>
> Alex Ferguson says:
>
> >Apparently-Texan Chris Lemens get my nomination for Worst Abuse of the
> >Keyword Rules, next time there's any GTA voting to be done...
>
> [Post by Chris Lemens snipped]
>
> >I'm especially struck by the "Football" (I use the quotes advisedly)
> >score: does this tie in to the thread on High Gods, at all?
>
> I believe "Football" is a great god worshipped in many cultures under
> substantially different practices.
>
> The Dubyas are a people of Vithela who are so under the sway of the Lord
of
> Dreams that they believe their uncomfortable island (not the largest in
> Vithela, despite their claims) is a paradise. Cows are widely worshipped
> there, as is beef. Even the great god Football is worshipd in the shape of
> an Orange Cow, but there are many other Football sects as well.
>
> Peter Larsen
One such sect occupy a barbaric northern island where it rains constantly
and the sun is only a rumour they have heard from the inhabitants of other
islands. In their version of the game you are not allowed to use the hands.
But this is not the most disturbing factor, it's the 'away matches', where
the inhabitants piant their faces white with a red death rune and descend on
other islands to drink all their beer and start a battle (and possibly have
a football game). Their deities are all football releated, though
neighbouring nations point out that this lot have difficulty distinguishing
football and war and their mightiest deity 'BawbeSharltung' is probably an
avatar of Shargash.
Barry Blatt