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Some of My Favorite Things: The Intellectual Side of Football/Soccer

March 9, 2009 by the wanderer

philosopher-soccerYou’ve all seen Monty Python’s football/soccer match of philosophers.

If you laughed, you might also like this team roster of great writers. I did.

Its only great failing is its omission of German authors. They’d normally claim the coach position and the offensive midfield.

Posted in Some of My Favorite Things | Tagged and I mean football the real kind not that pansy passtime for guys who wear pad because they're too afraid of playing rugby, ergo football is the new sport for real men, philosophers play football, soccer is football, writers and soccer | No Comments Yet

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