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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jun 27 18:12:18 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 27 18:04:55 2010. Have you read the shit he posted about Maradona? He sounds like I do in a welfare bennie card thread. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Jun 27 18:17:29 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jun 27 18:12:18 2010. Have you read the shit he posted about Maradona? He sounds like I do in a welfare bennie card thread.fair enough. Maradona is indeed a sicko who belongs in an asylum for the criminally insane since that disgusting drugged-up lard is both a criminal AND insane. But even with that I couldn't bring myself to root for Mexico. They can't have bragging rights of going further in the WC than the US. I hope Germany thrashes Argentina on Friday. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jun 27 18:37:26 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Sun Jun 27 18:17:29 2010. You're rooting for Germany? Why am I not surprised? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Jun 27 20:09:26 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jun 27 18:37:26 2010. He sounds like he's rooting against Maradona.I normally like Germany ok, but their soccer isn't "beautiful". I'd rather see Argentina win. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jun 27 20:17:51 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by Easy on Sun Jun 27 20:09:26 2010. My favorite player was Danny from Portugal. The name on the back of his uniform was Danny. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 08:07:42 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jun 27 20:17:51 2010. I liked a Nigerian guy named Shittu. We wasn't that good but a match-up of Kaka' vs Shittu would be the stuff of legend. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread = as stupid as World Cup |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Jun 28 08:29:59 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread = as stupid as World Cup, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Jun 11 16:35:06 2010. Are sure it's the horns (or vuvuzelas) you are hearing and not the whole crowd snoring? |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Jun 28 08:30:20 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread = as stupid as World Cup, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Jun 11 16:35:06 2010. Are you sure it's the horns (or vuvuzelas) you are hearing and not the whole crowd snoring? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 15:09:35 2010, in response to WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 11 07:56:22 2010. Huge rating. Add Univision to the mix, and you have over 19 million viewers.-------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S.-Ghana: Most-Watched FIFA World Cup Game 8.2 Rating, 14.9 Million Viewers for Team USA’s Round of 16 Match Saturday’s United States-Ghana match on ABC – a 2-1 U.S. loss in extra time, which eliminated the Americans from the tournament – is the most-watched FIFA World Cup game among households and viewers. The 2.5 hour match window (2:30-5:12 p.m. ET) averaged an 8.2 rating, 9,455,000 households, and 14,863,000 viewers, based on fast nationals. The U.S.-Ghana game ranks as the most-watched Men’s World Cup game ever, with only the 1999 Women's Final (U.S.-China) averaging more households and viewers for a soccer game (11,307,000 households and 17,975,000 viewers). Additionally, the match ranks as the third highest-rated Men's World Cup game on record, behind two matches in 1994 – 9.3 rating (U.S.-Brazil, Quarterfinal, 7/4/94) and 9.5 rating (Italy-Brazil, Final, 7/17/94). The 1999 Women's World Cup Final (U.S.-China) also delivered an 11.4 rating. The U.S.-Ghana match represents increases of 11% in ratings (vs. 7.4) and 13% in viewership (vs. 13,130,000) from ABC's highly-anticipated U.S.-England World Cup game on June 12, which ended in a 1-1 draw. The entire three-hour telecast (2-5:12 p.m.) -- including 30 minutes of pre-match coverage – delivered a 7.5 household rating, 8,649,000 households, and 13,505,000 viewers. San Diego was the top market for yesterday's Team USA game, delivering a 15.4 rating. San Diego was the top market for all three previous U.S. matches – vs. England (11.5, ABC), vs. Slovenia (8.5, ESPN) and vs. Algeria (8.9, ESPN). Rounding out the top 10 for Saturday’s match were Washington, D.C. (13.8), San Francisco (13.3), Cincinnati (12.9), Las Vegas (11.7), Austin (11.4), Columbus, Ohio (10.6), Norfolk, Va. (10.6), Seattle-Tacoma (10.6) and West Palm Beach (10.5). Also, ESPN’s Uruguay-South Korea Round of 16 match on Saturday morning delivered a 2.5 coverage rating (2.2 U.S. rating), 2,513,000 households, and 3,246,000 viewers. Through 50 games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC) are averaging a 1.8 U.S. rating, 2,081,000 households, and 2,781,000 viewers. The rating is up 48% from 2006 (1.2), while household impressions are up 54% (from 1,349,000) and viewers are up 60% (from 1,740,000). (Note: Ratings and viewership numbers are based on the specific match windows, not including pre-match studio coverage.) The 2010 FIFA World Cup continues with Round of 16 elimination matches through Tuesday, June 29, followed by quarterfinal games starting Friday, July 2, on ESPN and ABC. Coverage is also available on ESPN3.com, ESPN Radio, ESPN 3D, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN Deportes. