Coming from an Englishman, it pisses me off when people from different countries try and dump on each others sports; they do it to make themselves feel superior, and it's really pathetic. American football is a hard sport, rugby is a hard sport. Baseball is a hard sport, cricket is a hard sport. Football is a hard sport, Hockey is a hard sport. As if being from a country that plays/is good at a particular sport says anything about you keyboard warriors as individuals. Get a fucking life.
bell191991 Yeah, fair point well represented, but at least Bill's funny while he dumps all over us. He's got a point, too. Not only are we shite at most of the games we invented, pro puffballers do come across as big girl's blouses. Any other history buffs reading the jingoistic crap in this thread and losing faith in Western education? And do you think Bill knows his ancestors came from Lincolnshire? ;-P
***** Very English, though. I always find it bizarre that thousands of people can get involved in a competitive sporting event that lasts five days, declare the result a draw and go away delighted. I find it very admirable, even although it completely baffles me. Perhaps related is the distaste a lot of English football fans had for Sir Alec Ferguson's management of Manchester United. The team were famous/notorious for stealing last minute victories. A big part of that came from Sir Alec's demand that his players put maximum effort into the game until the final whistle- they wouldn't willingly settle for a draw under any circumstances. That dull, dogged determination is a very Scottish trait- it might be why they tend to assume we're all miserable bastards North of the border! They might be right- we're never happy with second best. Given our lack of sporting talent that's guaranteed to piss us off more often than not... XD!
+doomsdaystrugler Except they don't toss the ball underhand in Baseball. I also don't think any little girls were killed from a line drive to the face.
I can't believe there are so many of my fellow Englishmen are getting upset about a comedian talking shit. I find Bill Burr hilarious, mainly because most of what he is saying is true.
McNab1986 Yeah, I wanted to comment on the unreasonable level of saltiness in some of the responses here. I guess the English have a sense of pride that doesn't quit easily. The sad need for some people to feel superior for things they haven't done.If I were so inclined, I'd big up the little things like pub culture. It's pretty unique to the British Isles imo.
Edison Keys Hence why I said it was a modified version. You can Wikipedia the history of baseball if you want proof its just an evolved version of rounders.
Fair enough. I looked into it before and you're absolutely right. I mistook your comment as implying that it meant the sport was easy. Have a great day! :)
No, he was saying that a couple of them would be hitting harder. The main point he was making was that rugby players would be willing to hit harder if they had equipment on - basically saying that American football players take harder hits.
Daniel Bentley Really? You're just gonna say that 100% of NFL players take steroids but there isn't a single rugby player who takes steroids? You're so full of shit.
The NFL is widely documented as one of the worst sports for doping and lack of testing. Rugby will of course have a minority of steroid cheaters. But it's nowhere near as rife as it is in the NFL. Not even close. Because there is proper testing. And because Rugby players' cardio fitness level is much higher than NFL players. Lactic acid builds up in NFL players who juice, meaning they can't play for more than 5 minutes without a break. Rugby players can play non stop for 2x 40 minute halves. Don't be so butt-hurt. lol
+aberdonianwanger Except they don't toss the ball underhand in Baseball. I also don't think any little girls were killed from a line drive to the face.
Soccer (Football), rugby, and cricket, are three of the most played sports in the world Baseball is a derivative of rounders, which originated in Ireland and basketball is a snoozefest..
Baseball was being played in England long before the pilgrims hit Plymouth Rock The game of rounders has been played in England since Tudor times,[1] with the earliest reference[1][8] being in 1744 in A Little Pretty Pocket-Book where it was called base-ball.[9]In 1828, William Clarke in London published the second edition of The Boy's Own Book, which included the rules of rounders and also contained the first printed description in English of a bat and ball base-running game played on a diamond.[10] The following year, the book was published in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
An awful, boring game where a bunch of nonathletic sissies play footsie with each other for a couple hours or so. If you don't know what it is, do yourself a favor and forget it exists. It's THAT bad.
Invented Baseball, Basketball was Canadians which was a dominion of the the British Empire, invented Cricket second biggest sport in the world, invented Golf, invented Football. Irish invented Hockey which was part of England at the time. Americans don't watch Podcasts from other countries because they're ignorant! That's about all there is to it.
Techne Well look who is truly ignorant. Basketball wasn't invented by Canadians, rather a Canadian American for Americans. And that's from an ignorant American.
That was funny as fuck, tears in my eyes from laughing so much, the frustration and anger in Bills voice was hilarious because all the points made in the email are more or less all accurate and correct lol
TheSimon2777 Americans have no cardio and we're all fat? That's a bit rich, considering the last summer olympics, held in your country, it was the U.S. that took the majority of the gold medals home. Not to mention Michael Phelps, the most consistent gold medal winner and record breaking swimmer of all time is an American...But I guess according to you, he's fat and has poor endurance..
