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Offline clock sendak

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Happy World Cup
« on: June 09, 2006, 12:04:06 AM »
Whoever you are, wherever you're from (but especially if your from england or australia), and wherever you're watching from, take moment to breathe it all in:  more than a billion people united in sport.  Paint your face, have a pint, and think about something that the whole world participates in, for the sheer joy of it.  We're all human, and sometimes we do beautiful things for the sheer, selfish human impulse of wanting to.

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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 02:12:07 AM »
I can't escape the World Cup in my day to day life - can we please not discuss it here too?  It's driving those of us who don't give a damn about football completely mental. :-\
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2006, 04:00:24 AM »
Quote from: Alarielle on June 09, 2006, 02:12:07 AM
I can't escape the World Cup in my day to day life - can we please not discuss it here too?  It's driving those of us who don't give a damn about football completely mental. :-\

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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2006, 06:20:55 AM »
Quote from: Alarielle on June 09, 2006, 02:12:07 AM
I can't escape the World Cup in my day to day life - can we please not discuss it here too?  It's driving those of us who don't give a damn about football completely mental. :-\

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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2006, 06:46:00 AM »
Quote from: Alarielle on June 09, 2006, 02:12:07 AM
I can't escape the World Cup in my day to day life - can we please not discuss it here too?  It's driving those of us who don't give a damn about football completely mental. :-\
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(being Italian, the pressure is overwhelming. Plus, they have to cover the big fiasco with Juventus, so they'll spend even more time on the WC to detract attention from Moggi's trial).
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2006, 08:23:04 AM »
I enjoy the WC as I will finally get some time to play a game again after months, since evening events will be tuned down or all football themed. Hooray whoeveryouare!
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2006, 09:08:36 AM »
Quote from: the bigg on June 09, 2006, 06:46:00 AM
Quote from: Alarielle on June 09, 2006, 02:12:07 AM
I can't escape the World Cup in my day to day life - can we please not discuss it here too?  It's driving those of us who don't give a damn about football completely mental. :-\
x5
x1,000

Quote from: clock sendak on June 09, 2006, 12:04:06 AM
more than a billion people

Really?

Quote from: clock sendak on June 09, 2006, 12:04:06 AM
think about something that the whole world participates in, for the sheer joy of it. We're all human, and sometimes we do beautiful things for the sheer, selfish human impulse of wanting to.

Really?
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2006, 09:57:06 AM »
wow, didn't realize you were all so bitter.  I guess "uncle's" trips to stadiums weren't quite so fun for you guys.  don't let a little underage molestation deter you.  You can get over your fears and painful memories and partake in global society once more.

No, not really, I just can't imagine why you all would hate it so much.

yes, andyr, we are an unstoppable wave of hooligans, and we will sweep you up, forever becoming a billion + 1 (like some kind of mutated swamp version of the flinstone kids, hahahaha).

anyway, I didn't mean to piss everybody off, I just thought in complicated times, with a lot of mistrust and misinformation winging it's way around the world, sometimes something as simple as a football match can help remind us of what we share.  It's bit idealistic and naive, but sometimes that's not such a bad thing.  So I'll restate it for everyone, loud and proud,

'ave a 'appy World Cup, everybody

ancora tu, il grande!!
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2006, 10:26:24 AM »
Some of us just aren't fans. And we don't want to see "OMG WORLD CUP OMG FOOTBALL OMG" everywhere. Because we're simply not fans. It's really not that complex a concept when you think about it. Although judging by what you assumed the reason for our dislike is I really must wonder if you're capable of thought...
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2006, 10:58:55 AM »
Oh good grief. I'm not much of a sports fan either, but I don't feel the need to shit all over people who are.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2006, 11:07:46 AM »
I'm not saying people can't enjoy it, I'm just asking that they enjoy it in private.  I get very excited about Wimbledon, but I don't feel the need for it to take over every aspect of people's lives.

I'm very touchy on this subject at the moment due to the fact that the BBC gave more coverage on the news this morning to the impending World Cup than they did to the unveiling of a preventative drug for cervical cancer, Herceptin being made available on the NHS or retaliatory bomb blasts in Iraq.  It's ridiculous.

EDIT:  Oh, and because, as a Scot, I get accused of being a bigot for not supporting England in the World Cup, despite the fact that I don't give a shit who wins.  People take this stuff far too seriously.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2006, 11:26:57 AM »
Yeah, those news items do deserve more coverage, but that's a problem with the news, not with one excited guy on PPG.

