Has been a long time since Mexico didnt gave us a Cup... neither a beer cup!
So... many manager has pass around and the team cant make one just nice game... but "The Vasco" Javier Aguirre comes and reprend the team shout a lil and give'em some nice advice to the team.
So our team, our soccer team wins the Cup.
Cheers Mexican lets celebrate this, as i say its been a long time.
from taragana sports...
The fiesta was on.
Jose Antonio Castro and Guillermo Franco put the finishing touches on Mexico’s first win at the United States since March 1989. Castro scored off a great through-pass from Vela, a substitute who energized Mexico when he entered the game after halftime.
The United States, fielding an inexperienced squad after the top team finished second in the Confederations Cup last month, could not maintain American dominance of its continental rival. Not even close.
Mexico was 0-9-2 at the United States since its last win, and fell 2-0 in February in a World Cup qualifier. The nations meet again in Mexico City on Aug. 12, but then the full American roster will be on hand, along with several of the players who carried El Tri to this Gold Cup crown.
But that is another story. For now, after a 10-year wait, there was sweet victory in commanding style.
At the final whistle, the green-clad Mexican players stormed onto the field in jubilation, mobbing Dos Santos, who was voted the game’s most valuable player. Then they saluted the crowd that made the Meadowlands sound more like Mexico City, making a tour of the pitch with the trophy in hand.
For the Americans, it was a return to reality. After Bob Bradley coached them to a runner-up finish in the Confederations Cup in South Africa, he gave most of the players a pass for the Gold Cup. Still, the untested fill-ins showed versatility and fortitude — at least until Mexico ran over them in a spectacular 45-minute offensive onslaught.
So in the net arent pics cause it past at least 10 minutes so please upload some pics.
A video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpEv2VFcA8A
oh yeah!! carnal bailaron al son del PA PE PI PO PU!! 5 NADAMAS!
by the way any news on the thouch pro 2 and t-mobile.?
This means nothing..The World cup is what determines which teams is the best of all 32 nations. Brazil is going to win the World cup this time
HAHAHA
Are you from USA? oh yeah I understand that comment...
Well its true... Mexico is not a rival for european teams i have the same felling Brazil will wins the WORLD CUP!
at least... Italy sow the worst face of his team this year...
I'm from U.S but I consider myself Latino/Hispanic
And yeah Brazil has always been my favorite team.
Viva Italia! They will have a great chance of winning another cup!!
galaxys said:
Viva Italia! They will have a great chance of winning another cup!!
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ROFL. Dream on.
One vote for France as the world cup champion!
And it´s a shame for me to say this, but Mexican soccer sucks...
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This means nothing..The World cup is what determines which teams is the best of all 32 nations. Brazil is going to win the World cup this time
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I doubt Brazil Since almost all its old/good players are playing so they might not win and the one ending up winning might be France/Italy/Germany since they are one the strongest teams over seas
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I doubt Brazil Since almost all its old/good players are playing so they might not win and the one ending up winning might be France/Italy/Germany since they are one the strongest teams over seas
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dont get your hopes up... Italy won the world cup because of the penalty kicks and thats it..ive seen them playing and they played unprofessional...who in the world would think that italy would win the world cup...germany could be the next world champions
Unfortunately, i don't think italy will win the next world cup. Not always the best team wins (i not saing italy is the best, for sure brasil nowadays is better), sometimes it's just "luck" which decides matchs. In 2006 we won aganist australia thank to a penality in the last few minutes, we won aganist germany at the last minute (by the way it was a GREAT victory) and we won the final with penalitys.
Masacre!
video attached! jajaja in first post
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Unfortunately, i don't think italy will win the next world cup. Not always the best team wins (i not saing italy is the best, for sure brasil nowadays is better), sometimes it's just "luck" which decides matchs. In 2006 we won aganist australia thank to a penality in the last few minutes, we won aganist germany at the last minute (by the way it was a GREAT victory) and we won the final with penalitys.
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Italy is actually pretty good, just that they make minor errors when they play which is normal (they make to many) and Brazil actually has fallen in overall (in my opinion) But we'll have to see Next Year to see who has improved over these last 4 yrs
Haha Saw the vid.
Also USA are big fkin sore losers they get over aggressive cheat and actually try to start fights and Mexico they usually take it calmly and i guess they dont play like tht. Mexico should have a chance next year if they play like in this game but with improvement.
