Trivia

TwoShedsJackson

ok you football buffs, can anyone tell me why Germany's away shirt is always either green or predominantly green with another colour?

Paladin

Heck if you dont know Im not gonna find out for ya!




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WhiteWashMan

afaik it predominantly grreen with white trimmings.
looks exactly like the northern irish home shirt
now, thats from the workd cup, but unless they are like man u, i guess its prolly still the same

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TwoShedsJackson

The question was WHY is it green Eamo

the celtic tiger

Well....actually it's green in commemorance of their sixteenth political leader who was from BallyBrack. This is actually true so don't bother even checking it. Trust me....I'm a doctor!

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Excelsior

In the early part of the century they were playing Ireland and they had to borrow our jersies or something.


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TwoShedsJackson

The right general area - they are green because Ireland was the first country to play them in a friendly in football after the Second World War, so the away strip is always green as a gesture of thanks to us.

Excelsior

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DaBounca

this is quite easy:
Where does the term "riding shotgun" come from?

Paladin

Lady guideivers horse was shotgun
Actually I dont know, and Im not very worried either

Pleeeeeeeeeasee tell me!!!!!
Cmon man what is it???

amp

hmmm.. their police cars are green and white which probably means that green is their national colour. (Irelands is blue for some reason)

I presume riding shotgun comes from when a horse and carriage was driven by the uh... driver and the passenger rode shotgun and shot at things that would cause hurtfulness.

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[This message has been edited by amp (edited 02-03-2000).]

DaBounca

the anwser to the riding shotgun question is:

in the old days when people travelled by wagons etc,one man used to ride beside the driver wielding a shotgun to ward off any bandits seeking to doo them harm :]

there ya go.

TwoShedsJackson

Wow Bounca, only twenty-one hours after amp posted the exact same thing!! Take you long to figure out, did it?

Wyverne

erm./....
yeah!

i always thought riding shotgun is when a woman rides with both her legs over the one side of the horse, as they used to do in the olden days,

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TwoShedsJackson

Riding side-saddle, that would be.

DaBounca

oh,woops.
didnt see that amp had answrered the question already

Wyverne

erm....
soz

but, thanx for the correction

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