[BNM] [OT] Offside rule explained for girls

[Antony Jones]

You know, I still don't get it. I always thought footballers were thick but I now have a newfound respect for them because I simply do not understand the offside rule, and they do.

I have no desire to understand it either, as it is of zero interest to me, but I really did try to use the below analogy to help me. To no avail.

Oh well :)

Antony Jones
Developer
 
Gamesys Limited
e: antonyj at gamesys.co.uk
t: 0207 287 1571
a: 3rd Floor, 54-62 Regent Street, LONDON, W1B 5RE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Studd [mailto:alex.studd at moving-edge.net]
> Sent: 02 March 2006 10:31
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] [OT] Offside rule explained for girls
> 
> You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop
> assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you
> must have.
> 
> The shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with
> desire.
> 
> Both of you have forgotten your purses.
> 
> It would be totally rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no
> money to pay for the shoes.
> 
> The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.
> 
> Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and
> sees your dilemma.
> 
> She prepares to throw her purse to you.
> 
> If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper
> and buy the shoes.
> 
> At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and,
> *whilst
> it is in flight* you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse
> and
> buy the shoes.
> 
> Always remembering that until the purse has *actually been thrown* it
> would
> be plain wrong to be forward of the other shopper.
> 
> 
> There you go poppet
> 
> Alex Studd
> Moving-edge.net
> 0845 345 5763
> 
> 
> --
> 
> BNM info/subscription/archives: http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/
> 
> BNM archive search: http://www.roddis.org/bnm/search.php
> BNM Del.icio.us tag: http://del.icio.us/tag/bnm/
> BNM Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bnm/
> 
> BNM powered by http://www.screen-play.net/