Thats the spirit!!!
Hahaha well it seems that you arent Mexican!
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Thats the spirit!!!
Hahaha well it seems that you arent Mexican!
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haha im not?...Lol I sure am a Mexican (soy de Coahuila) haha
hahaha
God damn so...
Ese es el espiritu paisano!!!
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God damn so...
Ese es el espiritu paisano!!!
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Hahaha!
Sorry Paisa, I really do not like soccer but of course I support México if plays an international game!
I preferr F1!!!
Related
I'm wondering if it is possible in the near future to held a grand eyeball for all xda-dev members? lol Now we get to see in person those who cooked ROMs for us, those senior members who bully us when we used to be a noob, those sarcastic members, those kind ones..hehe...and our French guys will be our host and it will be in France and it will flood with wine..beers..pasta..american dishes, asian dishes, all the dishes there is...and I get to see xplode, sun_dream, helmi_c, greatbal, egzthunder1, oldsap, and all my idols here and we get to show off our HTC phones..wehehehe hahaha lol...hmmmmm I will definitely attend that party no matter what. Before I get old and forget about everything I want to meet you guys..heheh..lol..oh man!
This actually would be a great great idea!
hard to acomplish because distances, work, and money issues
But that would be AN UNPRECEDENT EVENT IN THE WHOLE WWW!!!
First point to discuss:
1.- Where?
I have some miles acumulated on my JAL account and willing to use them for this cause!
If ever gets real...
Yep, this might be hard to accomplish and might take years before it happens. But you'll never know. I want to see xplode in person before he explodes!!! LOL I want to see sun_dream before M$ put him behind bars (LOL sun, just jokin, peace bro! You know I luv ya...) And this would be one of a heck grand as in GRAND eyeball! Some from US, some from UK, some from Philippines, from Bulgaria, from mexico from Australia, from China, from Malaysia, from India, from Japan (hey bring some sushi..) from Italy, from Germany, from around the world in one place.
First point to discuss:
1.- Where?
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Can't vote Philipines. Can't assure you guys your safety. Abu Sayaff is everywhere. LOL. Joke.
hmmmmm... What about in France or in Miami..hehe but f course everything will be expensive but if we will go in Philippines or China or Malaysia, money will worth double that means double the fun. Or we can just go to xplode's house
What about your place orb?
red_hanks said:
Yep, this might be hard to accomplish and might take years before it happens. But you'll never know. I want to see xplode in person before he explodes!!! LOL I want to see sun_dream before M$ put him behind bars (LOL sun, just jokin, peace bro! You know I luv ya...) And this would be one of a heck grand as in GRAND eyeball! Some from US, some from UK, some from Philippines, from Bulgaria, from mexico from Australia, from China, from Malaysia, from India, from Japan (hey bring some sushi..) from Italy, from Germany, from around the world in one place.
Can't vote Philipines. Can't assure you guys your safety. Abu Sayaff is everywhere. LOL. Joke.
hmmmmm... What about in France or in Miami..hehe but f course everything will be expensive but if we will go in Philippines or China or Malaysia, money will worth double that means double the fun. Or we can just go to xplode's house
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Mexico would be fantastic! and we have nice places!
we are not an expensive country, and lees if most people comes form UK & USA!
1 british pound is = 18 mexican pesos
1 us dollar = 14 pesos
orb3000 said:
This actually would be a great great idea!
hard to acomplish because distances, work, and money issues
But that would be AN UNPRECEDENT EVENT IN THE WHOLE WWW!!!
First point to discuss:
1.- Where?
I have some miles acumulated on my JAL account and willing to use them for this cause!
If ever gets real...
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Amsterdam of course...
Legal Drugs, Hookers... er, I mean, that's where xda all started
Dave
DaveShaw said:
Amsterdam of course...
Legal Drugs, Hookers... er, I mean, that's where xda all started
Dave
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Wow!
I think with those atractives nobody will refuse to go Amsterdam! (Never been there)
An oh..of course that was the creation place, so now number 2 on the list:
2. When?
When? That my friend we don't know...
Hello all,
I am in the hospitality business and organise events for a number of blue chips – in short my company is the best in the business.
I get good rates on hotels, restaurants and have excellent connections for all things conference throughout Europe. So if Italy, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Uk or Ireland is a possible venue for the proposed event, I will be happy to get involved. I am a big fan of XDA.
