world cup

[craig johnston]

bloomin world cup!

:p

[bealeblues]

not to be confused with the bloomin onion

[LeahDear]

I agree.. the whole world goes crazy.... I hate it

[craig johnston]

you don't have to live in it. my bank offered me a 'world cup' loan.
:rolleyes:

anyway, who's gonna win? what about the brazilian fans?
will they be naked? and what will david beckham's hairstyle look like?
etc etc :)

[LeahDear]

what's a world cup loan?

[rmr]

not to be confused with the bloomin onion


or the good old clothes pin

[karma_queen]

god, you have my sympathy cj! it's bad enough over here - absolutely everything is suddenly geared towards it. i'm not going to watch a single match, if i can help it. plus, i'm going to be a world cup widow. hmph.

[dinzdale]

Good.
More footy for the rest of us.

Now, get us a beer while you're in the kitchen will ya, love?

[ambo]

what's a world cup?

[LeahDear]

^^^ :D

[karma_queen]

Good.
More footy for the rest of us.

Now, get us a beer while you're in the kitchen will ya, love?


expect spit in that beer dinz...

[Jack Flanders]

I'm tossing a couple of ciggy butts in it for good measure.

[karma_queen]

anyone else want to add something to dinzdale's beer of doom?

[Jack Flanders]

How about a leaking AA battery?

[karma_queen]

yum!

[dinzdale]

If you paid attention you might learn something about the "beautiful game" instead of yapping on about your sister's wedding and the prices at Costco, and nail polish and shite.

[bealeblues]

be sure to pass his beer by me before you deliver it....

[Jack Flanders]

Oh, wait - it needs a pink cocktail umbrella!!!

[rmr]

what about the falun gong?

[Jack Flanders]

What about them?

[rmr]

let's post pictures!!!

[Frieda]

football pics


and the dutch are going to win this year

[trisherina]

No fair. The Dutch get everything.

[Jack Flanders]

For you rmr:

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cambridgeeskimos/JockStrap.jpg

A world cup!

[craig johnston]

jesus! we had people on here discussing the winter olympics opening ceremony in detail ffs! :rolleyes:

THE WORLD CUP
is the biggest sporting event on the planet.
it will be over-hyped, thrilling, mind numbing, dramatic, mundane and a festival of clichés.
for all you yanks - yes, the usa have a team, who will not get very far (although they were good last time).
i have more hopes for australia ;)

my tip - argentina (although you can never rule out brazil)

on the other hand, it's being held in germany and has been the subject of endless marketing ploys (world cup biscuits, world cup cornflakes, world cup bog roll et etc) and ridiculous articles for the last six months. enough to drive anyone mad, even a football nutter like me.

it has already boosted the local economy - i've got two well paying dj gigs next week at after match parties.

:)

[craig johnston]

http://www.cnnsi.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/soccer_world_cup_2002/news/2002/06/30/worldcup_finals/1.jpg

ballet for the masses
:)

[magdalen]

Yuk, everything turned orange here in Rotterdam. Whole streets make use of the offer of the city to build their own orange street: http://www.opzoomeren.nl/
Third offer, it says "Build a WK tribune in your street and watch the WK with your neighbours"
Godsammekrakepitten, what a waste. Don't they know what to do with their money? We have so many poor people in Rotterdam that a bunch of volunteers set up a "foodbank" :mad:

[craig johnston]

Godsammekrakepitten - well, it's a point of view.

i disagree magdalen, it's not a choice between one and the other. people are crazy about footy, especially in poor places and that's ok. it brings colour and drama into their lives, why not?
i love the nuttiness of the dutch fans (apart from the hooligans natch). it's the only time they seem to be proud of their (rather fab) country.
don't be grumpy - paint yourself oranje!

:)

http://www.euro-goal.info/eurox/nation/images/photo/euro_cup/2004/van%20der%20vaart.jpg

[magdalen]

- well, it's a point of view.

i disagree magdalen, it's not a choice between one and the other. people are crazy about footy, especially in poor places and that's ok. it brings colour and drama into their lives, why not?
i love the nuttiness of the dutch fans (apart from the hooligans natch). it's the only time they seem to be proud of their (rather fab) country.
don't be grumpy - paint yourself oranje!