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 19:39:57 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 15:09:35 2010. Pretty awesome. Did you watch the Netherlands or the Brazil games today? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 19:41:44 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 19:39:57 2010. Some Brazil. I really hate Brazil. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 19:57:36 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 19:41:44 2010. Whoever wins that quarter-final will win the whole thing. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 19:58:44 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 19:57:36 2010. can Argentina beat Brazil?I fucking hate Brazil. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 20:04:39 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 19:58:44 2010. can Argentina beat Brazil?The Netherlands can beat Brazil. Germany can beat Argentina. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 20:08:16 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 28 20:04:39 2010. Yeah. But we all hope for Argentina and Brazil to meet. |
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Violencia entre Mejicanos despues de perder ayer(Re: WORLD CUP Thread) |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 23:15:19 2010, in response to WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 11 07:56:22 2010. |
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Re: La violence entre les Mexicains, après avoir perdu hier (Re: WORLD CUP Thread) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 28 23:22:59 2010, in response to Violencia entre Mejicanos despues de perder ayer(Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 23:15:19 2010. Dégoutant. |
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Re: La violence entre les Mexicains, après avoir perdu hier (Re: WORLD CUP Thread) |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 23:24:07 2010, in response to Re: La violence entre les Mexicains, après avoir perdu hier (Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 28 23:22:59 2010. Hey, I told you that ANYTHING can spark violence. Apply this to what's happening in Germany surrounding the Cup. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 29 05:08:23 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jun 28 20:08:16 2010. I don't. I would rather see Germany vs. Netherlands. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jun 29 12:51:55 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 29 05:08:23 2010. I think Ghana vs. Brazil and Argentina vs. Espana is what it comes down to. From there, I guess Argentina vs. Brazil would be the showdown everyone wants to see. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 12:52:59 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jun 29 12:51:55 2010. I'm looking forward to Portugal v. Spain. My favorite player Danny is on Portugal. That's his whole name... Danny. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 29 16:57:50 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 12:52:59 2010. I'm looking forward to Portugal v. Spain. My favorite player Danny is on Portugal. That's his whole name... Danny.I hope Danny leads Portugal to victory. Spain is arrogant. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 17:06:41 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 29 16:57:50 2010. Excellent post... Spain and Mexico are stupid. Danny tried but Portugal lost. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 21:33:08 2010, in response to WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 11 07:56:22 2010. I think all of us can agree that the 2010 FIFA World Cup was, is, and will be a dismal failure, an unmitigated disaster if you will, and a colossal waste of time if you won't. The only possible exception, other than that guy Danny who led Portugal out of the Group of Death, was this guy who brought the Cowbell. |
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Re: Wuwusela Thread |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jun 29 21:42:00 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 21:33:08 2010. All of us? No . . . there are indeed some dedicated soccer zombies on the Subchat. (Not me; I am no fan of the "Foreign Game".) |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Jun 29 22:03:36 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread, posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 29 21:33:08 2010. That's what the sound of the vuvuzelas needed. They needed cowbell....more cowbell. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 13:42:04 2010, in response to WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 11 07:56:22 2010. My picks:Netherlands beats Brazil Uruguay beats Ghana Germany beats Argentina Spain beats Paraguay |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 1 13:47:14 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS, posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 13:42:04 2010. LOL. Hey SMAZ, do you have family in Australia? HUGE Italian population down there.Brazil beats Netherlands Ghana beats Uruguay Argentina beats Germany(I hope) Spain beats Paraguay There is tremendous heat between Germany and Argentina. Germany is reminding Argentina that one of their goals came on an "offside" last week. If Ghana wins it all, no one would be surprised. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 14:36:26 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS, posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 1 13:47:14 2010. If Ghana wins it all, no one would be surprised.That's not gonna happen. I hope they beat Uruguay though. An African team making the semifinals for the first time ever would make up for the group washouts of the other African teams. There is tremendous heat between Germany and Argentina. Germany is reminding Argentina that one of their goals came on an "offside" last week. The hallucinating strung-out midget thought that Thomas Muller was a ballboy: Even Pele' can score on Argentina and he's 70. |