Work is on going on our website just now so I am aware that a number of pages need updating... its in the hands of the HTML engineer... link in my signature if ya wanna have a look at what we do.
Best,
J
This would be pretty cool however i've never seen it work out in any other forum. I think the best thing to do would be to create a poll and see where most people are located. Say there's a bundle in California, then we could have one in LA or some place close to all Californians. Same thing for other states, countries, even cities, etc. We could then all share our experiences. As for me, i'm in Southern California, hence the reason i used it
More or less this event might take place in the US or somewhere in Europe...only few asian are here...
It is a nice idea. Make it a convention and invite some guest speakers to show off the future of mobile devices, have reps from HTC and others perhaps like Sony, Motorola, Nokia, Jabra, etc... showing off newest gadgets and gear - Workshop seminars and stuff like that. It could be a fun time to meet some of our members in person, talk, show off our devices and envy the other person's device and a good learning opportunity as well.
invite some guest speakers to show off the future of mobile devices, have reps from HTC and others perhaps like Sony, Motorola, Nokia, Jabra, etc... showing off newest gadgets and gear -
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it won't be an eyeball anymore. It will look like a convention, a meeting, etc. And that will be boring because everyone should be formal. Just an "ORDINARY' but "GRANDacious" eyeball.. exclusively fro XDA-DEV members and if you like we can invite M$ as our guest speaker..LOL
Just a regular GRAND EYEBALL, just to meet each and everyone here at XDA-DEV. No paper works, no signing up just beer and phones and girls too...
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This would be pretty cool however i've never seen it work out in any other forum. I think the best thing to do would be to create a poll and see where most people are located. Say there's a bundle in California, then we could have one in LA or some place close to all Californians. Same thing for other states, countries, even cities, etc. We could then all share our experiences. As for me, i'm in Southern California, hence the reason i used it
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Agree with the poll
Starting form there we can see how many would like to attend and where most people is located
But I must say that I agree with Daveshaw that the best place should be where all this started: Amsterdam!
So who is going to create the poll?
Yeah, Amsterdam would be great! And there will be raffle promos and HTC Devices giveaways courtesy of all xda-dev's moderators and admins... Come one let's make this happen.
Great poll!
LOL
Last option looks pretty cool!
hehehe if that last option wins...you got to pay my expenses going to your place!
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Can't vote Philipines. Can't assure you guys your safety. Abu Sayaff is everywhere. LOL. Joke.
hmmmmm... What about in France or in Miami..hehe but f course everything will be expensive but if we will go in Philippines or China or Malaysia, money will worth double that means double the fun. Or we can just go to xplode's house
What about your place orb?
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just a cent from a newbee, i hope this great idea will happen sooner...
i agree however that safety, next of course to resources, is definitely the issue needed to be considered by anyone else. but who's safe nowadays? i dont think there's a better place than our own abode (just be sure our better half is out.. lol)..
a little clarification though about Philippines vis a vis Abu Sayaff (ASG). ASG concentrates mostly in northern part of Mindanao and now being relentlessly pursued. on the otherhand, there are great places in the Philippines particularly in Luzon & Visayas, although as i've said cant be considered safer that our homes. But on the brighter side, your 1$ to Php47.++ is quite noteworthy of consideration.... more than double the fun i guess
Btw, considering the "safety" issue as quoted, i voted for the last option (peace orb...)
cheers...
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It is a nice idea. Make it a convention and invite some guest speakers to show off the future of mobile devices, have reps from HTC and others perhaps like Sony, Motorola, Nokia, Jabra, etc... showing off newest gadgets and gear - Workshop seminars and stuff like that. It could be a fun time to meet some of our members in person, talk, show off our devices and envy the other person's device and a good learning opportunity as well.
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and Microsoft too.... for moratorium on infringement
@phezthie
yeah, your dollar worth a lot here in the philippines...now everybody knows *darn* lol
Of course there are lots of great places here...it's a 7,100 island country..pick your choice.
Hey Orb... 2 votes for you now..jejeje...
red_hanks said:
@phezthie
yeah, your dollar worth a lot here in the philippines...now everybody knows *darn* lol
Of course there are lots of great places here...it's a 7,100 island country..pick your choice.
Hey Orb... 2 votes for you now..jejeje...
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yep, I´m watching!!
Ready for Tequila?
