25: A deliberately bad program
Lateral with Tom Scott
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The Un-Gentlemanly Conduct of Soccer
In football, you can get sent off for being offensive. So why might that happen just immediately after the referee blows the whistle? Did he start dancing? He is standing very, very close to the referee. Also, he just swore about how loud it was. His exact words were, f*** me, that was loud. At which point, the referee blows his whistle again and sends him off for un-gentlemanly conduct or un-sportsmanlike conduct. That is two seconds where he's immediately red-carded and off. Just for being shocked that someone just blew a very loud whistle in his ear. That's... The rule of football includes swearing on the pitch
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