Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Why Is It A Cup?

I understand the 'World' bit, obviously, but I'm still not sure why it's a World Cup.
And don't just say it's because originally the trophy was probably a large cup. What I'm asking is: why do we use cups as trophies for sporting events and competitions?

Are we assuming that whoever wins must be very thirsty?

Anyone who can answer this must be a very clever person indeed.

2 comments:

Joe said...

I mean, why not a piece of giant cutlery instead? The World Fork. That would be could. The FA Fork.

Anonymous said...

The FA Fish Knife was handed in during the last amnesty and the FA Plastic Drink Stirer was accidentally thrown away...