Sunday, June 11, 2006
Woodwork (as in "coming out of...")
This picture's caption is simply "Serbian Fans Go Nuts Against Holland" I'd be wooried if I were the entire country of Holland. That fellow in the middle, holding some kind of aiming device, forgot to leave his Official Tito's Glorious Army Hat at home, so if Serbia & Montenegro, S & M for short, loses its match today v. Holland (Update: they lost 1-0), that hat may come in handy.
I've beeen watching all of the games on Univision. At that rate, I'll be fluent in Spanish by the time the final plays out in July. Why watch on a channel that I can barely understand?
1) Cleare brighter picture.
2) Audio seems louder; you can really hear the fans, something I'm looking forward to when Croatia plays Brazil on June 13th in Berlin.
3) The play-by-play and the color announcers are 11 on the 1 to 10 enthusiasm meter. They make the American announcers on ESPN2 sound like cadavers.
4) Even the commercials on Univision are better; "Chevy" is pronounced with a "CH', not "Sh".
Viva Univision!!
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Alcessa, I'm sorry to hear about your French experience, although "charming chocalate love" seems to be a phrase that can only osund logical and appropriate in French. French is definitely not the language to be hearing a football match described in.
As far as Croatia meeting Brazil in the first game? Well, I can;t think of a better opening game for Croatia. If they (miraculously) win, the World Cup can finish for them; Croatia doesn;t need to win a single other game to be celebrated back home.
If they lose (which would be better), their world-best kvetching capabilities would kick in. We'd be able to hear,
1) How the world is against Croatia for pitting them against Brazil in the first game?
2) That the deficiencies of their talent are not that great when you consider they've just played Brazil and only lost 4-0.
3) How wonderful the Croatian costlien is this time of year and the team merely wanted to return to said coastline as soon as possible. Victories only get in the way of such an estimable goal.
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As far as Croatia meeting Brazil in the first game? Well, I can;t think of a better opening game for Croatia. If they (miraculously) win, the World Cup can finish for them; Croatia doesn;t need to win a single other game to be celebrated back home.
If they lose (which would be better), their world-best kvetching capabilities would kick in. We'd be able to hear,
1) How the world is against Croatia for pitting them against Brazil in the first game?
2) That the deficiencies of their talent are not that great when you consider they've just played Brazil and only lost 4-0.
3) How wonderful the Croatian costlien is this time of year and the team merely wanted to return to said coastline as soon as possible. Victories only get in the way of such an estimable goal.
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