Journal Captain Splendid's Journal: World Cup 7
Fuck me. If it's Netherlands vs Germany in the final, I will watch the shit out of that game.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary saftey deserve neither liberty not saftey." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Monty Python Thomas Hardy Sketch Voice... (Score:3, Funny)
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In a east-midlands pub. Yowch.
Strafing the beaches at Dunkirk. With the enhancement of Vuvuzela virtuosos.
BTW: How can England presume to have a national football team, when they don't even have a 2-letter ISO code?
I think this is because England is a sub-national entity. I mean, Texas doesn't have a 2-letter ISO code.
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Right.
So they don't deserve a National team.
The whole thing was created in slight reaction to the national aspirations of the Welsh and Scottish. You have the move to a Scottish Parliament and co-equal Scottish pound, you have required Cymry language on the telly. Suddenly, there's a U.K. team becoming the England team...
Interestingly, GB is different than UK. GB is England, Wales and Scotland - some say Cornwall, too, but who are we kidding? UK is the above, plus Northern Ireland.
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Yeah, I suppose it is a bit interesting. Although many parts of the UK greater commonwealth eventually left the UK itself.
In fact, I read that the UK doesn't even have a universally recognized legal tender. (Legally, anything can be used for payment as long as both parties agree before hand. Legal tender means more specifically something as a form of payment that a creditor cannot refuse.)
I suppose, if Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (Cornwall? Like you said, who are we kidding) had equal chance as England
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I got hornswoggled into going to a pub with a couple English coworkers when England played Brazil (2002?).
It was an English pub in a fairly touristy part of town. It was frequented by a large number of Englishmen and was packed for the game. Two Brazilian fellows stopped by to watchy the game. They were quite pleased with the outcome. Their exuberance was manifest as they celebrated the victory surrounded by dozens of angry English. My English coworkers said they thought there was going to be a brawl.