Paul Wember We came second place in numbers of gold medals won in the last Olympics, after the USA. Considering we’ve got a population that is five times smaller than the US, I’d say that’s pretty damn good.
I'm English and I completely agree with everything Bill said right here. Spot on. On the money. I love all the sports mentioned, in fact I can't think of one I don't like. The one argument I can't stand is from these rugby boys. Question: What happens to a rugby player that tries to have a go at NFL? they get creamed and disappear. Those NFL guys smash HARD, that's why they need pads. The sheer muscularity and athleticism of those guys is ridiculous. Yeah so they're juiced, do you even know what you're talking about?!? Rugby guys are juiced too. In fact most athletic sports, at the pinnacle, the pros, are on some gear or other. Fact. AND SO WHAT, THEY'RE MAXING OUT POTENTIAL AND IT'S GREAT TO WATCH. And go ahead and TRY and hit a baseball that is thrown at you as hard as the juiced pitcher can sling it!!! You will not succeed and if you do you won't hit it very far. Actually in cricket it's a foul if the ball is flung at that rate. Pansy English start crying at the ref. Don't get me wrong those fast bowlers can take your teeth out (eh Ian) but come on! Now cue the angry brit mob with misplaced patriotism (it's just sport guys not world war 2) to attack me now ;-)
Who from rugby has ever tried NFL?? I def don't know anyone. And who said bowling a full toss in cricket is a "foul". Fast bowlers bowl just as quick as any baseball players, you obviously know this so y make the point??
From the UK too. Can't stand those jingoistic twats, although I've only ever met one in real life lol. I only discovered Bill Burr a couple of days ago. Can't get enough of him. IMO he's up there with Carlin.
The problem with rabid English nationalists is that they often try to compare themselves to the US and that's pretty impossible for any one European nation to do. The US is more powerful and wealthier than any one nation in world history. Most of our whites are from completely different European nations, allowing for more culture to develop. All they have is one tiny region.
One tiny region, that influenced 20% of the world's land area and 25% of the world's population. Which is why, Americans, who generally *don't* descend from the English, speak *our* language. Remember?
TheSimon2777 You could say that about Hapsburg Spain, too. And before Britain, to boot. But you're missing my point. You can't compare a country like the US to any modern country. It isn't a fair comparison, so why do it? It's a disservice to your own point. Would I compare the Ukraine to Victorian Britain? Hapsburg Spain to Poland of the same time period? Again, why do it? Edit: Also, Europeans need to start thinking of each other as a whole, as opposed to individual little countries. Think EU instead of UK, or Spain, France, Sweden, etc. That *can* actually compare to the US.
kyriss12 That actually tends to happen to all ex-empires. They tend to feel that way because in the past they were the hegemons. It happened to Greece, Italy, Spain, Britain, and the US in the not so distant future. It happens. You just have to get over it quickly.
It's really about Americans being taught that they invented everything which proves they're better than the rest of us. When you tell them factual truths about how much of what they think they invented was created by the British and Europeans they consider it an attack because it challenges their delusion and sense of self-importance. Americans don't have much going on in their lives (hence the obesity,depression, and record levels of drug addiction) so by removing their delusion of significance you rob them of their sense of self and thus the rage emerges.
+Bizz41 Whatever dude, we have like Mounties okay. Mother. Fucking Mounties. Keep your world famous sport we got DUDES IN RED ON HORSES, MAN. It's like rural Santa Clauses of justice, man
I like english people ability to laugh at themselves, something americans dont have, but the english here are taking this way too seriously, actually Im suprised at their response because its pretty funny stuff from Burr, actually "banter", as they'd say in england
In cricket, it's perfectly legal to bowl the at the batsman, and the batsman just has to deal with it. In baseball, the batter runs and cry even if the ball barely touches him. Oh and btw, baseball was originated from England
So wait....is that suppose to mean anything? So abunch of funky mouthed dopes couldn't figure out it wasn't a good idea to peg some guy with a ball? An now i'm suppose to think the English are more tough because of that? If you put the option where we played the same game, but in 1 of the games you couldn't throw pretty much a rock at me. I'll take the other game.
I love you Bill but don't ever talk shit about Rugby. There are some huge rugby players that can run as well as defend. They also have the endurance to last 80 minutes without a break every fucking 30 seconds. American football is a tough sport but you never hear of someone losing a testicle during an american football match and coming back on the field to play after quickly stitching it back up.
Jimmy Page What's the point? I played rugby in both high school and college. I know for a fact that a collegiate linebacker would fuck any collegiate rugby player (any day of the week). And you talk about endurance? Those guys have INSANE endurance (I know, because we would often do PT with them in off season). Why don't they play rugby? Because no one fucking cares about rugby in the US.