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Posted by Easy on Thu Jul 1 15:29:33 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS, posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 1 13:47:14 2010. I agree with your picks but I can see any of them going the other way. |
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Posted by Charles G on Thu Jul 1 16:02:58 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS, posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 13:42:04 2010. Euro-centric much my friend?Brazil / Ghana / Germany / Spain |
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Posted by 9 local on Thu Jul 1 17:39:47 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: QUARTERFINALS, posted by Charles G on Thu Jul 1 16:02:58 2010. Brazil Uruguay Argentina ParaguayAll South American semi-final! |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word "Soocer" |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 21:26:13 2010, in response to Re: Florida Marlins Making A Buzz(Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by Easy on Sat Jun 19 23:04:10 2010. The word for that is "soccer".Agreed. ------------- It’s football to you, soccer to me By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports JOHANNESBURG – No matter how much the United States continues to emerge as a competitive World Cup nation, there is little doubt that the international perception of American soccer will always be doused with suspicion. The roots of calling the beautiful game "soccer" started in a surprising place. Why? Because Americans don’t even call the sport by its proper name, of course. They don’t call it “football.” They call it “soccer.” In the USA, football is that game that dominates winter Sundays and features Lycra, helmets and men so large they should come with their own zip code. Elsewhere, football is football. The round-ball sport, the beautiful game, with its biggest prize to be handed out here on July 11. Soccer? Pah, a silly American term created by a nation that has its own national obsession. No country has been snootier toward the USA’s use of the term “soccer” than England. Before the Group C opener between the two sides in Rustenburg, the Sun newspaper even ran a spoof front page urging Fabio Capello’s side to win the “soccerball world series.” But let’s take a halftime break here. Coupled with their team’s humiliating exit from the World Cup it might be another rude awakening to the Brits that soccer isn’t an American term, it is actually an English one. And it isn’t some modern fad that shows disrespect to the world’s most popular sport, it dates back to the earliest days of the game’s professional history. Indeed, until the last few decades, even Englishmen would routinely refer to their favorite pastime as soccer, just as often as they would say football. Clive Toye, an Englishman who moved to the U.S. and became known as the father of modern American soccer, bringing Brazilian legend Pele to play for the New York Cosmos, takes up the story. “Soccer is a synonym for football,” said Toye, who helped launch the North American Soccer League in the late 1960s. “And it has been used as such for more years than I can count. When I was a kid in England and grabbed a ball to go out and play … I would just as easily have said: ‘Let’s have a game of soccer’ as I would use the word ‘football’ instead. And I didn’t start it.” To trace the origin of “soccer” we must go all the way back to 1863, and a meeting of gentlemen at a London pub, who congregated with the purpose of standardizing the rules of “football,” which was in its infant years as an organized sport but was growing rapidly in popularity. Those assembled became the founding members of the Football Association (which still oversees the game in England to this day). And they decided to call their code Association Football, to differentiate it from Rugby Football. A quirk of British culture is the permanent need to familiarize names by shortening them. “My friend Brian Johnston was Johnners,” said Toye. “They took the third, fourth and fifth letters of Association and called it SOCcer. So there you are.” So forget that English condescension and carry on calling it soccer, safe in the knowledge that you’re more in tune with the roots of the sport than those mocking Brits. |