3. The host city (Members) use their money to provide a place for the eyeball party and lots drinks of course!!!
Dude. Omg. What if the lose? Omg. I hope they win. OPINIONS!?
USA! USA! USA!...I'm rooting for the US (American Region)
That"s the spirit! Everybody join in with me, mention this in your post
"usa! Usa! Usa!"
this should be a good game. go usa!
Almost on! I'm dying! They better winnn!
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Almost on! I'm dying! They better winnn!
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They will...
Don't panic G1...you are losing 1-0
GOOOAL PINCHA GOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
Don't worry Sr. Clown, 1-1 =P
30 minutes extra time!
Vamos vamos power rangers... Oh no i mean usa!
Screw this 2-1! Noooo~
guys, keep in mind! Every time gahna makes a goal, and orphan child dies from swine flu!
...and we lost.
NOOO! DAMN IT STUPID SON IDSKJBDLAEBFKRS<JVBD<EBWCFEWBFKJWKD! NOOOOO!DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THIS IS ALL EGZTHUNDER1's FAULT!
THE ONLY REASON WE LOST IS BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO BUSY FAKING INJURIES AND KILLING TIME ON US. THANK YOU GAHNA!
The Dream died...........
F&*k USA lost
I hope Ghana loses Badly in the next round.
Sorry G1,
It was a very good match though, until next world cup in Brazil 2014...
WEll. There goes my intrest in soccer for the next 4 years.
Se ya next world cup guys, same as México eliminated on 2nd round
I think USA might do better next time, they weren't as bad as they normally are plus they have some good players, and IMO i think they play for there country as its not as popular over in the states as it is in the uk were there just playing to get a huge wage packet that none of them deserve.
Cool idea for a thread, so:
My country has 2 names: Palestine and Israel
It is where the three religions came to earth: Islam, Christianity, and Jew
Some parts of it are divided using a huge wall to separate the Israeli parts the Palestinian parts.
We have a lot of Mosques and Churches there.
Jesus Christ was born in a city called Bethlehem and it's where most of Christian tourists go.
I think that's enough for now
Cool idea
I´ll fill it later
good for u , living in a warzone u can play tdm in real life
Post facts about kwait
In england we are all awesome.
We have a queen who has pretty much no power over england.
I live there.
I am awesome.
England = Awesome.
Hmmmmmm
My EVO can kick your EVO's A$$!
Unites States......Nough Said
o o o o o!!! We haz a black President
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Unites States......Nough Said
o o o o o!!! We haz a black President
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Cheers!!!! Well-played, sir!
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I live in the U.S.A.
We stick our thumbs in everyone's pie and expect thanks for it.
We as a nation are broke but continue to spend billions to help bail out other countries.
We have almost no export except for wheat, corn, soybeans, and rice.
Although our nation was built on religious freedom and immigration we are trying to thwart both.
And our president is just a big a dumb ass as the prior one.
But with all that being said I'd still rather be living here then anywhere else in the world.
I live in the U.S.A, where private citizens can build massive arsenals of weapons while listening to gangster rap. I love this country so much!
Scent phrum mie fone!
I live in the UK...
Free...
Health Care
Schools
Dentists
Money if you're over 60
Money and House if you have no Job
westicle said:
I live in the U.S.A, where private citizens can build massive arsenals of weapons while listening to gangster rap. I love this country so much!
Scent phrum mie fone!
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+1 were every hillbilly is married to their cousin
for guys in the US say something about your state that will be good
Mmmm,
I'm from Belgium; and we have all.
We have a King, who coast lot of money but don't have power (Just for the chow)
We have a Prince who is waiting to replace his father, bet even the king knows he isn't ready.
Fore the moment still after 207 day's we don't have a government
We have three language communities
The dutch community would like have much.
The France community won't nothing, but thy don't will give something.
The German community; well it's not clear what thy will.
We have a large government deficit; but we saved our banks to sell it to a other country.
Because our country have a large deficit thy decided to sell our public buildings, but now we rent them
We have a minister who is always tired, and he has the power of pensions
Every year our government says that we need to attract foreign companies to settle in Belgium. But in the last years there are more companies who left Belgium.
Our telecomunicate, electricity and gas products are among the most expensive of our neighboring countries.
But I think it's funny here, certainly if your job is Stand up Comedian, our government/country gives you enough stuff to talk/laugh about.
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for guys in the US say something about your state that will be good
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OK
CALIFORNIA( Golden state)
we has the BAY Area, nough said ......