A lot of us hate on handegg because you insist on calling it football. Was it so hard to come up with a new name that you appropriated another one, thus leading to all sorts of confusion and mix-ups between our countries? Also, what's with removing the letter U from everything and replacing s with z in words like specialised? Is it really the Nited ZtateZ?
Bloderx That's fine, there are quite a few things with multiple names. Soccer is another name for Football, fine. But calling _handegg_ football makes no sense.
IVIaskerade Why are you acting like it was some kind of national meeting that every American was required to go to to vote on the name of American football? Like, seriously, dude, that point has no fucking merit.
Baseball is the same rounders in the UK. Only Girls play rounders Here. Basket ball comes from Netball. Again only girls play it. Someone has been owned
+Keeping it Ital Basketball was invented before "netball", you jackass. James Naismith invented it to keep football players in shape during the winter. Baseball is hardly rounders, when you have 100 miles per hour fastballs coming at your head.
+Keeping it Ital Only girls play soccer here. Rugby is for the smaller guys not athletic enough to make the football team. Australia's star rugby player couldn't even make it half of a season in the NFL. Someone's really been owned.
eKriZZLe Yeah all those Aussies, Brits, French, South Africans, Tongans etc who dreamed of making the uhh.....football team....but were not athletic enough so choose rugby instead.... ....wut?
They didn't invent any of those places in the British Empire they just stole places that already existed from other people until they got kicked out again, so you get over it, ya bellend!
+kenny baird Do you actually know any English or British rugby players without looking them up? I'm also going out on a limb here and suggesting that just maybe some American baseball and football players might be getting a little bit of chemical assistance here and there and might bit a bit partial to the odd coloured Smarties and quite often get the needle.
I am not English but England have invented most sports. Soccer Cricket Rugby union Rugby league Baseball Tennis Boxing Darts Snooker Filed Hockey Rounders Horse Racing Rock Climbing You're talking shit Bill.
Soccer - first played in china and japan 1004 BC Cricket - unknown, but likely belgium according to ask.com Rugby - England Baseball - invented by Abner Doubleday in New York Tennis - originated from a 12th and 13th century French handball Boxing - England darts and snooker I'm not counting because who really gives a fuck Hockey - Canada Field Hockey - England (congratulations on turning a badass sport into another soccer) the last 3 are a stretch calling those sports….rock climbing i mean come on no one invented climbing shit…..people have been racing horses since gengis khan …..and i don't know wtf rounders is and I'm bored of googling shit…….PEACE!
Boxing and rock climbing......You really think England was the first place people decided punching each other in the face for sport/fun? An also same with climbing up rocks, the English weren't the first to decide to climb something.
Rounders is baseball's daddy Bill. Netball is Basketballs predecessor. Rugby is American Footballs forefather. We invented all of the sports you love. Pay your respects Billy Boozebags
"I don't know what you guys invented but you sure suck at all of them" Unfortunately I can't argue with that. Not sure we invented most sports but we did give rules to a lot of them, it's the British way!
sports created by Britain: A Association football B Bandy English billiards Boxing C Cricket Croquet E Extreme ironing F Ferret legging Field hockey Football I Indoor cricket (UK variant) N Netball R Rounders Rugby football R cont. Rugby league Rugby union S Shin-kicking T Table tennis Tennis U Underwater hockey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_originating_in_England (I'm not British, but am a big fan of Bill btw)
The game of rounders has been played in England since Tudor times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in “A Little Pretty Pocketbook” where it was called baseball. Most baseball historians accept that their sport is evolved from rounders
Yes, Bill, Brasil was in the 1966 World Cup.. Unfortunately, Pele was injured I believe in the opening game.. Brasil won the 1958, 1962, and 1970 World Cups, with Pele dominating international play.. Along with Garrincha (1958, 1962)
To say Baseball takes minimum athleticism is just ignorant. It is the most difficult professional sport there is. You have to be able to go from 0 to 60 in a split second because almost nothing in Baseball can be anticipated. As Bill said, you must also have excellent awareness and perception due to the equipment used. But on top of all that, Baseball requires a level of teamwork unmatched by any other major sport. I am in no way trying to shit on other major sports and understand they all need a very high level of skill, but relatively speaking, Baseball requires to most.
Coming from an Englishman, it pisses me off when people from different countries try and dump on each others sports; they do it to make themselves feel superior, and it's really pathetic. American football is a hard sport, rugby is a hard sport. Baseball is a hard sport, cricket is a hard sport. Football is a hard sport, Hockey is a hard sport. As if being from a country that plays/is good at a particular sport says anything about you keyboard warriors as individuals. Get a fucking life.
Well said
bell191991 There would not be "american football" if it was not for rugby, they just changed the rules and hey presto amercian football came about.
bell191991 Yeah, fair point well represented, but at least Bill's funny while he dumps all over us. He's got a point, too. Not only are we shite at most of the games we invented, pro puffballers do come across as big girl's blouses.
