The Raging Bumblebees
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118435)
Gainesville, Florida
April 10, 2017 6:17am CST
That was the name of my daughter's team in a charity foosball tournament on Sunday. The Raging Bumblebees were one of 28 teams that competed in a life-size human foosball tournament to benefit the Xtraordinary Joy Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to addressing diseases, issues and conditions related to missing genes on the X-chromosome in children.
I wish I could report great news of the team winning the tournament, but that honor was bestowed upon the University of Florida women's soccer team, who placed two teams in the foosball tournament and ran away with the victory. Those girls have some serious foot skills!
Have you ever participated in a human foosball game, or have you ever played foosball before?
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
12 Apr 17
Sounds like a worthy cause. Congrats to the winners. I do enjoy a good game of foosball but I have not played in ages.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 May 19
@rebelann They may not have won, but they sure did look fantastic out their in their bumblebee costumes! The definitely deserved a ribbon/medal for their creativity!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Apr 17
I used to be quite the champion foosball player back in my college days. I'm also pretty sure I haven't played the game since my college days. For the sake of my dignity, I won't tell you how long ago that was!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
Yes, it is just like table football!
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@LadyDuck (458008)
• Switzerland
11 Apr 17
@moffittjc This is what I thought. It was a very popular game in Italy in the late 50's and the 60's, all the boys played and many times also the girls. I played with my brother.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
@LadyDuck The game is still somewhat popular here in the US. I know all the recreation centers in our city have them at their facilities for the kids to play.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
11 Apr 17
Nope never participated in a human foosballl game =P but that was nice of them to participate =)
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
11 Apr 17
@moffittjc It would be fun though =)
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Apr 17
@infatuatedbby I told my lifeguards about it today, and they were all giddy with excitement at the thought of getting to play human foosball. I had to bust their bubbles and tell them we had to wait a whole year until the charity did their fundraising event again.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
Next year I'm going to put in a team of my lifeguards!
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
12 Apr 17
@moffittjc As opposed to animal foosball? 
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Apr 17
@DianneN Yes. The sport of animal foosball was banned in 1999 over concerns of how the animals were being treated. Several large protests and numerous accusations of animal abuse and cruelty put a stop to the practice. Soon after, human foosball replaced animal foosball.
...and everything I just said above was a complete fabrication! lol 
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
12 Apr 17
@moffittjc I'm laughing so hard right now! Ahahahahaaaa! Silly funny you!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
No foosball over in Australia Judy?
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
@JudyEv It definitely was fun, and it was such a beautiful day that it was the perfect day to be outside doing something like this. The only thing that would have made it better was if our team would have advanced farther in the tournament. But we still had fun!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr 17
@moffittjc Got it! Very clever. It looks a lot of fun. Thanks. :)
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@Hannihar (129453)
• Israel
30 May 19
@moffittjc
The title Raging Bumblebees is a scary name to me. I am not a bee person. It was for a good cause even participating in it. No, I am not a foosball person.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 May 19
I love bees, and I especially love bumblebees! When my azalea bushes bloom every summer, I'll have hundreds of bumblebees flying all over the bushes collecting the nectar out of the flowers.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Jun 19
@Hannihar I had one land on my nose today when I was outside! I just nudged it lightly with my finger and off it flew in search of flowers!
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@Hannihar (129453)
• Israel
30 May 19
@moffittjc
I hate them and they hate me also.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
13 Apr 17
I have never participated in such a game. Actually never heard of this event until you posted it.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Apr 17
you can find out more about human foosball by visiting the website if you'd like.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
30 Jul 17
@moffittjc The fun is what is important also. I remember when I was coaching sports I would tell the kids, "Win or lose let's have fun."
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Jul 17
It was a totally fun event to participate in! Still makes me smile when thinking about how much fun we had that day!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Jul 17
@velvet53 I agree with your philosophy on kids sports. I was the same way when I was coaching. I told the kids, no matter what happened--win or lose--we were going to have more fun and create more memories than any other team in the league!
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@sabtraversa (12924)
• Italy
10 Apr 17
I went to see what foosball was about, so it's table soccer. I played that one before.
I've never heard of human foosball though, that looks fun! 
There's always the risk of getting kicked on the legs, but at least you don't run on a field all the time. 
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
There was definitely a lot of leg-kicking going on, so I'm sure most of the players will have bruises all over their legs for the next several days! haha
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
10 Apr 17
Ha Ha, I've never ever played foosball and I certainly don't run around at my age!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
Well the nice thing about human foosball is that you don't have to run around, and you get to hold on to a bar/pole!
@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
10 Apr 17
I never heard of a human football game but it sounds like fun
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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11 Apr 17
That sounds like fun! We don't have many foosball {ordinary or human} opportunities around here!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Apr 17
I have seen those lifesize foosball games before it's pretty cool. Hope you daughter had a good time
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 17
She had a blast, and she's already talking about doing it again next year! I was just the team coach and a spectator, and I don't know who had more fun...them playing or me watching! lol
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Apr 17
@moffittjc For me watching, for them playing. A good time to be had by all.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Jun 19
No worries at all about losing. Everybody had so much fun it didn’t matter who won or lost!