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I live in the UK...
Free...
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+1
10char.
OK. NY
Expensive Cigarettes
Expensive Transportation
Unorganized Government
Had a blind guy as governor
Too many tourists
Making fun of tourists, ie, when they ask you where the WTC is tell them to get on the train, take it 3 stops and they will see it. And yes, they were less then a block away from the site.
It's boring
Hmm.. Ok I live in Colorado
Home of Pikes Peak - where our Anthem was written - it truly is "Purple Mountains Majesty"
Awesome if you love to ski, hike, canoe, mountain bike, or hunt and fish.
Terrible transportation/roads.
Where I live there is a pawnshop, liquor store, church, and car dealership on EVERY corner. (Colorado Springs)
Has a great "Make My Day" law - you enter my house I can legally shoot you and get away with it.
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Hmm.. Ok I live in Colorado
Home of Pikes Peak - where our Anthem was written - it truly is "Purple Mountains Majesty"
Awesome if you love to ski, hike, canoe, mountain bike, or hunt and fish.
Terrible transportation/roads.
Where I live there is a pawnshop, liquor store, church, and car dealership on EVERY corner. (Colorado Springs)
Has a great "Make My Day" law - you enter my house I can legally shoot you and get away with it.
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^^^ home of eric cartman from south park
Well I live in Northern California
1. Governor was a the damn terminator
2. Schools are "dead broke"
3.Lots of "Gangs"
3.Warm weather
4.Hispanic gangsters act like africans
Imo not much has been accomplished in California..
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Hey folks!
I dunno why, but I had something pop into my head on my way to work today, and I thought I'd ask you fine folks.
This question is directed at British, Australian, and New Zealander members of XDA.
Let us assume you're in a conversation with someone, and they either use the term:
A. Footballer
B. Football Player
Would you automatically assume if they said "footballer" they were referring to that sport which you folks call "football" and we Americans call "soccer", but if the person had said "football player" would you assume they meant American Football?
Thanks in advance!
I'd think English football for both We don't really do American Football haha
Oh, ok.
I know you guys aren't necessarily going to be "into" American Football. lol...
I just didn't know if you considered one or the other to be exclusive.
My ex-girlfriend taught me, for instance, that "rooting for one's team" in Brit/Aussie circles would have a, *ahem* completely different meaning than it does here in the U.S. I didn't know if you had the same degree of differentiation for what you call your athletes.
Groovy. Thanks!
SciFiSurfer said:
Oh, ok.
I know you guys aren't necessarily going to be "into" American Football. lol...
I just didn't know if you considered one or the other to be exclusive.
My ex-girlfriend taught me, for instance, that "rooting for one's team" in Brit/Aussie circles would have a, *ahem* completely different meaning than it does here in the U.S. I didn't know if you had the same degree of differentiation for what you call your athletes.
Groovy. Thanks!
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Haha Okay, Wait are you sure? When someone says youre rooting for a team or whatever it means supporting
We usually refer to your version of football as;
"Stop And Go Shiny Helmet Carry Ball"
Sometimes shortened to "American Football"
Go Packers
Also, last I heard football was over because all the players are too busy sleeping with prostitutes to actually play football anymore. That could just be the BBC/Daily Mail scaremongering though.
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We usually refer to your version of football as;
"Stop And Go Shiny Helmet Carry Ball"
Sometimes shortened to "American Football"
Go Packers
Also, last I heard football was over because all the players are too busy sleeping with prostitutes to actually play football anymore. That could just be the BBC/Daily Mail scaremongering though.
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Can I steal that epically funny phrase?
(my Dad played for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959, 60, 61}
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Babydoll25 said:
Can I steal that epically funny phrase?
(my Dad played for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959, 60, 61}
Sent from my Nexus S because it decided to play nice....or telepathically using two tin cans and some string.
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Help yourself
Im guessing Super Sunday was an extra big deal in your house then?.....
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Help yourself
Im guessing Super Sunday was an extra big deal in your house then?.....
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Thanks
Still is
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In the UK, Footballer & football player are the same thing, they mean soccer player.
In Australia, they call it soccer and soccer player...football (footy) is either NRL(National Rugby League) or AFL (Australian Football League).
