Offside when collecting a dropped ball?

Pegleg

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I also like jokes/ puzzles that can be said but not written down.
 

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I also like jokes/ puzzles that can be said but not written down.

give us an example :tongue:

actually here is an example...

a woman went into a bar and asked the barman for a double entendre.
..so he gave her one.
 

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The idea for me is that you blow or don’t blow based on clear and obvious difference to what is expected (or likely to have happened).

To explain with a couple of scenarios:
Forward pass – People expect passes to be backwards, so it has to be clear and obvious forward to blow.
Dropped Ball – from a kick if the full back drops it, people expect the knock on. So it has to be clear and obvious that it was NOT a knock on to prevent the whistle.
The whole point of clear and obvious is so that people understand and believe the decision. Not to prevent the whistle being blown (but it helps with this aspect as well in most scenarios)

This is what I meant
 

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give us an example :tongue:

actually here is an example...

a woman went into a bar and asked the barman for a double entendre.
..so he gave her one.

Here's a little question, the answer to which cannot be written down Don't spend too long thinking about it. There are at least two answers to the question.

Can you give me a sentence that can be spoken but not written down?
 

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"Hey, ask me what the secret of comedy is?" "What's the secret of c--" "Timing!"
 

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give us an example :tongue:

actually here is an example...

a woman went into a bar and asked the barman for a double entendre.
..so he gave her one.

? That works OK written down, doesn't it?

Two French lorries, which one's transporting snails?
The one with less cargo.

What's halfway between fear and sex?
Fünf

etc
 
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