:)



You're right, CJ

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2004_3323.JPG

[craig johnston]

can i post a pic of rafael van der vaart's gf now?
;)

[magdalen]

please do, dear:D

[Frieda]

boink!

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1811/12ad2.jpg

[Frieda]

don't be grumpy - paint yourself oranje!

:)



yeah! paint your avatar ducka lisa orange! :D

[magdalen]

Oh, no, not LISA:eek:
I made something else. :D

I'm still waiting for YOUR picture, Frieda!!!
Perhaps this will help to get you in the right mood.
< > (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/d/db/Feesttompoucen0865.jpg)

[Frieda]

^^^ those are on sale at the HEMA, 3 + 1 for free!


i will take that pic today.

[craig johnston]

http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,1795551_4,00.jpg

[Frieda]

remember the european championship??

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2928/penalties8al.jpg

[Frieda]

schwalbe training

google vid (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5327745176601122304)

[craig johnston]

i'm sure that's what they're all doing right now!
:D

[rmr]

http://www.kleo.ru/items/bomond/s_Katie_Price2.jpg

i love jordan and footballers wives - best show ever!!!!!!

[Madmack]

http://www.gracekennedy.com/GRACE/images/WUCongrats.jpg

[craig johnston]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41738000/jpg/_41738674_cisse_stretcher203.jpg

:eek:

[dinzdale]

ROONEY"S GOING !!!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!


:) :) :) :)

[bealeblues]

i didn't even know mickey rooney played soccer :)

[Frieda]

^^^ those are on sale at the HEMA, 3 + 1 for free!


i will take that pic today.

i will be taking that pic next week :eek:

sorry :o

[craig johnston]

shrek stuff is propaganda to rally morale.
not buying.

[dinzdale]

First Dambusters
Then 633 Squadron
Now WAYNE ROONEY !!!!

Take THAT, sausage-eating Bosch :)

[craig johnston]

well, it's worked on one person

:rolleyes:

[Frieda]

ROONEY"S GOING !!!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!


:) :) :) :)

rooney will be playing in the 1/8 finals....... he's not fit for the first group matches.

BWAHAHAHAHA

[dinzdale]

Thanks for the support Germany Jr. :)

[rmr]

i thought we were talking about footballers wives - the hotest tv show EVER

[bealeblues]

i think mickey rooney is cool

[dinzdale]

Attention whores

[bealeblues]

footballer's wives are attention whores? i thought you liked soccer

[craig johnston]

we are talking about football.
soccer is football played by american lesbians.
ok?
:)

[funkytuba]

Whirled cup? That's a funny name for a blender...

[Hyakujo's Fox]

soccer is football played by american lesbians.
ok?

Now he's calling Mickey Rooney a lesbian!

[craig johnston]

isn't she?

lots of italians in karstadt.
whole place is buzzing.
it's quite nice.
:)

[dinzdale]

Have they surrendered yet?

[craig johnston]

yes, italian girls surrendering to me as we speak.
great fun!
:)

[rmr]

^^ footballer's wife??

[Frieda]

dammit, rims. you better post some pictures.

[craig johnston]

World Cup Gossip!

Frank Lampard says England's players will regard anything other than World Cup victory as a failure.

David Beckham says his World Cup nightmare would be to face Germany in a penalty shoot-out.

England will be facing Paraguay in their opening game in temperatures in excess of 28 degrees Celsius.

Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira was given permission by Portugal to fly back to his home country for the birth of his first child on Wednesday.

Arsenal's Freddie Ljungberg says he is desperate to beat England - because he is fed up of getting ribbed by his English team-mates.

Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning captain Carlos Alberto - who called Michael Owen a "midget" last year - says the Newcastle striker is capable of being a major star at the World Cup.

Paraguay's star striker Roque Santa Cruz says Peter Crouch would be more suited to playing basketball than football.