Any other history buffs reading the jingoistic crap in this thread and losing faith in Western education?
And do you think Bill knows his ancestors came from Lincolnshire? ;-P
***** Very English, though. I always find it bizarre that thousands of people can get involved in a competitive sporting event that lasts five days, declare the result a draw and go away delighted. I find it very admirable, even although it completely baffles me.
Perhaps related is the distaste a lot of English football fans had for Sir Alec Ferguson's management of Manchester United. The team were famous/notorious for stealing last minute victories. A big part of that came from Sir Alec's demand that his players put maximum effort into the game until the final whistle- they wouldn't willingly settle for a draw under any circumstances.
That dull, dogged determination is a very Scottish trait- it might be why they tend to assume we're all miserable bastards North of the border! They might be right- we're never happy with second best. Given our lack of sporting talent that's guaranteed to piss us off more often than not... XD!
Baseball is an old English game called "rounders" and it's played by little girls mainly
+doomsdaystrugler Except they don't toss the ball underhand in Baseball. I also don't think any little girls were killed from a line drive to the face.
+doomsdaystrugler Actually it's Irish.
+EdisonKeys Maybe you should learn violence isn't the best way to solve problems, or does the idea of civil violence give you a hard on?
Lol what part of that implied that violence was a way to solve problems? That's a huge stretch.
EdisonKeys You brought up how someone was killed in baseball... that seems to imply violence.
As an English cunt myself, I have to say that Bill Burr is awesome.
"Why don't you brush your teeth and give it a chance"
Hahahahhaha love ya Bill, from England!
I can't believe there are so many of my fellow Englishmen are getting upset about a comedian talking shit. I find Bill Burr hilarious, mainly because most of what he is saying is true.
McNab1986 Yeah, I wanted to comment on the unreasonable level of saltiness in some of the responses here. I guess the English have a sense of pride that doesn't quit easily. The sad need for some people to feel superior for things they haven't done.If I were so inclined, I'd big up the little things like pub culture. It's pretty unique to the British Isles imo.
*****
Or ironically the British sense of humour. In general it's very dry and dark.
lawrence morgal well ain't you a piece of work.
no.
+McNab1986 I'm English and I'm not offended. Quite the opposite, I think Bill Burr is hilarious. It's only a few jokes for Christ's Sake.
"They look like Mannequins at the GAP"- I almost passed out laughing at this and I'm a soccer fan.
Baseball is just a modified version of rounders
Lol this ties in with our 'jump the shark' conversation of a few years ago!
But baseball is better
+estebanrey Except they don't toss the ball underhand in Baseball. I also don't think any little girls were killed from a line drive to the face.
Edison Keys Hence why I said it was a modified version. You can Wikipedia the history of baseball if you want proof its just an evolved version of rounders.
Fair enough. I looked into it before and you're absolutely right. I mistook your comment as implying that it meant the sport was easy. Have a great day! :)
“Was Brazil not allowed in back then” hahaha 🤣
A Canadian invented basketball
And his name was Lebron James, I mean James Naismith.
I'm English, but this bloke is a bit of a bellend. Please don't assume we're all like this guy
+Connor Pringle Here here.
yes mate
Connor Pringle Actually. I'd say he's more of a knob
He makes good points though lol 1966
@@lucasrusso2089 this the original comment is referring to the guy who sent the email
As much as I like Bill Burr, he is comparing the strength of steroid-abusing NFL players with clean rugby players.
No, he was saying that a couple of them would be hitting harder. The main point he was making was that rugby players would be willing to hit harder if they had equipment on - basically saying that American football players take harder hits.
Of course NFL players can take harder hits!
When you're juiced up on 'roids, you can't feel a damn thing.
Daniel Bentley Really? You're just gonna say that 100% of NFL players take steroids but there isn't a single rugby player who takes steroids? You're so full of shit.
The NFL is widely documented as one of the worst sports for doping and lack of testing. Rugby will of course have a minority of steroid cheaters. But it's nowhere near as rife as it is in the NFL. Not even close. Because there is proper testing. And because Rugby players' cardio fitness level is much higher than NFL players. Lactic acid builds up in NFL players who juice, meaning they can't play for more than 5 minutes without a break. Rugby players can play non stop for 2x 40 minute halves.
Don't be so butt-hurt. lol
Daniel Bentley No Rugby player takes steroids? Have you seen the fucking potato heads on those fuckers?
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Don't forget "Spot the cunt". Bill Burr!!!... I win!
and football
lee jordan he wrote that jackass
lee jordan and darts
mtr2724 i assume you have limited intelligence as arcana had mentioned it no less than 5 TIMES and it was part of what is called a running joke... Ass
Im English and I fucking love this lol.
Me too and this was fucking funny.
"baseball " was invented by little girls in England and its called "rounders"...
