Curry night - every Wednesday evening in Munich

We are going to a restaurant. Get a hotel room

So, who is going there early for a few beers before the molten curry?

FOOTBALL! It is called FOOTBALL!

Oh OK. I will give you the Curry thing though...

Urrmmm... I will try and get there earlier

That word was made up long before American football (I'm pretty sure). No point in bashing American football to me. I couldn't care less.

Yep, so I was right. Pro Ami football didn't start until around the turn of the century.

Well I guess it is in fact the debate the origin of the word soccer thread. Sorry my mistake.

I just found this, sounds about right:

In England there are two codes of football. Rugby Football and Association Football.

Rugby Football originally played at the Upper Class Public Schools and Association Football played in the Town Leagues.

The Public School players of Rugby in their Upper Class speech would refer to their games as 'Rugger'.

This came to the notice of the players of Association Football and in sarcasm they invented the name soccer, a corruption of the name Association.

All over the world the game is called Association Football except in North America where the 'joke' name 'Soccer' is used to avoid confusion with the American game which they call Football.

In 1863, the english Football association drew up a set of rules for what is called Association Football.

Did you find it in post no. 84?

KB, sometimes it helps to read earlier posts

I do dispute this though. Soccer is used a lot more widely than just north america.
The problem is there are too many types of football, even in places that play soccer. Football is really like a category of sports.

I guess in certain small groups where everyone knows what type of football it is, then you can just use the word football. In a place like TT where people come from everywhere it makes sense to be a bit more specific so we know exactly what football you are refering too.

I request that english people use the word soccer to refer to that specific type of football. Just to make it clear its soccer you are talking about and not aussie rules or gridiron (haha gridiron lets see if anyone comments about that), or gaelic football or whatever.

Thanks.

So we made up the name soccer as a joke and everybody got it except the Americans... EDIT: And Australians apparently...

*crawlie suddenly feels very afraid and has decided to apply some padding to vulnerable areas of his body*

Ahem

...and the Kiwis and the Aussies...

Edit: I take back the statement about the Canadians, because I'm not sure.

Doh, when I posted they weren't there! Teach me for using Fast Reply instead of normal reply...

Anyway... CURRRRRY in T-minus 3 1/2 hrs 9 mins...

Now then... origin of Curry... discuss!

OG's (and KM's) quote confirms exactly what I believed the origin of "soccer" to be. Proving IPJ right once more Proving me right too...

I'm up for meeting earlier either for a beer at a nearby bar or at the restaurant itself. I'll be going straight from work so any time from about half six is fine.

why o why? why did I even mention the word soccer?

Look. We say we are going down the pub to watch the Footie... Nobody says they are going to watch the soccer (unless they like being laughed at)... And Rugger is only used by public schoolboys who where striped blazers and ties and have last names as first names such as "Crawford" or "Finlay"...

@Roots... Well if you don't like worms then don't open the can

@Jeeves

I'll aim to get there from around 6:30 then (fed up putting together loads of Ikea furniture today...)

I just find it odd that anyone should call a sport "football" when they play with their hands.
Hands are for eating naans and curry. Or at least the right hand is.
Anyone for a beer early doors before this thread derails completely?

I might show up a bit early myself. An extra helles or two only does you good.

Yes jeeves I will be, but it depends if we really are splitting into groups and eating at different times etc.

KM at the restaurant or where? Kza you coming for early drinkies too?

Edit: oops overlapped with everybody. PMs would be a better bet...

No splitting groups please. Letz just meet early at the restaurant.

I'll be going straight to the restaurant fr early drinks (and get pick of the seats!)

Edited: Yes.

even though i am not english i will respond with a hearty and well meant

FUCK OFF!

I will refer to Association Football as "Football"
I will refer to Rugby Football (or Rugby Union) as Rugby (or Rugby Union when needing to differentiate between League and Union)
I will NEVER refer to Rugby League unless i have to in which case i will call it Rugby League
I will refer to Australian Rules Football as "Aussie Rules" or "Australian Rules Football "
I will refer to Gaelic Football as "Gaelic Football"
I will refer to American Football as "American Football" or "gay-ball" or "woos-ball"

The word "Soccer" will NEVER be heard uttering from my lips, unless to say we don't use it.

