I watched the Holland/Brazil game last night . . . . for two minutes. The constant din from those horns was so annoying that I'm surprised I lasted two minutes. Besides, I can't think of anything more boring than looking at soccer of all things. So I went and did something more interesting; had a sleep!

Severin,

'Clockwork Orange' is a popular nickname for the team, hence the music. The wry humour of their supporters is entirely lost on you.

Someone posted this earlier without first reading it:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4715117_develop-sense-humor.html

Corny: << Your nose for homoeroticism is legendary on OLO and you were as you say 'quite good' at soccer, >>

Er, it was you who raised homoeroticism in this thread, wasn't it? And unlike you, at least I've both played football and have a sense of humour.

You really are quite sad.

Benq, be grateful that the vuvuzelas were overpowering the sound of singing fans. I mean... would you rather listen to this?

http://tinyurl.com/34ewqcy

Lol.

Cornflower,
Don't forget that I sprayed your head orange at the beginning of this thread. No need to feel blue!
Join the party and have fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYQmyjelf8&feature=related

CLASSIC....

CJ says:

//My team mates were mostly Poms and Scots, and we played against Italians, Yugoslavs and Greeks. In retrospect, it's probably one of the reasons why I've always been receptive to multiculturalism.//

But the surreal thing about this statement is that rather than showing something good...it actually highlights the underlying 'racist' nature of the recent migrant teams. They did not form along 'citizen' lines..but on ethnic. The "Poms and Scots" have managed to separate themselves from their historic animosity and mutual cruelty.. unlike the other teams CJ mentions.

Why is it that the Italians,Yugoslavs and Greeks etc form 'racial' teams ? hmmmmmm

We might ponder this for eternity, but the idea that "people prefer those of their own kind..racially and culturally" seems to have completely escaped our resident denialist CJ.

If one were bold enough to suggest that these groups who form 'competitive teams' along racial lines... would possibly also... just maybe.. ALSO form 'community' teams who compete as ethnic/racial/cultural groups against non them....woooo..now that would be to live dangerously wouldn't it ?

After all CJ and his Minions (of 2 or 3) .. his mentor 'Jabba the Pericles' would quickly pull out the lofty language of political puritanism and plaster the thread with platitudes of pious pedantic political correctness... which have the only effect of confirming our long held suspicions that this little gang is quite disconnected from the real world.

But.. my only gripe about the World Cup is that it means I am exiled to "the office" while my soccer mad sons indulge their fantasies in watching it.

Go and peddle your racist claptrap somewhere else, Bozo. If you hadn't noticed, except for one sourpuss this is a light-hearted thread about the World Cup.

Speaking of which, given Germany's 4-0 rout of Argentina last night, we shouldn't feel too bad about the Socceroos' loss in their first game against them, eh?