6/10/2005: Pigball
 

http://cellar.org/2005/pigball.jpg

The ball is covered in mashed carrots and then they let the piglets loose on it -- it's Russia's first "pig ball" championship in Moscow. The event is a part of an agricultural exhibition on Moscow's outskirts, played like soccer with two teams of five piglets.

They're pretty smart but do they know they have goals to reach? Seems like anarchy to me.

Seems like entertainment in Moscow has not advanced beyond what was available in the Communist era. Goals? Think of it as being like goals in one of the much vaunted 5-year or 7-Year Plans. You know, the ones that lead to the starvation of millions? That kind of plan.

Based on those stains in the backgournd, the pig must frequent this court on a regular basis. It's also important that the pigs have thier individual numbers, that way they can receive their individual stats for the game. :)

Looks a lot like my 5 year old grandson's soccer team this past spring. My wife and I call it Bee-Ball, they just swarm the ball like a bunch of bees and chase it from one end of the field to the other no matter whose goal they are attempting to get it to.
:p

I always referred to pee wee soccer as "Amoeba Ball".

Goal.... Gaol... the latter seems more Russian to me.

I guess they "recarrotize" the ball at the end of each quarter.
I'll take the yellow team and two.............

seems like politics to me.

Why is it that all I can think of when I look at this is, "Lhres schwein spheren, mein herr!" (foof!)?

why is it that i can't read one thread in the cellar without being reminded how insignificant and ignorant i am?

els - could you translate that for me?

Not to worry, it is yet another goofy pop culture reference...this time, from the Zucker film "Top Secret!" The hero of the film (Val Kilmer, actually) orders something in a swanky German restaurant without understanding what the waiter has told him. When it comes, the waiter somberly announces, in German (or some approximation thereof suitable for comic effect) "Your hog balls sir!", and sets them aflame for presentation effect.

What's the acronym for "Spit (Insert Beverage) On My Keyboard(and/or)Monitor" ?

els - for the first time someone has made a reference to that movie that makes me want to see it. thank you. a couple more of those and i may forgive you for what you just did to the sex thread.

Yeah, but they're making less mess than most kids with mashed carrots. :biggrin:

Not surprisingly, Top Secret! is the Airplane! of spy movies.

There are no dull moments, and darn few where you aren't reduced to drooling from the amount of laughing you are doing.

And hey, Omar Sharif is in it. How cool is that?