Something that's bugged me for years...

[vince56]

...other than the NSA

Why is an offensive tackle called a tackle?

Seriously, I just don't get it. Shouldn't they be called outside guards or something? I've looked all over the 'net and can't find word one describing WHY a player on offense, who would never tackle a player as a normal function of their job (of course, unless the defense gains control of the ball, but then roles reverse anyway).

Anyone?

 

[TheCardFan]

>>>Inserts game tape of Conrad Dobler.

Actually, that is a very good question and I don't know either~

 

[Rivercard]

...other than the NSA

Why is an offensive tackle called a tackle?

Good question. And why is fishing equipment called tackle?

 

[Redrage]

And why do we park on a "driveway" and drive on a "parkway."

 

[Ryanwb]

wedding tackle?

 

[TheCardFan]

And why are people surprised and pissed off at having to wait in a waiting room?

 

[RonF]

The same reason that freight shipped by rail car is called shipment and freight shiped by ship is called cargo.

 

[lobo]

what about emergency exits for authorized personnel only....i also wonder about braille writing on atm drive up machines albeit i can understand that

 

[rtjim]

why do they call them apartments when they are all stuck together

 

[SECTION 11]

I've often wondered where forest rangers go to, you know, "Get away from it all."

 

[rtjim]

Park in a Driveway and Drive in a Parkway?

 

[BigRedArk]

I offered my honor
She honored my offer
The rest of the night
I was on her and off her

 

[Cardiac]

I've often wondered where forest rangers go to, you know, "Get away from it all."

Broke Back Mountain.









Not that theirs anything wrong with that.

 

[CardinalChris]

Why is a fullback only half way back from the LOS, but a halfback is all the way back?

 

[JasonKGME]

And why is there a mailbox in front of the post office?

Why is an Orange called and Orange but an Apple isn't called a Red?

Why did God give men nipples?

If buttered toast always lands butter-side up, and a cat always lands on its feet. What would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast on the back of a cat?

Why do you call it wearing a "pair" of pants or underwear when it's only 1 item?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?

 

[CardLogic]

If buttered toast always lands butter-side up, and a cat always lands on its feet. What would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast on the back of a cat?

Equally opposing forces creating an electo-magnetic force such that if you strung them together end to end you could a build mass transit system based upon levitating "buttered cats" concurrently solving both the energy crisis and the problem of stray cats!

 

[az jam]

In the 1950's and of course earlier college football was not a two platoon system but one platoon. Players played both offense and defense. An offensive tackle would play both ways. Running backs were defensive backs and quarterbacks may have also played linebackers or defensvie back. This also occured in the pro's especially in the 1940's and started changing in the
1950's. I believe that Chuck Bednarick (Spelling?) was the last player to play both offensive and defense in 1960. He was center for the Eagles and linebacker. (He played a full game.)

Bottom line is that a offensive tackle would also be slotted as a defensvie tackle. I'm 63 years old and do recall the mid-50's when players were in college on the single platoon system. Sorry but can't remember all the details, but I do recall that at one time in college a player had to play both ways.

 

[rtjim]

why does our department of defense have a first strike capability, would that not make them the department of offense? And what about Jumbo Shrimp?

 

[Krangodnzr]

why does our department of defense have a first strike capability, would that not make them the department of offense? And what about Jumbo Shrimp?

The department of defense used to be called the Department of War. That just sounds too aggressive.

 

[nurnay]

Bottom line is that a offensive tackle would also be slotted as a defensvie tackle.

Sanity check!

 

[HooverDam]

Wow this has turned into the ASFN terrible open mic night. But somehow, I love it

 

[JeffGollin]

Something that's bugged me for years...
I assume the Feds

 

[Kel Varnsen]

If buttered toast always lands butter-side up, and a cat always lands on its feet. What would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast on the back of a cat?

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[Lloydian]

It's all so much more logical than one might expect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_Canadian_football_position_names

 

[Tony W]

Park in a Driveway and Drive in a Parkway?

Park ON a driveway drive ON a parkway