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Old 06-23-2014, 04:32 PM   #31
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I'ma still listening to the World Cup on the radio (not having a tv)
I just won't go out to watch it anywhere I have to pay for drinks/ food etc after tomorrow.

Bumped into the landlady of the Rose & Crown on Sunday.
I've been the only person who has come in to watch both England matches, although there have been others at either one.
She asked if I'd be in on Tuesday and I felt oddly loyal to her. She's provided food for a non-existant surge in trading each time.

I expect she won't bother on Tuesday!
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Old 06-24-2014, 03:37 AM   #32
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You have a USA team to begin supporting at any time now.
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Old 06-27-2014, 05:40 AM   #33
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We're in the knockout round!

Even she of the Adam's apple feels the need to comment.
Our moral decay.
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Old 06-27-2014, 05:42 AM   #34
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Old 06-27-2014, 05:52 AM   #35
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I see how you snaked that in there.
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Old 06-28-2014, 05:56 AM   #36
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Yorkshire humour.
Spotted this outside the Crossed Pipes pub
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Old 06-28-2014, 08:46 AM   #37
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Old 06-28-2014, 02:40 PM   #38
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Chile/Brazil. What. A. Game.


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Old 07-01-2014, 01:12 PM   #39
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Smithsonian American Art Museum is getting ready for the game. Nice location to show it. A cavernous space that's air conditioned.
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Old 07-01-2014, 05:05 PM   #40
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Glatt, that's a gorge space to watch the footie!
Wish I was there. And that England had done as well as the US in this World Cup (even if I don't know the outcome of the USA-Belgium game writing this)

Please remember that English humour is oh so very highbrow and not everyone gets it.
It's not sillyness and sniggering at things which aren't really all that funny.

But anyway, we invented football so here is how it is supposed to be played.

Ste and I still reference Charles "Charlie" Charles (one of the famous Charles brothers) from time to time.
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Old 07-01-2014, 09:00 PM   #41
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Howard was so good. Nice run 'merica.
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:15 AM   #42
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For you, the rest of the world, not so much.

Stadium stairs do the Macarena.
That's why we don't need no buildn spectrs here in murca

US vs Belgium was exciting. I admit after Belgium scored its second goal, I started cooking dinner. I turned it back on to see that US had scored! Watched the rest. It was an exciting game, lots of scoring chances, but it was obvious that the US didn't have the mad skillz (except for Howard).
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:28 AM   #43
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You guys done good. Yeah, Tim Howard is a big plus for the team, but your guys' tenacity, and the extra legs they all grew in extra time, were very very impressive.
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:43 AM   #44
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If they could have kept it tied, I bet we would have won with the kicks. Howard was that good.

Belgium played incredibly well though. No surprise that they won.

Yesterday at work, there was a pause in email traffic during the game. It matched up perfectly with the start of the game, the break after regular play and before overtime, and when the game finished. Maybe it's just coincidence, but it matched the game schedule perfectly.
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Old 07-05-2014, 09:21 AM   #45
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Brasil 2 Colombia 1

Any conceits that America has closed the skills gap are gone. Colombia, especially James, played a beautiful, dangerous, wide open game Brasil looked a little tight at times but did the job. Klinsmann had our side playing an appropriate games for what we can do. We can't do what either of those teams can do. Now it is Germany v Brasil a contrast in styles that often leads commentators into the dangerous land of culture and race. Who will get fired at ESPN?
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