After reading Skybird's list that's me out the running. Skybird :rock: and hold's his ground.

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Iceman?

I am glad your a member of this board Kurushio! :up:
Your NOT on my ignore list.

Thanks Fish! :) I like fish...by the way...on my plate...:p

October: The thing that's in the "magic spray" which makes it better is basically "cold ice". Usually they throw water over the affected area and the spray semi-freezes the water and the cold eases the pain. The concept is simple...
It makes me laugh that you try and make out that football (soccer :roll:) is so girly. When in your football they put all that padding on...by the way..."hockey" in England is played on grass. So you have to say Ice Hockey...oh yeah, and that's another sport in which those "big men" wear padded bras. And any sport which ALLOWS violence should be banned...oh wait a sec....wasn't the NHL almost finished last season? NHL=obselete. The only place I like to see ice is in my scotch!

Still name calling eh? A sure sign of a weak argument and a small mind. I'll leave the Canadians to talk to you about your attitudes on hockey.

BTW no way is a little ice going to instantly cure an injury so severe that it leaves a person rolling on the ground in apparent agony for several minutes (bringing game play to a halt). That is, unless the injury was faked or over dramatized for theatrical purposes. Soccer players = drama queens.

I'm honoured to have been nominated so often in this thread. :lol:

As much as my relentless and irrefutable logic may frustrate him, he would not ignore me anymore than Spiderman could ignore the Green Goblin. :ping:

Sounds like a challenge...

The challenge on any forum where there is heated discussion, like this one, is in the free exchange of ideas in a civilized and friendly manner without resorting to uncivilized behaviour or ad hominem attack; for all our disagreements I would say that of Skybird and I hope he could say the same of me.

April: Where am I name calling? Must be your imagination... Have you ever even played sports? I used to play football...ever twisted your ankle? I have...hurts like a bastard!!! Ever been stamped on by someone wearing studs? That also hurts a lot but isn't enough to go off injured...most of the players make a lot of noise going down...apart from the pain...to get the attention of the ref...and get treated...it's not Ice Hockey where they play in someones living room...a football pitch is pretty big...hard to get someones attention. Plus, in football you can;t take a rest like in American sports...so you have to be 100 per cent...something you'll never understand. :roll:

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Yeah, you're right....football players are all pansys. :roll:

It certainly looks like he's crying like a little baby over a very minor injury. Maybe you got your photos mixed up?

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I detect a thread hijack here

I'll let the Americans dissaude you of your notions on football (not the stuff we call soccer in North America), but I'll happily take on what you call "Ice Hockey".

First, like real men (and I used to play this as most good Canadians have), we play it on ice, which is quite a lot harder to fall on than grass. Second, you whine about getting stepped on by a stud but have you ever seen what a sharp hockey skate (which they have to be) can do to an exposed neck? I have seen a pic of such an injury, and it was not only not pretty, it was also near fatal. Third, if you've ever watched professional hockey you'd note how these guys fly across the ice; what you might not really notice is how solid the boards surrounding the rink is. Now imagine flying across the ice, tripping, and going head first into the boards. Fourth, if you've ever picked up a hockey puck you'll notice how solid and weighty it is; now imagine taking a slapshot and this thing hitting you, and no, the pads only protect you from breaking bones, not from the pain and welts that follow. Then there are the "inadvertent" shots you take with the blade or butt of the stick, the bare kuckle fights, and the other more mundane sporting injuries.

Your soccer players look like so many prima donas while the average NHL player looks like he's just gotten back from the crusades (scarred faces, broken noses, missing teeth, they are not a pretty lot but as tough as atheletes come). Put your prissy socker player in the ring with any NHL player and he will get his clock cleaned.

Scandium...good job on bending facts to make what youre saying more credible. For example:
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Yeah...Ice is harder to fall on then grass, but not if you are wearing 100 pounds of padded bras. :roll: An ice hockey player could be hit be a freight train and not feel it. :lol:

2)And when was the last time an ice skate slashed a players neck? :roll: What was it: Halloween 3? C'mon...be serious...it never happens...but getting stamped on by a studded boot almost always happens...often! ;)

3)Your thing about flying into boards....look at 1)

4) The pads protect you from broken bones, not bruises? What utter tripe...you must live on cuckoo land. Try wrapping your self in a quilt and get hit by a car. You wont get a bruise, but you'll certainly break your bones. :roll: And bare knuckle fights...what a joke. How many rabbit punches do they throw at each other. Reminds me of the fights I used to have when I was 8. Nobody could punch, so you'd end up getting tired before hurting anyone. Mate...I can floor someone with one punch...actually, I could probably break a bone with one punch...not that I'm proud of it...though I think that IS throwing a punch....I've taken three rabbit punches on the nose...from top-downwards (this twerp couldn't punch) from point-blank in quick succession, didn't even break my nose...was bleeding badly though (from the inside)...though it left me standing for a response. Ice hockey players are woosies...even baseball players punch harder...look at the one Perzinsky took.:roll:

NHL players have missing teeth, scars on their faces etc because of poor hygene. They don't bother with brushing their teeth and are bad at shaving. Otherwise they are padded bra wearing woosies...who wont play Ice Hockey unless mommy wraps them up in a goose down quilt.

Look at our rugby players if you want to see tough...NFL without padded bras. Anyway..NHL? What NHL...it'll be scrapped soon for good. Ice is only good with coke and lemon. :roll:

Look how manly these NHL players are:

http://www.shinmai.co.jp/oly-eng/1997/97011401.jpg

Now i know why Skybird put him on his ignore list. Telling the Canadians their beloved hockey is a girly sport is the height of stupidity.