06 Sep 16 03:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> the strangest thing i saw was something called "handball" which was   
    ml>> like basketball but had a smaller ball, wider court and instead of   
    ml>> shooting the ball into a basket ten feet off the ground, it was   
    ml>> thrown into what looked like a hockey goal complete with a goal   
    ml>> tender like hockey and soccer (fotbol) have... over here, "handball"   
    ml>> is played with a small rubber ball that is slapped with the hand   
    ml>> against a wall and two players take turns... it is like tennis but   
    ml>> instead of a net, there's the wall...   
      
    FB>   Really?   
      
   yes very seriously... i won't deny that there may be IAS (aka Ignorant   
   American Syndrome) but yes, it was very strange to me... especially to see   
   this in the olymipcs...   
      
    FB> Handball is really popular at schools here, and in Europe is very   
    FB> popular. I believe that Norway is the place where handball is more   
    FB> widespread.   
      
   it may be... to me "handball" is little more than ping pong played with the   
   hand as the paddle and there's a wall the ball is bounced off of to at least   
   one opponent instead of batting the ball over a net...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
      
   ... Did you know that clones never use mirrors?   
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