Georg Pedersen » soccer http://ytorf.com I explain difficult concepts with pictures Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sidewalk Soccer http://ytorf.com/2009/06/sidewalk-soccer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sidewalk-soccer http://ytorf.com/2009/06/sidewalk-soccer/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:50:15 +0000 georg http://ytorf.com/?p=667 I was walking down the street earlier today when a rogue soccer ball went flying past me.  It belonged to a group of Caribbean guys in front of me on the sidewalk.  Being a little spacey still from too much computer time, I pick it up and toss it over instead of kicking it like most anyone who’s ever been around a soccer ball would do. They good-naturedly invite me to play which I decline, explaining I’m more of a baseball guy.  

They look a little puzzled for a moment and then one of them says, “Yeah, you’re American. You don’t know how to play, right?”  And then it was kind of an odd moment when I thought for a second that I should know how to play soccer because I live in Crown Heights, and then I remembered that Crown Heights is actually in New York City. I forget this sometimes, which is kind of cool.

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