+aberdonianwanger Except they don't toss the ball underhand in Baseball. I also don't think any little girls were killed from a line drive to the face.
yeah but plenty of em get a jizz shot in the eye..
+aberdonianwanger lol
+aberdonianwanger Fucking hell haha
+aberdonianwanger Actually, it's Ireland, Check yoself before you rek yoself.
Baseball came from Rounders, which was developed in England.
This is one of Bill's best rants.
The Africans invented the sprint :-)
Actually as much as I hate the English. They did invent baseball apparently. Also Basketball is Canadian.
Baseball is actually rounders in England, honestly we do suck at most of the sports that originate in England. Bill is absolutely funny as #uck
Baseball did evolve from rounders and cricket. Basketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts [USA] by a Canadian professor.
Morbius1963 Ahaha wee English man taking it to heart aww wee pet dry your eyes.
ice hocket too also was born in the uk....hene why theres the "stanley" cup. but as for the world cup, yep we're shit at it
Why are Brits so good at inventing stuff, but so shit at playing it?
"hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things you could ever do"? PMSL!
Dying of laughter how he roasted beckham 😂😂
put any american football player against new zeland rugby team and you will see what happens
A lot of dead Kiwis.
one man vs. an entire rugby team seems fair.
My money is on the black guys (eg American). I always bet on the team fielding the most gigantic black guys in any sport.
Cajaquarius Then I'd bet on the team that's actual name is 'All Blacks'. New Zealand natives are build like brick shithouses man.
what would they play? Theyd probably win their respective sports.
Soccer (Football), rugby, and cricket, are three of the most played sports in the world
Baseball is a derivative of rounders, which originated in Ireland and basketball is a snoozefest..
+Stony Stevenson Soccer, rugby and cricket suck. They're shit sports for shitty, weakling limeys.
Rugby is for weaklings? Of course, that's why they wear helmets, shoulder pads and tights..
Rounders and netball though - games for REAL men!
+treeghettox Martial arts and boxing is for pussies. I just bang my head against concrete and broken glass, that's a real man's sport!
^mad
Baseball was being played in England long before the pilgrims hit Plymouth Rock
The game of rounders has been played in England since Tudor times,[1] with the earliest reference[1][8] being in 1744 in A Little Pretty Pocket-Book where it was called base-ball.[9]In 1828, William Clarke in London published the second edition of The Boy's Own Book, which included the rules of rounders and also contained the first printed description in English of a bat and ball base-running game played on a diamond.[10] The following year, the book was published in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
"There are advertisements on the ball!!,
Football? Isn't he talking about handegg?
eKriZZLe what is soccer? Is it some other form of handegg?
An awful, boring game where a bunch of nonathletic sissies play footsie with each other for a couple hours or so. If you don't know what it is, do yourself a favor and forget it exists. It's THAT bad.
eKriZZLe wow, sounds way better than handegg.
Ah, sorry for using the term "fagball". Didn't mean to be insensitive to your sexual orientation.
Fagball = handegg. Math doesn't lie.
Bill should youtube Jonah Lomu.
"I really like the game but you're attacking my shit now I gotta attack yours" Lol. I love Bill Burr.
Bill needs to become a sports announcer for cricket. It would make soccer riots look timid.
Invented Baseball, Basketball was Canadians which was a dominion of the the British Empire, invented Cricket second biggest sport in the world, invented Golf, invented Football. Irish invented Hockey which was part of England at the time. Americans don't watch Podcasts from other countries because they're ignorant! That's about all there is to it.
Techne Well look who is truly ignorant. Basketball wasn't invented by Canadians, rather a Canadian American for Americans. And that's from an ignorant American.
John Welch Yes, you clearly are.
Clever. My flag is on the moon.
Then a bunch of countries came in, appropriated the sports you "invented" and became way better at them.
They arnt ignorant just don't give a fuck
That was funny as fuck, tears in my eyes from laughing so much, the frustration and anger in Bills voice was hilarious because all the points made in the email are more or less all accurate and correct lol
Just went I was about to comment Beckham, Bill goes and destroys my point. Love this guy.
Bill got too real 7:40
Hahaah fuck yeah Bill. AMERICA!
TheSimon2777 Americans have no cardio and we're all fat? That's a bit rich, considering the last summer olympics, held in your country, it was the U.S. that took the majority of the gold medals home. Not to mention Michael Phelps, the most consistent gold medal winner and record breaking swimmer of all time is an American...But I guess according to you, he's fat and has poor endurance..
nick42701 you’re only accounting for the idiots there see? The people with some sort of knowledge wouldn’t say that shit
i'm from england and i love bill burr
"Idk what you guys invented but you sure suck at all of them" hahahaha
The UK DOMINATE track cycling. We are truly the best at Track cycling. We win more medals than anyone else in the sport.
+kaidewb You mean the one sport that, even on an international level, has even more steroid use than baseball does?