Well I'm not British but I watch the english premier league a lot and go to a lot of games (btw Bolton are beating Arsenal!!) and I'd assume that when you're talking about a footballer that it's the premier league and a football player is like NFL. That might be because I'm one of of few who actually know how to play NFL football and how the rules work and follow it.
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Well I'm not British but I watch the english premier league a lot and go to a lot of games (btw Bolton are beating Arsenal!!) and I'd assume that when you're talking about a footballer that it's the premier league and a football player is like NFL. That might be because I'm one of of few who actually know how to play NFL football and how the rules work and follow it.
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Over here, we call them footballers, football players, the-idiot-who-lost-my-200-dollar-bet-because-he-couldn't-score-from-point-blank, the-sissy-diver, and probably that-ambiguously-gay-dude-who-keeps-hugging-everyone.
Oh, and we call them people who carry the "football" around with their hands retards.
You folks are awesome, and this thread made me laugh. Trust me, today I could do with a laugh, so thanks very much!
My ex-g/f and I had a number of conversations about the differences between Australia/Europe and the U.S. vis à vis both sports and school. She told me few interesting things.
1. Australia doesn't have schools with big sports teams. The notion of big money teams that aren't professional teams is, I gather, essentially an unknown concept.
2. You don't ask "What team are you rooting for?" because "rooting" means having sex with.
3. Students really don't get to pick what professors they have in college for their classes.
(She also put me wise to the Australia/NZ rivalry and jokes, but I really don't remember them. Well, except for the sheep jokes, but those are really baa-aa-aa-ad.)
SciFiSurfer said:
You folks are awesome, and this thread made me laugh. Trust me, today I could do with a laugh, so thanks very much!
My ex-g/f and I had a number of conversations about the differences between Australia/Europe and the U.S. vis à vis both sports and school. She told me few interesting things.
1. Australia doesn't have schools with big sports teams. The notion of big money teams that aren't professional teams is, I gather, essentially an unknown concept.
2. You don't ask "What team are you rooting for?" because "rooting" means having sex with.
3. Students really don't get to pick what professors they have in college for their classes.
(She also put me wise to the Australia/NZ rivalry and jokes, but I really don't remember them. Well, except for the sheep jokes, but those are really baa-aa-aa-ad.)
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I think that school thing really only happens in North America. I haven't heard of one country in Europe that has like big teams that are a school. They are mostly just formed from people getting together and forming a 'club'. That's basically how all football teams are over here. And the football teams have the professional team, then under teams for like kids and so on. Like there isn't only one Manchester United team for example, they have the reserves team and then youth teams.
Sadly, most schools in Britain these days dont receive enough funding to teach basic maths and English.... let alone fund a seriously competitive sporting team.
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Sadly, most schools in Britain these days dont receive enough funding to teach basic maths and English.... let alone fund a seriously competitive sporting team.
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I was actually only referring to colleges, not K-12 schools. In that, sadly, the U.K. and the U.S. are essentially the same. There's so much that's not taught or done in schools that was taught or done not that long ago.
Part of the problem is the whole "teach to the test" phenomenon associated with the various state-level tests. Washington DC wants to have the states give that up in favor of pushing its own nationally standardized test. The problem there is twofold:
1. More and more power concentrated and centralized in one all-powerful authority;
2. Replacing one "teach to the test" environment with another one.
Anyhow, I don't intend to turn this into a political debate (which if we keep going down this road it surely will be), I'm simply curious about the differences.
Thanks again!
I searched but didn't find any thread like this...
There are many people here who would travel to different cities, states, countries...
And not everyone knows about everything!
Yes, there's Google, you can search, check reviews...
But wouldn't it be better if we could have some 1st hand information here?
So that someone traveling somewhere new doesn't get harassed unnecessarily...
Also, we could have posts describing the specialties of your region/zone...
Anything social, political, cultural facts...
This could help a lot of people when need be...
If there's anything wrong in it, mods feel free to close the thread... but i just hope we could help each other with a lot many things this way...
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The UK is the armpit of Europe. If you come here you will get ripped off by everybody, not just taxi drivers. The beaches don't have sand..or sun for that matter. We specialize in going out on weekends playing catch the STD and throwing up on pavements.
Most of the population think Eastenders is the height of cultural entertainment and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over.
You'd be better off going on a camping tour of Pripyat than taking a holiday in the UK.
DirkGently said:
The UK is the armpit of Europe. If you come here you will get ripped off by everybody, not just taxi drivers. The beaches don't have sand..or sun for that matter. We specialize in going out on weekends playing catch the STD and throwing up on pavements.