A general discussion forum where you can't generally discuss the things that interest you is kinda... sad.  :-\
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2006, 12:02:59 PM »
Quote from: clock sendak on June 09, 2006, 09:57:06 AM
wow, didn't realize you were all so bitter.  I guess "uncle's" trips to stadiums weren't quite so fun for you guys.  don't let a little underage molestation deter you.  You can get over your fears and painful memories and partake in global society once more.

My parents never took me to sports matches as a kid... I was their first child, though, so some mistakes were to be expected.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2006, 12:40:26 PM »
Quote from: Andyr on June 09, 2006, 12:02:59 PM
Quote from: clock sendak on June 09, 2006, 09:57:06 AM
wow, didn't realize you were all so bitter.  I guess "uncle's" trips to stadiums weren't quite so fun for you guys.  don't let a little underage molestation deter you.  You can get over your fears and painful memories and partake in global society once more.

My parents never took me to sports matches as a kid... I was their first child, though, so some mistakes were to be expected.

I was a regular visitor to rugby matches - completely love it.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2006, 01:10:16 PM »
Those of you who would like to escape the World Cup madness are welcome to come visit us in the States.  Here, the World Cup is not much of a big deal, and "football" is a whole other sport.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2006, 01:17:43 PM »
Believe me, I'm looking forward to visiting my grandparents in Albuquerque this summer. My uncles too. Yes sir! :pirate
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2006, 01:27:47 PM »
Wait a minute... you mean there's another kind of Football?

Hmmm...

Nah. No way. The NFL would never allow it. ;)

(besides, real people only play Rugby. There's no fun if no-one gets hurt! ;D)
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2006, 01:50:06 PM »
Quote from: icelus on June 09, 2006, 01:10:16 PM
Those of you who would like to escape the World Cup madness are welcome to come visit us in the States.  Here, the World Cup is not much of a big deal, and "football" is a whole other sport.

Come to Edmonton and enjoy our fabulous hockey riots! (Now with 80% fewer bonfires!)
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2006, 02:22:04 PM »
Yeah, I was going to say... those of you experiencing World Cup Angst, watch and learn as World Cup Mania sluices off 300 million Americans like water off teflon. So easy.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2006, 02:40:41 PM »
"I'm not saying people can't enjoy it, I'm just asking that they enjoy it in private"

That's how I feel about people and their religions.  ;D

Soccer, as it's called here in the US, was big where I used to live late 40s early 50s but US football pushed it out of the limelight. Just consider, the soccer games I went to were free while I had the priviledge of paying to see a football competition. Beside all those time outs make great spots for commercials. None of that stuff in Soccer. Then there's half-time and boobies!  :o
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2006, 04:43:04 PM »
Playing football is great. I even took time out to learn some 'mad skillz'. But I've never seen the attraction of watching it- sure, you can enjoy the display of skill, the atmosphere etc, but football these days (along with several other sports) has way too much money in it, hence all the players dive all the time trying to get a foul, play dull but effective tactics and so on.

And it's quite possible to argue that the world cup is bad news, given how often we're told in england how everyone and their dog is a hooligan. I love that word. But seriously.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2006, 02:58:55 AM »
i spose i shouldn't have been surprised.

well, whatever it is that makes the chills run down your spine, that fills you with an excitement that spans the senses, that has to do with other people, the world over, in an illusionary solidarity or not, over the course of the next month, i hope you bloody well enjoy it.

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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2006, 06:12:38 AM »
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Come to Edmonton and enjoy our fabulous hockey riots! (Now with 80% fewer bonfires!)
Bex, why are there fewer bonfires in Edmonton now, that Oilers are just a step away from winning the Stanley Cup?
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2006, 06:18:13 AM »
Quote from: clock sendak on June 10, 2006, 02:58:55 AM
i spose i shouldn't have been surprised.

well, whatever it is that makes the chills run down your spine, that fills you with an excitement that spans the senses, that has to do with other people, the world over, in an illusionary solidarity or not, over the course of the next month, i hope you bloody well enjoy it.

sorryformymotherfuckingrunonsentencewiththegoddamntoomanyfuckingclauseswronggrammarusin'beeeetch

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Why, dare I ask, are you taking it so personally that a few people don't care about football?  It's not the end of the world.
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Re: Happy World Cup
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2006, 06:23:11 AM »
Watching some people kicking a ball around is always going to be pretty lame. Get some real skills plz.
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