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human
Were you aware that "Association Football" is the proper name for soccer? 
gpt
No I didn't know that.  I wonder how the name soccer came about since it's actually association football?
human
Seems like soccer is American slang.  We already had gridiron football, so we could not call it football here.  What I did not know is that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined.  Must be because it played internationally in a big way?
gpt
I bet it is.  Soccer players are very important in other countries. I heard of one who stopped a civil war in his home country.
human
I did not know that.  It seems that there exist a variation of soccer in which 3 teams face off at the same time.  I wonder where and how that is played?
gpt
Now that sounds like something I would like to see!  I can't imagine how the game would work or even look!
human
Neither can I.  But I do remember seeing advertised a TV package with an all soccer channel.  I guess it is needed for die-hard soccer fans since it is not as big a sport in the U.S. compared to international play.  Do you subscribe to cable / dish TV or have you cut the cord?
gpt
I've cut the cord, happily I might ad!  I still watch everything I did before at a much lower price.  I watched the SuperBowl recently.  DId you?  it's hard to believe it's not as popular as one of soccer's biggest events.
human
Well, football has gotten too political with the kneeling, etc. and that has hurt attendance and viewing.  I have a dish primarily because its how I get internet since we do not have cable service in my part of the parish.  Were you / are you a fan of the Simpsons?
gpt
I've watched a few of their shows.  I know enough to know that Bart is a major character and it seems like homer has had a lot of different jobs.
human
Homer was all over the place until he went steady at the nuclear plant.  The Simpsons without Bart would not work.  Did you know that there is only one episode of the Simpsons where Bart is not mentioned?
gpt
No but I'm not surprised.  There have been a lot of celebrities doing voice overs on the show too. Daniel Radcliff for one.
human
Speaking of voice overs, did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine" at least 52 times.  Somehow I can't see Carlin and Baldwin doing it with their salty tongues!
gpt
I have to admit I can't either.  Are celebrities are so different from back in the day. Look at Shakespeare, he'd never talk like them.  He was and is so popular that all but one of his plays has been made into a movie or tv show!
human
*eyes widen* Shakespeare had a thing for snakes in is prose.  Living out in the country, I am used to snakes and even have a 5 foot common garter snake that lives among my fig trees.  Its amazing how she climbs the branches and stalks birds.  Did you know that for (most) humans and monkeys the fear of snakes is hard wired into our brains?
gpt
I can't say that I did but it makes sense.  Snakes are just weird and creepy. For instance, when they are born with two heads they fight each other for food.
human
*tilts head* Those mutations are creepy and heart wrenching in any species.  What amazes me is how they can intentionally "dislocate their jaw" and swallow big prey.  I have not watch the garter snake in my fig trees do that, but I have seen the big lump in her middle when she is digesting a bird.  That is an unusual evolutionary adaptation.
gpt
That is weird.  Did you know that some owls keep blind snakes in their nests?  Apparently the snakes keep away parasites.
human
I did not know that.  I never mess with my garter snake and she does not mess with me.  If she helps keep the mice and birds from eating my figs, then that is just fine by me.   Often animals are used as sports mascots.  My alma mater is the LSU Tigers.  Do you know of any sports teams with snake mascots?
gpt
I can't think of any.  Snakes are different though, some lay eggs and some give birth.
human
I was reading somewhere that a professional U.S. soccer team, the Philadelphia Union, selected a snake for their mascot.  To me, that does not make sense...  In soccer you kick the ball and a snake has no feet!
gpt
That doesn't make any sense.  Then again the baseball team the Atlanta Braves has a mascot that looks like bigfoot.