Most of the population think Eastenders is the height of cultural entertainment and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over.
You'd be better off going on a camping tour of Pripyat than taking a holiday in the UK.
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lol...
the one thing i like about UK is the EPL... i mean BPL now!
would love to attend a game sometime...
DirkGently said:
The UK is the armpit of Europe. If you come here you will get ripped off by everybody, not just taxi drivers. The beaches don't have sand..or sun for that matter. We specialize in going out on weekends playing catch the STD and throwing up on pavements.
Most of the population think Eastenders is the height of cultural entertainment and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over.
You'd be better off going on a camping tour of Pripyat than taking a holiday in the UK.
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Completely agree. At every single corner of the UK people try and get money from you.
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I'd talk about my City...
Kolkata (earlier Calcutta) is an old Indian Capital City ( Now the Capital Is New Delhi)...
When the British ruled India, calcutta was their capital... So there are some pretty old British monuments, architecture etc...
It is a lazy city... The average summer temperature has been on the rise, it goes to a max of about 45 degree Celsius...
A drop in temperature below 20 degrees is supposedly winter time here!
We have great rains in July-August that floods a few regions...
The population of the city including its suburbs is about 15million! Wherever you go, you'd see people people people!!
There are some nice places to visit, i'll try getting some pics sometime later...
People in general are nice, but you see, there are every kind of people everywhere...
Politically, the communist party was in power from the 70's till a year and a half back...
It's an old, lazy life-style city, will glimpses of sparks during the festive season!
Will post some pics of the festivity that went on last week... it's majestically beautiful
If anyone plans coming to Kolkata (Calcutta), do drop a message to me for sure!
wiki link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata
Darjeeling, Sundarban are nearby places worth a trip!
DirkGently said:
The UK is the armpit of Europe. If you come here you will get ripped off by everybody, not just taxi drivers. The beaches don't have sand..or sun for that matter. We specialize in going out on weekends playing catch the STD and throwing up on pavements.
Most of the population think Eastenders is the height of cultural entertainment and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over.
You'd be better off going on a camping tour of Pripyat than taking a holiday in the UK.
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That should keep Johnny Foreigner away Dirk, nicely done. Keep Britain and it's glorious sandy sunkissed beaches (such as West Wittering, and the boobie fest that is Bournemouth) free for us Brits. Could you imagine if they came over and discovered just how good value Southport Pier arcade is? It'd be shockingly over run within days! By jingo I won't hear of it!
xaccers said:
That should keep Johnny Foreigner away Dirk, nicely done. Keep Britain and it's glorious sandy sunkissed beaches (such as West Wittering, and the boobie fest that is Bournemouth) free for us Brits. Could you imagine if they came over and discovered just how good value Southport Pier arcade is? It'd be shockingly over run within days! By jingo I won't hear of it!
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Rumbled! Now that everyone's cancelled their reservations i can book myself a birth in Hayling Islands sumptuous caravan park!
Arcades, here i come!
DirkGently said:
Rumbled! Now that everyone's cancelled their reservations i can book myself a birth in Hayling Islands sumptuous caravan park!
Arcades, here i come!
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Ah that takes me back!
After a day LARPing around in hundred acre woods near Boarhunt, we went to the Ship Inn for a drink, when one of the guys said "Don't look, but that guy at the bar used to be in the Monkees"
Of course we all turned around then realised we didn't have a clue what anyone in the Monkees looked like, so Davy Jones was safe.
Bergen, Norway. The wettest place in the universe. We like to spend our time in front of computers, and being social means to spend $300 on overpriced beer and pizza. At summer time, a million eggshell white norwegians like to migrate to the south of the equator with our best buds, the swedes, and getting drunk and smashing things (much like the brits). We repeat this twice a year; summer and winter.
We also love to whine about everything.
Welcome!
Edit: I'm borrowing this from Dirk. "[...]and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over."
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LordManhattan said:
Edit: I'm borrowing this from Dirk. "[...]and our politicians take it in turns every few years to see how hard they can screw the working man over."
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i guess that's a universal fact!
all politicians are such a breed!!
Montreal is Europe in North America. Living here sucks, because the premier of our province (equivalent to governor of a state), is practically openly racist toward the English. Other than the language feud, and the education riots, its a pretty nice place to visit
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