Real Men Play Rugby

There's not too much TV watching past CNN in an European hotel. A previous trip entertained me with MTV, but not this time. So I had to satisfy my bad habits by watching a Rugby match on 'Mute'.

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I've never watched a Rugby game before, but I made several obersavations:

1. It's like football, but no pads


2. The ball runner has NO blockers


3. Rugby players make NFL players look like pansies!


4. There are no breaks in between plays


5. It's like soccer, they just keep running & running


6. There are no time outs


7. Extra points are hard!


8. It's non-stop action, never boring


9. And the kick spot moves around


10. Players play both offense & defense


11. Did I mention they don't wear pads?


12. Real Men Play Rugby

But the NFL has cheerleaders, so I'll stick with them.
GO BROWNS

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Real Men are not French

I had a new level of respect after watching the Rugby games, but I lost it as soon I stepped onto the Paris streets. I don't know where their sense of stlye came from, but I'm certainly not feeling it. Thugs wearing tight-ass longsleeved shirts out in the street make them look like sissy-boys. I'm not talking about the Under Armour or other workout, exercise gear. Just, tight-assed shirts. Then there's the professional looking folks, dressed nicely, with a scarf wrapped a couple times around the neck. It's hard to respect any man that wears a silk scarf as a fashionable item like a necktie. To stay warm, I can understand that. Indoors, you look like a sissy-boy.

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I won't say any more, in case I encounter a French Rugby player.