Why will i never utter the word "Soccer"? because it was a patromizing attempt to make fun of "rugger"

KM Pick of the seats? How do you know in advance where all the girls are going to be sitting?

Well since I live next door, I'll probably pop in early as well... There's also a small pub/cafe in the platz which might be nicer... or just throw a monkey wrench into the works

i'm with OG! well said!

I am with OG as well but only because we have more in common with the Brits than the Kiwis. But a beer or two bribery could sway me either way

Jeeves, we could put the girls names down on the slips and strategically place them around the table...

Seriously, I just prefer to get a central location with quick access to the bog!

Agree that small pub/café might be nicer. But I just want to keep things simple. No monkeys or wrenches

So it's 29 now, plus a few more if Andrew brings his harem. Help.

Edit: KM actually that's what I thought you meant. Priorities.

I hope it is not too late to reserve for tonight - looks like it is going to be a big one

Didnt the curry night registration page used to have an automatic limit feature, each resturant had a suggested maximum number of people to make it a good night, and when it was full noone else could sign up?

Should be switched back on i reckon.

Thank you OG. Spoken like a true gentleman...

I will only mention the "S" word if it is proceeded with stuff like "It is not called fucking xxxxxxxx" or "I will give you fucking xxxxxxx in a minute"

Thank you..

And yes. I will go earlier if I can...

Kza: yes it used to be restricted to 15. But then people just posted they wanted to come and came anyway (and why not), which just made it even more confusing for whoever was booking the table.

Geez, at least spell it right. It's "wussball."

Enjoy your curry tonight, and I'll see y'all next week! (just to keep on topic )

I think splitting into groups is not a great idea, but ordering in 3 waves is a good idea. Lets say the first 12 or 15 order, and 20 or 30 minutes later the later arrivals order.

People who arrive at the same time will sit together anyway so there will be an appearance that we're all eating at the same time. The curry will just spread out from the centre to the extremities in a wave motion.

Hmmm... reflection... interference... motion sickness... All kinds of analogies spring to mind...

We could even incorporate the force of curry into general relativity.

may the curry force be with you!

For those that are new to Curries then it might be worth having a look at their website and view the menu. I'm sure if everyone did this (for those that aren't sure what to order) then it may speed the ordering process up.

The curry particpants are obviously quantum, and will generally arrive at random and singularly. If we assume for the moment that curry sauce is particle and not wave at all, and then apply chaos theory to the statistical distrubution of the arrival of the curry particle clusters we probably will detect a wave motion. But if the ends of the table are properly terminated, no reflections and therefore no interferance.

Motion sickness is better described by the curry-burn equations.

er... yeah!

curry burn (CB) is equal to the speed of the motion (v) inversly multiplied by the Chili Factor (CF):

CB = 1/v * CF

I feel like a hot "lamb" dish, the mutton vindaloo sounds good... Or can anyone recommend me something?

Thanks MAM. For a moment there I thought KM was dragging this thread off in a serious direction.

I'd have to take issue with your "arriving singularly" though. Quantum certainly, but in different sized packets. There might even be some entangled pairs.

Edit: OG That would be CB at any given point. Total CB ought to be constant (or rather directly proportional to CF). Just spread out around the body in space and time...

yes. If you want a hot LAMB dish, I would go for a LAMB vindaloo

Well I say it like that cos the menu had the mutton vindaloo as the hot dish in the lamb section. Hence the speechmarks. All the same animal really.

Owain, are you talking about the quatum vibrationsof the curry sauce particles, or the macro speed of the whole quantity gaining negative alititude through the oesophagus. Because you have to bring Heisenburg uncertainty to the final heat of the curry.

Jeeves the participants will generally arrive singularly, unless they are entangled pairs. I've noticed some people are bringing wives/boyfriends/conversation partners(wink wink) etc.

I am not gonna look at the menu cuz it will drive me crazy with hunger.

Chicken Jalfrezi done nice and hot...

Mmmmmmm... 3rd time lucky (the last two I had at different establishments were not very good at all)