Track cycling, not Tour de france type events, a brit has not been found guilty of doping in track cycling in a loooong time.
Fuck cycling and fuck cyclists too!
@Paul Wember Yeah, thanks for the atomic bombs
Paul Wember We came second place in numbers of gold medals won in the last Olympics, after the USA. Considering we’ve got a population that is five times smaller than the US, I’d say that’s pretty damn good.
Actually it was an English lord who revived what we know as modern Olympics.
OMG the best thing I've ever listened to.
I knew just from the title I was going to fucking love this one...
+knish69 Same, and I'm English.
I'm English and I completely agree with everything Bill said right here. Spot on. On the money. I love all the sports mentioned, in fact I can't think of one I don't like. The one argument I can't stand is from these rugby boys. Question: What happens to a rugby player that tries to have a go at NFL? they get creamed and disappear. Those NFL guys smash HARD, that's why they need pads. The sheer muscularity and athleticism of those guys is ridiculous. Yeah so they're juiced, do you even know what you're talking about?!? Rugby guys are juiced too. In fact most athletic sports, at the pinnacle, the pros, are on some gear or other. Fact. AND SO WHAT, THEY'RE MAXING OUT POTENTIAL AND IT'S GREAT TO WATCH. And go ahead and TRY and hit a baseball that is thrown at you as hard as the juiced pitcher can sling it!!! You will not succeed and if you do you won't hit it very far. Actually in cricket it's a foul if the ball is flung at that rate. Pansy English start crying at the ref. Don't get me wrong those fast bowlers can take your teeth out (eh Ian) but come on!
Now cue the angry brit mob with misplaced patriotism (it's just sport guys not world war 2) to attack me now ;-)
Yeah you're fucking right we're gonna attack u now
Who from rugby has ever tried NFL?? I def don't know anyone.
And who said bowling a full toss in cricket is a "foul". Fast bowlers bowl just as quick as any baseball players, you obviously know this so y make the point??
redrose gats heard of one guy that was going to get signed by the niners but I dont know what happened to him
From the UK too. Can't stand those jingoistic twats, although I've only ever met one in real life lol.
I only discovered Bill Burr a couple of days ago. Can't get enough of him. IMO he's up there with Carlin.
your a poor excuse of an English man
The problem with rabid English nationalists is that they often try to compare themselves to the US and that's pretty impossible for any one European nation to do.
The US is more powerful and wealthier than any one nation in world history. Most of our whites are from completely different European nations, allowing for more culture to develop. All they have is one tiny region.
One tiny region, that influenced 20% of the world's land area and 25% of the world's population.
Which is why, Americans, who generally *don't* descend from the English, speak *our* language. Remember?
TheSimon2777 You could say that about Hapsburg Spain, too. And before Britain, to boot.
But you're missing my point. You can't compare a country like the US to any modern country. It isn't a fair comparison, so why do it? It's a disservice to your own point.
Would I compare the Ukraine to Victorian Britain? Hapsburg Spain to Poland of the same time period? Again, why do it?
Edit: Also, Europeans need to start thinking of each other as a whole, as opposed to individual little countries. Think EU instead of UK, or Spain, France, Sweden, etc. That *can* actually compare to the US.
*****
so your saying England has a major case of little man syndrome?
kyriss12 That actually tends to happen to all ex-empires. They tend to feel that way because in the past they were the hegemons.
It happened to Greece, Italy, Spain, Britain, and the US in the not so distant future. It happens. You just have to get over it quickly.
It's really about Americans being taught that they invented everything which proves they're better than the rest of us. When you tell them factual truths about how much of what they think they invented was created by the British and Europeans they consider it an attack because it challenges their delusion and sense of self-importance. Americans don't have much going on in their lives (hence the obesity,depression, and record levels of drug addiction) so by removing their delusion of significance you rob them of their sense of self and thus the rage emerges.
Bill Burr is my fucking comedic hero. I'm English too by the way... Hahaha, he has me in stitches everytime.
The guy from England misspells the word "meaningful"..... Bill Burr FTW.
Basketball was invented by a Canadian.
+Christine Peace Who moved to the United States, invented the game in Massachusetts, became a U.S. Citizen and is buried in Lawrence, Kansas.
+Bizz41 yas
+Bizz41 Whatever dude, we have like Mounties okay. Mother. Fucking Mounties. Keep your world famous sport we got DUDES IN RED ON HORSES, MAN. It's like rural Santa Clauses of justice, man
+Bizz41 That still makes him a canadian though.
+Bizz41 Still invented by a Canadian.
I like english people ability to laugh at themselves, something americans dont have, but the english here are taking this way too seriously, actually Im suprised at their response because its pretty funny stuff from Burr, actually "banter", as they'd say in england
I'm glad you're here to assert your opinion.
mhotl I bet it was a life changing moment for you
What a knowledgeable Portuguese guy.
