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winterbadgerBERLIN (Reuters) - A German adult education center is offering a women-only crash course on the basics of soccer to prepare them for next year's World Cup.
The Training Center in the southern city of Nuremberg promises those who enroll in the course, entitled "Understand Soccer -- Women Want to Know Now!," an overview of the game's rules and language, as well as a potted history of some of the soccer's leading players.
Nuremberg will be one of the 12 host cities for World Cup matches in 2006 and was also a venue for Confederations Cup matches in June 2005.
"Ever wonder why men love soccer so much?" the school's website asks. "Do you want to know why referees call off-sides? With nothing but the World Cup on the airwaves, you now have the chance to understand what everyone's talking about."
The course, taught by two women, includes an excursion to a Bundesliga match.
The Training Center in the southern city of Nuremberg promises those who enroll in the course, entitled "Understand Soccer -- Women Want to Know Now!," an overview of the game's rules and language, as well as a potted history of some of the soccer's leading players.
Nuremberg will be one of the 12 host cities for World Cup matches in 2006 and was also a venue for Confederations Cup matches in June 2005.
"Ever wonder why men love soccer so much?" the school's website asks. "Do you want to know why referees call off-sides? With nothing but the World Cup on the airwaves, you now have the chance to understand what everyone's talking about."
The course, taught by two women, includes an excursion to a Bundesliga match.
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Date: 2005-08-17 06:19 pm (UTC)(Thanks for the chipper comments over my way... I'd like nothing more than to escape right now but I'm stuck here.)
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Date: 2005-08-17 06:26 pm (UTC)"Oh no, B'rer Fox! Don't throw me into that briar patch!" ;-)
or alternately
"Oooh, just a little peril? I think I could handle just a little peril."
(Thanks for the chipper comments over my way...
I'm glad if they're helping, even a little.
Not with the mime! geez!!
Date: 2005-08-17 06:38 pm (UTC)All I can hope for is to regain a little focus and get out of here at 4:30. Even if it means sitting at the rail station, I'm not here.
Re: Not with the mime! geez!!
Date: 2005-08-17 06:56 pm (UTC)Aha, exactly, just the point! Vide the story of B'rer Rabbit and the Tarbaby...
http://home.nycap.rr.com/cyclone/disney/sots/tarbaby.htm
http://www.otmfan.com/html/brertar.htm
http://www.louisianavoices.org/Unit5/edu_ss200_rabbit_tarbaby.html
(That last one, it's B'rer Bear that gets tricked instead of B'rer Fox, and normally I don't approve of people tricking bears. But it's the one version that sounds most like how I remember my old neighbor-lady tellin' it "...and de Tah-Baby, he don' say nuffin'..." :-)
I hope you are able to get away early! *hug*
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Date: 2005-08-17 05:56 pm (UTC)thanks for making me laugh out loud! *mwah*
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