C J (preening), "Mine is a product of exposure to writers like Ogden Nash and Hilaire Belloc.."

Severin (open mouthed), "Goodness Gracious Me, you are so clever, CJ."

Hey, you are right Severin it does work well.

Just in case anyone is interested my sense of humour came from my mirror...I am a scream...lol

Celivia...sorry as a Collingwood fan I am not smart enough to think of popping your ballons, plus we aren't allowed access to pins or needles since one of our kind was found with a knitting needle jammed in a vein thinking that was how you got high...lol

Severin... do you realise how painful the term "Colliwobbles" is to a Magpie fan? You should, St Kilda got them last year...lol

CJ...I prefer to call them hooters, and that is one great way to be lulled to sleep...lol

Many people are tipping the stains will win it this year...

Is it true the World Cup trophy from this year on will be of a player taking a dive?

Apparently some people are critical of the current design because it seems to encourage hand ball incidents.

It allegedly depicts 2 people holding up the planet Earth.

If the Earth also depicts a ball, then the people holding the ball have committed a handball infringement and this just wouldn't do.

The fact that quite a few important games have been decided by handballs, makes the trophy, to me, very relevant, and a true depiction of what happens too often in the game...lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJndFpgTEI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqvXsz9N92I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbbsytHDp2o&feature=related

Yep Footandhandball seems a more reasonable name...lol

To further emphasise Fifa's absolute disdain for people using their hands, the winners this year have to accept the cup balancing it on their heads, with no hands involved whatsoever...lol

GO FIFA!

Hehehe a mini 3rd world war with popping balloons and perhaps waterpistols sounds like fun.

Opi I will let you off the hook!
BTW, I don't want to rub your face in problems with football, but there is a new article you might want to ignore: "The football violence is striking". Cheer! Cheer! Time for celebration.
I won't comment on that thread because I obviously lack knowledge about football but I will read to learn.

But Opi should footy be called football? I mean, it's within in the rules to pick up an egg, which can hardly be called a ball, and run around with it. In 'soccer' it is at least called a foul, when a handball is made, e.g. Suarez's.

This is an informative article about handballs and the author compares fouls like Suarez's with other sports' fouls:
http://tinyurl.com/38g4doo

The author concludes that "The problem people should have is with the rule itself and a change should be considered."

And I think I'm gonna agree with that after the WC is over.

For now, my biased opinion is that Suarez (who is lucky that I am not a Karma god) cheated Ghana out of a fair go, and should therefore lose tomorrow when they play the Stains, even though Suarez is banned from playing.

Go go go, olé olé olé!

YAY my orange bracelet really works 'coz Oranje won 3-2!
So next, the stains will have to play either Spain or Germany in the finals early Monday morning Australian time.
Let it be Spain!

I filled my water pistol with orange stained water and if anyone from next door dares come near my balloons with a pin they will be shot at!

Celivia

I am very happy for you, however am a little concerned that you have been drinking too much sweet fizzy orange soda. Sugar can have a very bad effect. Now, slowly, put down the water pistol and go to bed.

Am fearing a German/Dutch Grand final. Time to batten down the hatches this could get a little rough.

Opi2

If you are indeed a true Magpies supporter you would know that the collywobbles occur halfway through a game when Collingwood cave and let the opposing team run them into the ground. 'Collywobbles' is a disease only suffered by Collingwood - hence the name. If you had bothered to watch the 2009 Grand Final, you would be aware that it was a close hard fought game, the outcome decided only at the very end. Nothing wobbly about that. Could your ignorance of AFL be showing?

CF

Very good! You have used "goodness gracious me" in a sentence. However, you have not quite caught the full meaning of the phrase - I am not at all surprised that CJ Morgan is clever. So 5/10.

Now we can move on to balance and coordination. Stand in a corner on one leg, pat your head with your left hand and rub your stomach in a circular motion with your right (hand).

Stains rule - bring on WW3!

Thanks for the kind words Severin, and for the hilarious mental image :D

I see Hyacinth Bucket doing strange things in the corner...

Those who've been unkindly slagging the rugger buggers should be aware that they have some redeeming features - vuvuzelas have been banned from this weekend's Ra-Ra Test between the All Blacks and South Africa in Auckland.

Anybody arriving with any kind of plastic horn will apprently be told to ruck off :P