Robert Baratheon Im not portuguese, but Im certainly very knowledgeable
God you're a fucking idiot
"Why don't you fuckin' brush your teeth and give it a chance at some point...."
Extremely well done, Mr. Burr.
In cricket, it's perfectly legal to bowl the at the batsman, and the batsman just has to deal with it. In baseball, the batter runs and cry even if the ball barely touches him. Oh and btw, baseball was originated from England
So wait....is that suppose to mean anything? So abunch of funky mouthed dopes couldn't figure out it wasn't a good idea to peg some guy with a ball? An now i'm suppose to think the English are more tough because of that? If you put the option where we played the same game, but in 1 of the games you couldn't throw pretty much a rock at me. I'll take the other game.
V.I.N.C.E.N.T.I.A.N. well, touche sir. I didn't know we were just going with logic lol.
Yes because a rock flying 140 km per hour is a tap. Have you ever been hit by anything you tosser.
I love you Bill but don't ever talk shit about Rugby. There are some huge rugby players that can run as well as defend. They also have the endurance to last 80 minutes without a break every fucking 30 seconds. American football is a tough sport but you never hear of someone losing a testicle during an american football match and coming back on the field to play after quickly stitching it back up.
Look up Buck Shelford for one of many examples of hardcore rugby players.
+Jimmy Page Football players wear cups, dumbass.
Jimmy Page What's the point? I played rugby in both high school and college. I know for a fact that a collegiate linebacker would fuck any collegiate rugby player (any day of the week). And you talk about endurance? Those guys have INSANE endurance (I know, because we would often do PT with them in off season). Why don't they play rugby? Because no one fucking cares about rugby in the US.
+herby you're a fucking liar. I doubt you ever played a game of rugby in your life
Jimmy Page whatever you say, bud.
"I don't know what you guys invented but you sure suck at all of them."
"Why don't you fucking brush your teeth and give it a chance" I'm in tears this is awesome
A lot of us hate on handegg because you insist on calling it football. Was it so hard to come up with a new name that you appropriated another one, thus leading to all sorts of confusion and mix-ups between our countries?
Also, what's with removing the letter U from everything and replacing s with z in words like specialised? Is it really the Nited ZtateZ?
Research why we call soccer "soccer".
Bloderx That's fine, there are quite a few things with multiple names. Soccer is another name for Football, fine.
But calling _handegg_ football makes no sense.
IVIaskerade Yeah we get it kid you saw the handegg meme very funny 2006 called did you do it for the lulz?
IVIaskerade Why are you acting like it was some kind of national meeting that every American was required to go to to vote on the name of American football? Like, seriously, dude, that point has no fucking merit.
blarghhboy You don't know about the Great Ball Sport Naming Meet of 1832? I thought every american knew about it!
Baseball is the same rounders in the UK. Only Girls play rounders Here. Basket ball comes from Netball. Again only girls play it. Someone has been owned
+Keeping it Ital Basketball was invented before "netball", you jackass. James Naismith invented it to keep football players in shape during the winter. Baseball is hardly rounders, when you have 100 miles per hour fastballs coming at your head.
+Keeping it Ital Only girls play soccer here. Rugby is for the smaller guys not athletic enough to make the football team. Australia's star rugby player couldn't even make it half of a season in the NFL.
Someone's really been owned.
eKriZZLe Yeah all those Aussies, Brits, French, South Africans, Tongans etc who dreamed of making the uhh.....football team....but were not athletic enough so choose rugby instead....
....wut?
***** Why would Aussies, Britiots, French, South Africans, Tongans, etc be playing sports in America? Keep up.
eKriZZLe Sarcasm....keep up.
And I thought I was bitter...
it's weird how Bill's talking about how men in England are not very muscular
Baseball was invented by schoolgirls but they called it rounders. The same with netball
The British invented America, get over it. :P
The British did not invent America....Immigrants invented American, Idiot
They didn't invent any of those places in the British Empire they just stole places that already existed from other people until they got kicked out again, so you get over it, ya bellend!
I wonder who made the 13 original colonies? not the English. they were definitely Chinese immigrants
Swett www.quora.com/Who-invented-America-when now that’s gonna get your head out of your ass
@Swett The Irish and Chinese did most of the building in America.
This guy is fucking brilliant
Great shit Bill,keep it up! Great point about Ray Lewis,how about Larry Zonka or Mercury Morris from the Dolphins in their day.
+kenny baird Do you actually know any English or British rugby players without looking them up?
I'm also going out on a limb here and suggesting that just maybe some American baseball and football players might be getting a little bit of chemical assistance here and there and might bit a bit partial to the odd coloured Smarties and quite often get the needle.
I am not English but England have invented most sports.
Soccer
Cricket
Rugby union
Rugby league
Baseball
Tennis
Boxing
Darts
Snooker
Filed Hockey
Rounders
Horse Racing
Rock Climbing
You're talking shit Bill.
