I stole this from one of my former colleague's Bebo page... she's the one who was forced (as a 24yo) to wear an age 16 elf outfit for the visit of the company senior managers. An image forever in the mid of those of us who worked that day.(For the record, I DID already know the offside rule before I read this)
In preparation for the Premiership, the "offside rule" explained for women:
You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you must have.
The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with desire. Both of you have forgotten your purses.
It would be rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no money to pay for the shoes.
The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.
Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and sees your dilemma.
She prepares to throw her purse to you.
If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper and buy the shoes!
At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and "whilst it is in flight" you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes!
BUT, you must always remember that until the purse has "actually been thrown", it would be plain wrong for you to be in front of the other shopper and you would be OFFSIDE
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You know, the funny thing... last night at Lucas all the men were huddled round a bible/notebook and that sort of thing (Ben, Neil, Stephen, Tim... that lot) and Arlene and I were sitting at the end not wanting to talk about their deeply intellectural man-talk so we decided to talk about shoes instead!
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