[thechat] Brazil to win world cup, England out in the 2nd round.

[Ben Dyer]

Time for the ugly American to pipe up here...

>As World Cup fever grips the globe, nowhere is the mania for Earth's
>greatest sporting event stronger than in the United States, where 280
>million soccer-mad Americans are on the emotional edge, unable to think or
>talk about anything else. As one zealous U.S. supporter explained: "World
>Cup... World Cup, that's... racing?"

<http://www.satirewire.com/news/may02/world_cup.shtml>

--Ben

On 02:25 PM 6/4/2002, Martin Burns said to me:
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>On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 02:31  am, John Handelaar wrote:
>
>>Yeah, that and they played like a bunch of drunk
>>three-legged donkeys against Saudi Arabia the other
>>day.  For those not familiar with progress thus far,
>>they beat the Saudis 8-0, but I've seen under-11s
>>could have beat *that* side by thirty goals or more.
>
>Hmm - so all we've got to do is move Scotland and moor it in the Red
>Sea, and we're guaranteed qualification...


Ben Dyer, Senior Internet Developer, Imaginuity Interactive
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