:eek:

[rmr]

dammit, rims. you better post some pictures.


ok - thanks

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/images/jordan-imagenet2.jpg

[Frieda]

i liked the other picture of her jordans better

[craig johnston]

more suited to basketball

[craig johnston]

or something

[rmr]

http://thenewts.net/media/albums/images/website/jordan_aka_katie_price_wedding_dress11.jpg

she's a princess

[Jack Flanders]

With triple D's

[craig johnston]

marvellous

[rmr]

oh my god this is the greatest day of my entire life. i did a search for my girl jordan and this came up --

VIVA LA WORLD CUPS!!!!

http://thenewts.net/media/albums/images/website/toilet_roll_caddy.jpg

[Frieda]

erm

[Frieda]

more sylvie

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7506/sylviemeis9aj.jpg

[Frieda]

whoa that's a big picture

[rmr]

she's totally shy and magical

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2006/01/25/ftprenup3.jpg

[Frieda]

ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE (http://www.nu.nl/rubriek.jsp?n=742785&c=700)

[dinzdale]

Rmr's brazilian

[rmr]

i can't open it - so there

[craig johnston]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41747000/jpg/_41747228_schiffer270.jpg

[Max Headroom]

Rmr's brazilian

Yes

[craig johnston]

12.44: England's footballer's wives arrive at the stadium by coach from their hotel.

:eek:

[trisherina]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/SPORT/football/06/09/world.quotes/story.lahm2.gi.jpg

http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,1620445_1,00.jpg

[Frieda]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6441/robben1sw.jpg

[craig johnston]

lahm = lame

german commentators called maradona 'abgespeckt'
i wish i could translate that.
:)

[magdalen]

german commentators called maradona 'abgespeckt'
i wish i could translate that.
:)

abgespeckt (http://forum.leo.org/archiv.ende/2003_03/25/20030325155128e_en.html)

[craig johnston]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41752000/jpg/_41752048_dutchfans416.jpg

[craig johnston]

yeah but they haven't got the 'speck' part.
'unbaconed' would be closest!
:)

[magdalen]

'debaconed' ?:D

[Frieda]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/989/fan6ob.jpg

[Frieda]

as promised: a picture of me wearing my NL supporters gear.. just my headgear, the other stuff is in the laundry!

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6228/fan24fo.jpg

[craig johnston]

^^
fab!

berlin is full of brazilians.
brilliant!
:)

[dinzdale]

This place looks likes someone bounced a check,
....or got bounced by a bunch of Czechs.

[magdalen]

as promised: a picture of me wearing my NL supporters gear.. just my headgear, the other stuff is in the laundry!

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6228/fan24fo.jpg

You Look Great!!

[daverbee]

as promised: a picture of me wearing my NL supporters gear.. just my headgear, the other stuff is in the laundry!

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6228/fan24fo.jpg


I love what you did with your hair! You have a great smile!

[bealeblues]

this is why drugs are bad, kids....

[craig johnston]

brazil were crap!
:(

oh well, the local economy (i.e. me) is stretched to the limit.
:)

[jasmina]

Oh man.
I HEART football.

http://netmode.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/original/images428311_Ljungberg5.jpg

[jasmina]

and...

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/afp/20060615/i/661766804.jpg

[craig johnston]

^^
blah!
:rolleyes:

how to take a sickie (http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1798953,00.html)
;)

[LeahDear]

http://www.iballer.com/wallpaper/celebs/a_c/beckham/images/beckham1_1024x768_jpg.jpg

SWOON

[jasmina]

I'm reposting that COS IT WAS TOO HOT FOR THE INTERNET TO HANDLE!

http://www.iballer.com/wallpaper/celebs/a_c/beckham/images/beckham1_1024x768_jpg.jpg

[LeahDear]

I could handle him ok ;)

[jasmina]

on the same subject - WTF has happened to Cannavaro???
Before:
http://www.arena111.dk/italystar/Cannavaro/img10%5b1%5d.jpg

After:
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/t/pla/l/155957.jpg


(And yes, I have officially hijacked this thread to talk about pretty men)

[LeahDear]

http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/02/89/joe_cole_england_profile_2005.jpg
I'm quite liking Joe Cole at the mo...mmmmmmmmmmm

[magdalen]

http://www.fopshop.nl/fotos/groep86/8650900000031.jpg

[craig johnston]

for jasmina

http://img1.eurosport.com/imgbk/tennis/all/big_md-i185281.jpg

there's no justice. ivory coast were 20 times better than
england, but they are out and we are through.

:o

[Frieda]

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/1566/goalvanpersie6zh.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4978/goalvanpersie21if.jpg

[magdalen]

last night
< > (http://www.kralingen.nl/index.php?id=39)

[craig johnston]

wow! i never realised that so many ghanaians lived in this area!
:)

[Max Headroom]

The world cup, live in ASCII (telnet://ascii-wm.net%202006/)

If you can't get that link to work, in windows click

- Start

- Run

Type "telnet ascii-wm.net 2006"

The live broadcast starts 10 mins before game time. I found it easier to step back a bit from the monitor.... easier to see the "video"

[dinzdale]

Anyone seen Frieda?

