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Unfortunately I've found that, when trouble is started in a bar, chances are it's started by a Brit. Americans seem remarkably well behaved, probably because many who come to Pattaya are military and they are told quite severely not to cause trouble. That said, age is a far more reliable metric. When you have young men, especially young men in groups, you have a volatile cocktail of alcohol, and testosterone and Axe body spray. Just my opinion, free of charge and worth every penny.

I don't have that problem. The blue pill works fine no matter how much I drink, with the result that whiskey dick doesn't save me from myself late at night. I end up banging uglier girls, and then they keep coming back because they're really satisfied.

Now THAT'S a funny story! Was he walking funny? Maybe he'd been in Boyz Town and gotten something stuffed up his ass, like a barbie doll or a potato.

That's why I wouldn't get involved with ANY business in Thailand where I can't own the dirt on which it stands. Which, of course, I can't.

Man those Geordie bitches are fugly. Viz magazine isn't exaggerating.

A friend of mine caught dengue, very nasty stuff. Utterly exhausted, stayed in hospital on IV drip for a couple of days. Lovedog, hope you feel better soon.

Goddam fish thieves won it Grilled octopus, anyone?

That randy old cougar. Probably the reason she snuck into the men's locker room in the first place Of course, when I sneak into the women's locker rooms, does everybody line up to shake my hand? Oh no, security gets called and it's the sex offenders' list for me! It seems like there's one law for royalty and another one for the rest of us.

Ouch!

Some would say he's ugly, but I would answer neigh. Mind you if Spain starts losing on Monday he'll have a long face. "Come on, Pujol, whinney-d another goal!"

I don't think so. I saw those Spanish guys on TV and they're ugly.

Wac, odds are you're right, but I'm hoping you're wrong. Fuck Spain, go Netherlands!

Okay, now it's personal. The final will be the Netherlands vs Spain. I don't want Spain to win. They fish in international waters just outside Canadian territory, taking as much fish as they want and not giving a fuck about a sustainable fishery. so fuck them. I don't want those fish thieves to win. Come on Netherlands!

Porn star offers to blow all her followers on Twitter if the Netherlands wins the World Cup.

Van Brommel blatantly hauled a player down and the ref did/saw nothing. A few minutes later he was carded for something trivial, which is probably a tacit recognition that he should have been carded earlier. Whatever, I'm cheering for the Netherlands. Germany's already won enough times and I don't like the Spanish cuz they steal our fish. I'd rather Germany won that Spain but for the next few days I'm a Netherlands fan.

You don't need to win every game, Reneer. You just need to win the next one.

Netherlands hung in, it looked like a cakewalk 3-1 till Uruguay booted one in late in the game. Pretty chippy toward the end, and what's with Van Boomen (sp?) not getting carded till it was almost over? and extra time added when everyone thought it was time to hit the showers? Kind of a strange end to a game but the wooden shoes won. Up against Germany or Spain after tomorrow's match.

looks like fun, too bad I was in the wrong country to enjoy it. I've eaten at the Ace Cafe many times, the food is great and cheap. Cashew nut fried rice especially recommended. Ray, I did that shopping in Akihabara you asked me to and your Hillary Clinton anatomically correct blow-up doll is on its way.

Nice work Pete! Some good cleavage shots on the ceiling cam

The problem is that goals that didn't happen get recorded, and goals that did happen don't. All the time. That's not sport, it's a crapshoot. Video replay itself isn't the point. The point is doing SOMETHING to keep this inflamed boil on the bell-end of soccer from spreading. If you can't use cameras, have more refs, or allow conferences among refs if one of the refs disputes the call. The point is, do SOMETHING. And if you can't find a solution, that doesn't mean the problem goes away. It's still a gambling vehicle, not a sport. First sensible thing you've said today.

Sorry I thought it was obvious. Okay, let me clarify. There's no question that some of the finest athletes in the world are soccer players. Also, if I see a bunch of guys playing pickup soccer in a park or something, then yeah, that's a sport. My problem is with FIFA. There is such an enormous random element in soccer that it can't really be called a sport anymore. It's as if we played three innings of baseball, then the players rolled dice to see who wins the fourth inning. If that happened, I wouldn't call baseball a sport either. At the same time, randomness makes for great gambling. That's why I call FIFA soccer a gambling vehicle more than a sport. To wit: Constant problems with referees. Can you recall a game in this World Cup where there WASN'T a bad ref decision that was crucial to the flow, if not the result, of the game? Recall the wrongly accorded goal that won the World Cup for England in 1966, and lost it for England in the 80s with Maradona's "hand of God." Once a generation, I can tolerate that sort of thing. But EVERY GODDAM GAME? : And there's no video replay. You've got a pitch big enough to grow corn on and only three refs to watch it all. No wonder there's so much diving. The diving is an integral part of the game. It happens in ice hockey too, but not remotely as much as in soccer, where it's basically the whole game. And then what happens? Yellow card, red card. Yellow card means nothing, just a warning that a red card might be coming (except in the playoffs, when players can miss the next game, but another player will replace them). Red card means you play short-handed for the REST OF THE GAME. So the first is a verbal warning, the second the death penalty. WTF? And because there are no time-outs for commercials, like in ice hockey, you can't just keep playing in the event of a draw (in a playoff situation). So the penalty kicks. Bloody hell! Is that any way to decide the outcome of a game?

Brilliant mate!

Yeah, sorry to outgun and outclass you on two fronts now. Edit: Added a smiley face. Because it's nice to be nice.

Well, soccer, of course, is not a real sport at all, but rather a gambling vehicle. The random element is simply too big a part of the game.

Increasingly I think the best way to show respect for the real heroes, as berettakid so rightly calls them, is to bring them home. Asked how the hunt for Bin Laden was going, General McChrystal said, "that's not part of my mission." But now we're getting into politics...