

Indiepop. Everything about it really. Life affirming music. Bands with no intention of getting famous or making money, just doing it for the joy of making music. Gigs that only cost you a few quid and the bands talk to you afterwards. Little record labels with hand made sleeves and a production run of just a few hundred.

Home grown fruit and veg. Tastes wonderful, nothing like that watery stuff you get from the supermarket. Growing it gives you a sense of purpose and achievement.

Home made bread. Fills your house with the most amazing smell and when you've made it you've got bread. Proper bread.

Beer. In all it's forms. From artisan craft breweries to multi-national lager producers. I prefer the former, but even huge names like Budweiser and Stella only use 5 ingredients: hops, barley, rice or maize, yeast and water. You couldn't ask for a better product.

 

Bazuka should sponsor that, I bet they'd make a killing that day.

 

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I will add a 6th. Sex. Proper good.

 

There are only six TV channels - BBC 1, BBC2, Channel 4 and Sky Sports 1-3. So i object to it being on one of those three at prime time on a weekend...

 

Proper rubbish you mean

More often than not at least one half doesn't know what they're doing. Some are like logs, some think it's the Olympics. You need a chuffin heart monitor and water bottle with some. Five minutes in the red zone and my interest is waivering. It's nivver like it is in the films and if you do it wrong you end up with the ultimate pot of rubbish, a baby. Then there's all the painful things that can happen that I can't go into here. For example, we've all experienced the 'sudden flex', yes? Rubbish. Scabies? Thanks Sarah.

Going for a walk - Blisters, chafing, dog do, rain, scorching sun and brown snakes. Rubbish, clearly. And why do my walking shoes come with special laces that untie themselves every five minutes?
Indiepop - Indierubbish more like. Band talks to you after the gig? Apologising, I hope.
Home grown fruit and veg - Nowt for the majority of the year then you suddenly have a tree full of ripe peaches. It's a race to get them in before the parrots destroy them. Eat them til they're coming out of your ears but you've still got a cartload going rapidly bad. Chronologically rubbish.
Home made bread - The smell draws me in and I end up eating way too much before its even cooled down. Bad for the gut. Rubbish.
Beer - Overpriced and makes me chunder. Yep, rubbish.

 

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Chronologically rubbish? Some sort of peach perishing system?