A load of Bull.....
 

Another bullfighter has been injured by a bull.

I saw it on the news, I did not take too much notice of the report, but it started a discussion with some friends of ours.

I know the guy is badly injured, and will probably be a soprano when he recovers, but I cant seem to drum up much sympathy for his plight.

For me it is not the same as other "sportsmen" getting injured or killed.
It does not seem half as tragic (family apart) as the death of Henry Surtees, and his freak accident.

Any needless loss of life is devastating, but in the case of bullfighters
the underlying thought is "comeuppance"

I think the Spanish opinion is quite divided depending on the region of Spain.


Just wondered how others felt.

JLFS

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I saw it on the news last night - called out to tell the OH & kids - a cheer went up.........................

the attitude in this house is 'good on the bull'

I feel for his family for their time of worry - but he chooses to get into the ring & bait these animals - so must be prepared to accept the risks of speaking soprano

odd that the bulls always seem to go for the cojones:lol:

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They are usually the closest thing to the horn.

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You find it odd, because you have not got any (I mean in the physical sense).

Why would any self respecting bull go for any other part of the body.

If you are going to have your ears cut off and accompany chips and salad on a plate, it would be shamefull to hurt the bullfighter in the calf muscle.

Go for the crown jewells.

JLFS

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Is this a post that should be reported because of its content.....?
:ohmy:

JLFS

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It`s all in the mind. ;-))

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Oh good, another bullfighting thread, I love these.

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Yes, I know, but if you had put the word "horns" instead of "horn"..........

Admit it, jdr...................

JLFS

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I can see that - but how do they know to aim there?


instinct?

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I did not mean it to be a thread about bullfighting, (I am sure that has been discussed many, many times before.
My intention is to talk about deaths and injuries in sport.
To see if the chosen sport has anything to do with the sympathy felt for the "sportsperson" involved.

JLFS

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How does a dog know where to sniff????????

JLFS

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OK - much more sorry for the Espanyol footballer & his family than for Massa, than for the bullfighter


football isn't supposed to kill you

F1 carries a risk of death

bullfighting carries a greater risk of death - and is a one-on-one (eventually) fight to the death

you pays your money (or should that be get paid) & you makes your choice

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oh yeah..................


more coffee required!

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As someone who often goes on about bad language, and the obseesion with body parts, I must remind you that you were the one who started with the banco jonestheme.

I was quite happy to keep it on a stricly unsmutty level, but................

:lol::lol:

JLFS

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Have you lot got heat stroke or something?

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I consider myself castigada in that case:o


actually we say castigadoed in this house - a nice spaniglish word, don't you think:thumbsup:

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Who is this meant for??????????

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quite possibly:D:p

amber alert for heat yesterday

but the red alert for rain today will hopefully sort that out

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It is actually in the dictionary.......:rofl::rofl:

One of funniest things for me about English is the "o".

My name was hoe say loo ees

And the castigad owed, is good or as the refined folk say

CAST EE GAR DOED.

JLFS

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lynnxa


Do you say MAT A DOOR or TO RER ROW.

This is one wor I am not to sure what the English use, but I think it is matador.

JLFS

or is it too early in the man yarn a

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are you sure?

castigated yes, but castigadoed?

not in mine

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errr

I know nothing about bullfighting but aren't they different things?

I say both - but if I say a spanish word I tend to say it with a spanish pronunciation

is one of those words an English invention then?

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Yes it is in there, along with

iinclinardoes

hell-ardoes

waveoes

poe joes

deadoes:lol:

JLFS

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ah

that dictionary:rofl:

one of my students has been using that for years - I'm trying to get it off him but unfortunately he's shared it with other members of the group:ohmy:

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I dont really know, the answer to that.

The word matador means killer of bulls, so it is not an English invention as such.
But maybe its use in this way is, I have heard the words like, torero, toreador used when talking about the more famous ones.

I have never heard of Fran or Cayetano Rivera being called a matador.

torero, is used in the sporting scence.

I have a feeling that matador is considered a bit dodgy in bullfighting circles.

Considering the word matadero= slaghterhouse, I can see why.

I suppose it is like calling a boxer, a scrapper or beater upper.

I maybe wrong because I am not the least bit interesed in bullfighting.



JLFS

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You will be able to tell when he has been weened off it, by asking him to say

AN TONE EE OWE BAN DER US

JLFS

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this is the one that gets them

ITH KEY AIR DA

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Is it an anagram for KEITH ADAIRY or Tiara Dyke Hi


JLFS