We were watching the South Africa v. Mexico World Cup game at work this morning. The lone female patient complained about us having it on so we switched the other TV to a channel of her liking. In the meantime, she argued that the game is soccer, not football. I couldn't resist so I helpfully pointed out that this most popular sport is known globally as football. Ya know, using ONLY the feet to play the game. She said something to the effect that since America's number one in the world, everybody else should follow suit and call it soccer.

Now there's nothing wrong with being patriotic, but this irrational narrow-mindedness is redonkulous. No wonder the rest of the world hates the United States.

Go England!

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