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Silvio Berlusconi wants to Train Italian Soccer Team

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Silvio Berlusconi

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Veronika

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The Italian workforce is striking because they want a 15-minute work day just like the Italian National football* team had. Although even the unions are hesitant in embracing this, according to AI.

Premier Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, in the meantime, ended his 15-minute work day with Chiara, Francesca and Beatrice to rush to the airport to greet the returning team. He stated, in a telephone interview, that he'd like to take the fate of the Azzurri into his own hands. "We can't continue this way. We are done making France, Germany and England happy. "

The weeping player, who was still weeping as he got off the plane, was immediately sent home to La Mamma, who had a huge plate of spaghetti waiting.

* football is football to everybody except the US and Australia. I prefer using the term "football" as opposed to "soccer" , since that's what the Brits use and they invented the sport, even though the English National Team is crap right now.

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markbyrn

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17 months ago: Actually the British invented the term Soccer back in the day and it was colloquially used to differentiate from Rugby Football (now commonly called just Rugby), and Rugby was invented as a hands allowed variation of Football (Soccer).

When the American version of Football (itself a derivative of Rugby Football) became popular, we started using Soccer to differentiate from our own version of Football. Also, Soccer is not used by just by the US and Australia. Canada, New Zealand, and even Ireland use it. I guess the 'When in Rome..' adage is appropriate and since you used the term soccer in the title, I imagine you realize that most of the "Romans" here on Rant Rave are of North American stock.

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Veronika

17 months ago: The British may have initially used the term "soccer", however they have been quite adamant about "football" for several decades now, no? My point was: the majority of the world uses the term "football". I use that term out of respect for the sport and the majority of the fans. And I do know most are of North American Stock. Pretty sure, fans from the US know what sport is being talked about in the context.

IMHO, it makes more sense to call it football since the players actually only use their feet, as opposed to American Football. I understand, the Aussies have their own football as well, although I have no clue about the rules.

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