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Is It a Soccer Ball or a Remote? Actually, It's Both
Posted by Sean Fallon at 12:40 PM on December 1, 2007
Soccer may not be the most popular sport in the US - but don't tell that to millions of minivan-driving suburban mothers. Chances are, the kids they are constantly hauling back and forth to practice would love this soccer ball remote. Not only will it handle your TV, DVD and satellite controls, it is also a full-size, functional ball. So you can kick it around, do headers and let the TV channels fall where they may. I just hope you are a fan of English soccer. Available for around $45. [Product Page]
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omg-ponies
Posted 8:20 AM 1/12/07
Soccer ball remote is a bad idea. Fights over the remote will escalate into lager-fueled hooligan riots.
Fail.
omg-ponies
yogibimbi
Posted 7:47 AM 1/12/07
'two' tasks, not 'to'. gawd, should go to sleep earlier.
yogibimbi
yogibimbi
Posted 7:46 AM 1/12/07
hummm, the article completely fails to enlighten us on to how this ball accomplishes its task of remote controlling your equipment, and the photo doesn't do anything to help.
So, my sick imagination has to come into play: Do you actually kick it at the remote equipment you want to control? Then I'd say it could only achieve to control tasks: ON (by not doing anything) or OFF, by hitting the device in question and knocking it off its perch so badly that it either disconnects or, worse, simply gives up the ghost.
yogibimbi
WCD_Thor
Posted 4:32 AM 1/12/07
You mean English Football. The English don't play soccer!
WCD_Thor
Yeebles
Posted 2:16 AM 1/12/07
@Taime:
Most of us are over it now as Steve McLaren has been sacked. Also, the FA (football association) are considering doing a tournament with all the british nations as neither Wales, Scotland or Norther Ireland qualified as well.
Yeebles
Taime
Posted 10:22 PM 30/11/07
Yes, an excellent idea. Release a remote ball branded with the team that failed to get into the Euro '08, I'm sure many of the England fans won't even want this to remind them of the total failure.
Taime
Inaki
Posted 10:12 PM 30/11/07
Football, you know, where we hit the ball with our foot all the game instead of chasing a giant egg in our arms...
Inaki
GforGRENADE
Posted 9:25 PM 30/11/07
Can it be done? Yes.
Should it me done? Uhhh...
GforGRENADE
kumuasata
Posted 8:57 PM 30/11/07
Someone's gonna be extremely pissed when they find you playing soccer in the house and changing the channel.
Such a pointless idea imo.
kumuasata
prodigal_son
Posted 1:57 PM 1/12/07
@WCD_Thor: The term football originally did not apply to the English sport of football. The word predates the game in england and was first used to refer to another game not played in england.
With that said, its perfectly acceptable to call the game soccer, as its the only word in the world that refers to the sport the English call "football"
To top it off, the game the word "football" originally relates to, allows people to pick the ball up with their hands, and does not imply that the hand can not be used, but that the foot is the most important part.
prodigal_son
OmegaRed59
Posted 12:19 AM 2/12/07
@prodigal_son: If the English call it football, then soccer isn't the only word in the world that refers to the sport.
OmegaRed59
LittleJon
Posted 1:46 PM 2/12/07
"Soccer" is an English word. It's a strange contraction of "Association Football". It's just not the most popular name for the sport in the UK.
Association Football refers to the standardized-rules game that was set up in 1863 under the control of the Football Association. Prior to that there had been a lot of different football-like games played in different regions of the country. These were all called "Football", but the rules were very different. In some versions players could even pick up the ball.
One that I'm aware of called Ashbourne Football was played once a year from one end of the town to another with each team consisting of as many people as wanted to join in! The first historical mention of this game goes back to 1680 (or thereabouts) and the word "Football" was used.
LittleJon