World Cup 2010

[withahip]

Alright - looking forward to 2014 when I take an interest in futbol again!

[Kounelaki]

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[Kounelaki]

Johan?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... ish-dorset

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

Looks like him. Cheeky bugger, so he made it as far as a lake in Dorset and will now reside happily in another lake. Damn my sewage pipeline system to hell.

[Voodoo Billy]

Either that kid is tiny or GOGPs toilet bowl is absolutely huge.

[jwright]

FIFA World Cup 2010 has given a tremendous excitement for the players as well as also for the audience. The Octopus was also very exciting by choosing the name of the winner. This was the best game of 2010 with the great players like Messi and Ronaldo.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

A bit of closure to one of the outcomes of the WC that many of us were left wondering about - that of the fate of the North Korean team. Seems leaks of their fate only emerged just now. Pity some other managers and teams didn't endure the same punishment I think.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/29072010/58/world-cup-2010-north-korean-flops-shamed-public.html

[black francis]

Iranian President Denounces Paul the Octopus, That Symbol of Western Decadence

http://soccer.fanhouse.com/2010/07/28/i ... ol-of-wes/

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

This is quite serious and I think it might descend into war. There is real hatred being aimed at Paul from the Iranian regime with organised anti-Paul rallies in down town Tehran and slogans being painted on the walls of public buildings.

[JackT]

I thought depictions of jolly mollusks was Haraam.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

Not the actual drawing of jolly mollusks, but nude ones is another matter. I believe the artist of this very depiction is now in jail pending being buried to the waist in sand and being stoned with assorted small shellfish and jars of crab pate.