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Re: Kaka (Re: WORLD CUP Thread) |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 21:33:41 2010, in response to Re: Kaka (Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jun 20 16:46:04 2010. Wonder if anyone was yelling "Dudu" or "Pupu" from the stands . . .That's a different guy.  |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 1 21:53:02 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word "Soocer", posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 21:26:13 2010. The sport was always called "soccer" everywhere you went in the British Isles. The main reason was to set it apart from rugby, and to a smaller degree from Gaelic football. The younger generation in England are just petarded. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Thu Jul 1 21:57:37 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word "Soocer", posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 21:26:13 2010. But I want PROFF! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 1 22:22:05 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'', posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Thu Jul 1 21:57:37 2010. That's "an answer with proff". And you have to change "proof" to "proff" in a thread title at least once. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Easy on Thu Jul 1 23:32:57 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'', posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 1 21:53:02 2010. Yup. I've seen that play out on football/soccer message boards several times. Younger ones laugh at "soccer" and older ones point out that where they were raised in England "soccer" was more or less as common as "football" and that people used soccer for exactly the reason that you state. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Easy on Thu Jul 1 23:34:35 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'', posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Thu Jul 1 21:57:37 2010. World Soccer MagazineContact details Address World Soccer Blue Fin Building 110 Southwark Street London SE1 0su |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 1 23:43:54 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word "Soocer", posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 1 21:26:13 2010. PS. "Soocer" is t3h 5uxx0rz as much as soccer. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Fri Jul 2 08:32:40 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'', posted by Easy on Thu Jul 1 23:34:35 2010. That's not PROFF for SOOCER though. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! |
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Posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:35:19 2010, in response to WORLD CUP Thread, posted by SMAZ on Fri Jun 11 07:56:22 2010. Brazil is behind for the first time in the entire tournament, and with rather poor timing: Netherlands leads 2-1 in the 79th minute. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED |
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Posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:51:53 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup!, posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:35:19 2010. Final score, Netherlands 2 Brazil 1 Full Time. Not a good sign with the next World Cup being hosted on their soil. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jul 2 11:55:51 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED, posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:51:53 2010. SMAZ will end up getting all his predictions right.Although, he hates Argentina so much, I'm sure he wants them to advance then lose in the finals, so it hurts that much more. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 2 12:59:57 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED, posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:51:53 2010. You actually care about this, which makes it all the funnier. Those vuvuzelas are really South African brainwashing tools. |
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Re: World Clump Thread |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 2 13:02:19 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jul 2 11:55:51 2010. SMAZ will end up getting all his predictions rightSince you said it, I predict that they start going awry right now 
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'' |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Jul 2 13:17:23 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread: Brief History of the Word ''Soocer'', posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Fri Jul 2 08:32:40 2010. "Soocer" is a great sport. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Jul 2 13:20:58 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! BRAZIL ELIMINATED, posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:51:53 2010. I knew it! I am not surprised at all. |
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Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup! |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Fri Jul 2 13:26:09 2010, in response to Re: WORLD CUP Thread Hup Holland Hup!, posted by 9 local on Fri Jul 2 11:35:19 2010. Riveting. |
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Re: Florida Marlins Making A Buzz(Re: WORLD CUP Thread) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 2 13:28:00 2010, in response to Re: Florida Marlins Making A Buzz(Re: WORLD CUP Thread), posted by SMAZ on Sun Jun 20 01:35:11 2010. but they use that weird "B" looking letter instead of an "s"You mean the double-s? ( ß ) That's a ligature of the old lowercase "s" that looks a bit like "f" without the cross-stroke ( ſ ) and regular lowercase "s" (which used to be "terminal" s). And written longhand, the German word is fussball. A single "s" in German is most commonly pronounced like English "z". |
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