[jasmina]

no

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Finally we can get back to the real football. :cool:

[madasacutsnake]

Amen to that.

[dinzdale]

Still in :)

[Frieda]

:mad:

[Frieda]

Still in :)

bwahahaha!

[jasmina]

I've very upset

[topcat]

anyone see dinz?

[dinzdale]

:mad:

NOT ONE WORD.

[Frieda]

^^^ hey, at least Beckham was replaced before the penalties, to make sure he wouldn't miss again..

[bealeblues]

^^^ well, it's been nice knowing you frieda. i'll be sure to alert the authorities to search for your body somewhere in the UK and that the prime suspect can be found stalking the nolans

[dinzdale]

I would drown her if only her wooden shoes didnt float. :mad:

[topcat]

go italy

[Frieda]

I would drown her if only her wooden shoes didnt float. :mad:

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1826/mwah3kf.jpg

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Anyone heard from cj?

[Frieda]

I-TA-LIA!

the guy from the pizzeria downstairs is celebrating big time.. haha!



exciting match, to the end.. can't believe they scored twice in the last minutes!

any speculations on who's going to win tomorrow?

[Max Headroom]

Everyone Sing Along.

I don't even like soccer, or football, or whatever you euros wanna call it.

<EMBED SRC="http://www.lengua.com/anthems/italy.mid" + midi + '" AUTOSTART=true border=2 width="144" height="26" VOLUME=100%>

[jasmina]

what a totally fantastica amazing exciting game!

[p.ad]

Nah, the frogeaters gonna win.

[jasmina]

Nah, the frogeaters gonna win.

ITALY is gonna win!!

[daverbee]

France vs. Italy, Sunday, July 9th.


Be theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[craig johnston]

calm down everyone. the final is always crap and as this tournament has been almost entirely devoid of good football i can't see this one being any different. both teams rely on solid defences and play with only one striker. chances of a 4-3 are slim.
the whole thing has been woeful football wise. england appalling, holland dreadful, and plenty of disgusting cheating, diving, headbutting etc etc. i'd rather go and watch my local turkish team play in the park.
on a positive note, off the pitch it has been fantastic. germany has been one big party for a month and everyone has been walking around smiling :eek:
and then we get love parade.....
;)

[jasmina]

And where have you been in our hour of need?? Partying on the streets and taking part in love parades!!

Keep up the good work :)

[craig johnston]

it's a hard job but someone's gotta do it.

;)

[craig johnston]

the whole place has gone ballistic just cos germany got third.
thank god they didn't win!
:eek:

[Penut]

The Italians....
At least it wasnt the Portugese...
But the Italians...
Dam that guns never looked so tasty...

[jasmina]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMFG!!!

[jasmina]

The Zidane game...

http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html

[Penut]

Has anyone found a link to a video clip of Zidane getting sent off? I want that memory lodged in my brain for enternity!

[Frieda]

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8104/zidane7ip.gif

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8104/zidane7ip.gif

[Frieda]

The Zidane game...

http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html

here's a mirror of the game, first one seems to be down: http://widelec.org/zidane.html

[Avalon]

The Italians....
At least it wasnt the Portugese...
But the Italians...
Dam that guns never looked so tasty...


AHEM!
Hey..PFP!!!

[craig johnston]

Dam that guns never looked so tasty...

dumb comment of the century award winner. hands down.

ok, well gary, it was a game of two halves. one half was called 'football' and involved a lot of cheating, diving, spitting, headbutting, defensive tactics and sheer boredom. whatever was said to zidane his action was completely indefensible and incredible in the circumstances. it only highlighted the shadow side of this tournament.
the other half was called 'not football' and was represented by thousands of people out in the streets waving flags, singing, dancing, setting up impromptu parties, smiling happy berliners welcoming foreigners and all kinds of unheard of things. it was wonderful, it was exciting, it was uplifting, it was everything that the football wasn't.
i'm saving up to go to south africa next time.
:)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/images/image005.gif

[craig johnston]

it's all about perspective (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/zidane_headbutt_outrage/)

:)