Re: [OT] Completely off-topic and useless celebrating re: World Cup

>OK, the topic line should be enough to get most of the
>uptight people to delete this message unread. . .
>
>The US is in the freakin' quarterfinals of the World
>Cup???
>
>Do you foreigners have any idea how much gloating I'm
>going to do if our team gets much further?
>
>Damn, it's one thing to do well in our sports, but
>sports that 99%+ of our population doesn't even care
>about??

Yep, you Yanks are doing good this time, John - it's usually your
Women's
soccer team that wins stuff rather than the men, isn't it?

Jon (GZG)  (full of national pride for how well England doing too - at
least till we get stuffed by the Brazilians on Friday - even though I
don't
LIKE football myself!)

PS: it must be strange for you Yanks to be participating in a "World"
something-or-other that actually INCLUDES the rest of the World, isn't
it.....?   <BIG GRIN>
>
>John
>
>Note:	This doesn't mean I'm actually enthused enough
>to watch a game from beginning to end. . .
>
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