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That’s- that’s an arm.
Handegg or armegg. Both are equally close to being as suitable for the sport as football.
What? The first pic is clearly a game of soccer
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”
Americans making up all kinds of weird shit just to justify their handegg in between ads.
And this argument is isn’t tiring?
Do you have to use archaic wording and measurement because the british did?
Seems like a you problem? May be grow up and stop blaming your dad for all your problems?
Spoiled brat that used to shoot birds in youth reaches adulthood and starts shooting bigger things
The name football comes from the fact that it’s descended from…wait for it…rugby football, a term in wide use in Britain.
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.
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.
In the comments: USAmericans being butthurt. The rest of America calls it footbal or futbol.
Except none of the comments are as you describe.
I see you can’t read.
I guess Canada isn’t part of America anymore.
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.
What an original joke
I’d be ok with throwy melon
“Handegg is kinda sexy, NGL.”
–Easter Bunny
I actually really like the name Egghand
What sort of eggs are that shape? And why have they never been introduced to the Lilliputians?
It is still a ball.
It’s Hand Ball.
And Handball, well really that’s a FUTure sport. We’ll call it…Futball!
I’ll give you handegg but the other one looks more like groundball
Okay.
Foreign Football (top)
Domestic Football (bottom)
Association football (soccer) (top)
Rugby football (rugger) (bottom)
Easy.
American football is very different from rugby, though it shares common ancestry.
Football and Rugby are actually pretty different. I kinda wish we had rugby in America - sports aren’t fun to watch if nobody loses any blood.
