Offside Rule for Chicks

In honour of valentines day just passed I thought I'd blog something that my fiancée told me(steady!) . We were chatting away like a good couple should and she reckoned she knew what the offside rule was. Not one to disbelieve her, I told her I'm sure she did but I think she took that as a challenge and said she'd give me her definition and I could tell her whether she was right or wrong. Her (brilliant!!) definition is below so you can judge for yourself.

Imagine I was in a shop and there's a girl at the till ahead of me. Now I really
want to get to the till because there is the most beautiful pair of shoes that I have to buy. The girl in front doesn't have a purse so she can't buy them but she's waiting for her friend to arrive. I don't have my purse either so I can't go in front of her as I'm in no better a position to buy the shoes. So I call to my friend who is back browsing in the shop and tell her to pass me my purse. Once she throws it to me I can then skip ahead of the girl in front as I am now well within my shopping rights to go ahead and by those shoes.

It helps to remember the following
shop = football pitch
till = goal+goalkeeper
girl at till= last defender
buy a pair of shoes = score a goal
purse = football
friend who throws purse = teammate passing
My Fiancée = Amazing

Apparently there was an email sent around explaining the offside rule for women using the analogy above. hmmmm... the women folk are learning our secrets!!