Gyroscopic Investing

This is the most bizarre soccer thread I've ever seen.

dualstow wrote: This is the most bizarre soccer thread I've ever seen.

How many other soccer threads have you read?

dualstow wrote: This is the most bizarre soccer thread I've ever seen.

The intrusion of conspiracy theories can have that effect.

Ad Orientem wrote:

dualstow wrote: This is the most bizarre soccer thread I've ever seen.

The intrusion of conspiracy theories can have that effect.

Exactly.
Kshartle, I've read many soccer threads, and this is the first one that doesn't seem to be about soccer.

I did not think that this thread is moving in this direction

So I heard the USA and Belgium have an agreement for a pre-arranged 3-1 Belgium victory. They get the win in exchange for another 200 billion of treasuries to keep US interest rates low and prop up the dollar.

Ahahahahahahahahahah

Harry.Browne wrote: I did not think that this thread is moving in this direction

It wasn't. I had read some articles suggesting the two might pre-arrange a tie which made sense to me. So I mentioned that's what I expected or at least that both teams would play defensively and we'd get a 0-0 result.

It didn't turn out that way. Evidently the Americans couldn't mount much of threat to zie Germans, freeing them to just relentlessly attack.

The K-Man was just writing about incentives which is what a lot of the threads on this forum are about.

K, when you played soccer in the army, did everyone collapse to the ground and writhe around in pain every few minutes?

barrett wrote: The K-Man was just writing about incentives which is what a lot of the threads on this forum are about.

K, when you played soccer in the army, did everyone collapse to the ground and writhe around in pain every few minutes?

Yes they were trying to get on a light-duty profile and get out of the next jungle exercise. 

No no one did that. I do remember going for the ball at the same time as a Lieutenant where we both tried to blast it and our shins connected at full force. It sounded like a gun going off. I seriously thought my leg was shattered. We both hopped off the field and I swore it looked like I had a dent in my leg holy crap.

I imagine this has happened to pretty much everyone playing soccer at some point.

Two words:  shin guards.

Fragile Bill wrote: Two words:  shin guards.

No way you can be a scout in an all-male platoon in the light infantry and come out to play in shin guards!

Kshartle wrote:It didn't turn out that way.

It's okay to admit that you were wrong; in fact that might even promote civility in the forums.  I admit that it's harder to do that the more certain you were in your original statements.  Maybe it would help to dial back the certainty to something a smidgen under 100% on at least one thing?

Shin guards and knee high socks.

barrett wrote: K, when you played soccer in the army, did everyone collapse to the ground and writhe around in pain every few minutes?

I also played soccer in the Army and let me tell you, it wasn't pretty.  Almost nobody knew how to play the game and played like a bunch of elementary school kids.  And then on the flip side there there was the British Major who did know how to play and got mad enough at me that he told me he would break both of my legs and nobody would even know how it happened.  Fun times!  (no, I didn't get my legs broken either)

flyingpylon wrote:

barrett wrote: K, when you played soccer in the army, did everyone collapse to the ground and writhe around in pain every few minutes?

I also played soccer in the Army and let me tell you, it wasn't pretty.  Almost nobody knew how to play the game and played like a bunch of elementary school kids.  And then on the flip side there there was the British Major who did know how to play and got mad enough at me that he told me he would break both of my legs and nobody would even know how it happened.  Fun times!  (no, I didn't get my legs broken either)

Yes we were pretty bad but very strong runners at least.