>>>>>http://deadspin.com/what-might-happen-if-a-football-coach-coached-soccer-1012841849
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>>>>"Ties and no playoffs - why do they even do this?"
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>>>>(the practice goals remind me of the Stonehenge set in Spinal Tap)
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>>>Tour tale:
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>>>I was on tour with a band in the mid '80's. On the last night at the Albert Hall one of the guitarsts (who was quite shy and humble) stepped up stage front for his only solo and the roadies lowered a Spinal Tap sized Stonehenge from the lighting rig behind him. The whole audience were on their feet, clapping and cheering. Poor guy couldn't work out why he was getting such an ecstatic reception (until he turned round) :-}
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>>Love it! Truly one of the great movies of all time.
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>>About 5 years ago my wife had a weird episode of Transient Global Amnesia. For 24 hours most of your short term memory is instantly erased. Anything else is spotty.
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>>In the Emergency Room she was feeling nauseous and she said that the only thing she feared more than choking on her own vomit was choking on someone else's vomit. (she otherwise could not remember asking the same questions over and over every minute or so for six hours ! )
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>TGA is one weird syndrome. Happened to a friend of mine a couple of years ago - only lasted an hour or so but his description of how it felt was fascinating. Good news is that it very rarely re-occurs....

Yes, in her case it lasted a total of about 24 hours and never reoccured. She said the experience was actually quite pleasant and she did not feel at all distressed. She knew who I was and that I was there for her and otherwise found it all very relaxing. Of course it damn near killed me ...
They do say it also seems that people who have a TGA episode seem less likely to later have a regular stroke.