Soccer - first played in china and japan 1004 BC
Cricket - unknown, but likely belgium according to ask.com
Rugby - England
Baseball - invented by Abner Doubleday in New York
Tennis - originated from a 12th and 13th century French handball
Boxing - England
darts and snooker I'm not counting because who really gives a fuck
Hockey - Canada
Field Hockey - England (congratulations on turning a badass sport into another soccer)
the last 3 are a stretch calling those sports….rock climbing i mean come on no one invented climbing shit…..people have been racing horses since gengis khan …..and i don't know wtf rounders is and I'm bored of googling shit…….PEACE!
F1
Baseball & Cricket were invented in England.
Boxing and rock climbing......You really think England was the first place people decided punching each other in the face for sport/fun? An also same with climbing up rocks, the English weren't the first to decide to climb something.
sky North
Yeah, I'd be pretty surprised if the ancient Greeks didn't have a sport that was basically identical to boxing.
I like America! -but then again, i am not European... I am SCANDINAVIAN!
bill burr need to be tacked by a prop forward and say they dont hit hard hes no fucking idea.
Well we all know that English are technically Germans and Scandinavians.
Haha. You tell those arrogant nitwits, Bill. Amen.
Yikes. There's less posterior pains in prostate cancer victims than the amount of butthurt here.
yikes. wtf
Jared Hayne
rugby players are not dressed up in all the pansy padding that American "football" players wear.
this is the funniest shit i heard in a while
Britain made 'soccer', rugby, baseball (historically we invented it), tennis, golf. Just the biggest sports in the whole fucking world.
Rounders is baseball's daddy Bill. Netball is Basketballs predecessor. Rugby is American Footballs forefather. We invented all of the sports you love. Pay your respects Billy Boozebags
"I don't know what you guys invented but you sure suck at all of them"
Unfortunately I can't argue with that. Not sure we invented most sports but we did give rules to a lot of them, it's the British way!
Here's the rule: if taking steroids makes you better at it then it's a sport, otherwise it's a game.
Not being able to understand irony is strong in the comment section.
sports created by Britain: A
Association football
B
Bandy
English billiards
Boxing
C
Cricket
Croquet
E
Extreme ironing
F
Ferret legging
Field hockey
Football
I
Indoor cricket (UK variant)
N
Netball
R
Rounders
Rugby football
R cont.
Rugby league
Rugby union
S
Shin-kicking
T
Table tennis
Tennis
U
Underwater hockey
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_originating_in_England
(I'm not British, but am a big fan of Bill btw)
"meaning full" -lmfao so many people didn't pay attention in school.
baseball is derivative of stick ball, cosby played it with the pudding
Rounders
mean·ing·ful lol
Im English and this is one of the funniest pod casts hes done!
He's just 'breaking balls' as he'd say
hahahaha this is one of the funniest ones... I feel Bill would really like rugby though
7:38 lol.
The game of rounders has been played in England since Tudor times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in “A Little Pretty Pocketbook” where it was called baseball. Most baseball historians accept that their sport is evolved from rounders
MANAKINS AT THE GAP! I'm dead
there's a bunch of props who could destroy Ray, their fucking huge
Yes, Bill, Brasil was in the 1966 World Cup.. Unfortunately, Pele was injured I believe in the opening game.. Brasil won the 1958, 1962, and 1970 World Cups, with Pele dominating international play.. Along with Garrincha (1958, 1962)
Jocky Wilson was a darts athelete
Baseball is a girls game, English call it Rounders. We played it as children in the 60's. Burr- research!
The football guy talking about hours between meaningful plays? Lol.
It's brudal Bill lol
Tennis? And ehhh.. snooker? lol
I really like soccer they have some amazing shooting but then again baseball is great too I like all sports
cricket actually was the inspiration for baseball,...
Baseball is derived from an English school game known as rounders, it was also invented to get people to stop playing cricket in the late 1800's
As a tennis fan - it's great being British - especially as America is far far away.
To say Baseball takes minimum athleticism is just ignorant. It is the most difficult professional sport there is. You have to be able to go from 0 to 60 in a split second because almost nothing in Baseball can be anticipated. As Bill said, you must also have excellent awareness and perception due to the equipment used. But on top of all that, Baseball requires a level of teamwork unmatched by any other major sport. I am in no way trying to shit on other major sports and understand they all need a very high level of skill, but relatively speaking, Baseball requires to most.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_inventions_and_discoveries#Sport
rounders is the British version of baseball
Imagine a world where the England respected their older brother America
+franklin destiny (fireboyz) you mean younger brother?
Luke Crant More powerful = Older
+franklin destiny (fireboyz) No, England has existed as a country long before most people even knew America existed.
+franklin destiny (fireboyz) How do you feel after embarassing yourself like that?