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yeah, they erased that "regret" all right -- replaced it with an abject humiliation! I love it!

Here's a result I like. Portugal trashed North Korea 7-nil I hate those sub-sinking, kidnapping bastards. Take that, Kim Jong Il! I'll bet the bulgogi tastes like cardboard tonight. No joy in kimchitown

Remember my idea of the UK sending a national team to the World Cup? Might have avoided this sort of thing...

Bad officiating happens in every sport, but in football it seems to be especially a big problem because there aren't enough officials given the size of the pitch and there aren't any video replays.

Thought you guys might like David Letterman's most recent Top Ten List: Monday, June 14, 2010 Top Ten Reasons Americans Don't Like Soccer 10.Too many foreigners 9.Loud horns make it hard to nap through boring parts 8.Bench clearing brawls not as much fun without bats or sticks 7.No theme song asking if we are ready for some soccer 6.Not enough 'roids 5.Lots of players with umlauts in their names 4.Americans too busy reading 3.Doesn't have the heart-pounding action of a 5-hour baseball game 2.No TV timeouts means fewer snack breaks to stuff our fat faces 1.Too much kicking, not enough rasslin'

How 'bout White Flag by Dido? It's inseparable from lesbo shows at X-Zone, Mistys and Angelwitch in my fevered mind" I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be

I understand the BBC is offering a "red button" option to block the sound and is working on a software filter to screen the fucking things out.

LY, never heard of that one! I think of Pattaya when I hear Lady Gaga's Poker Face. Specifically I think of Lolita's or Bliss Club and think, "poke her face, poke her face..."

Up here in Japan my friends are gloating that Japan beat Cameroon last night 1-0. Now that's a stunner. Sure to get their asses kicked by the Dutch though.

Makes sense. Baseball pitchers can throw faster than 90mph. Footballers use their legs, obviously, which are stronger than arms. So no reason why 100mph should be out of the question.

Sorry, my bad. An hour later they DID have a brief spot on the World Cup, including a soundbite from the American scorer. Then it was on to five minutes of baseball.

I'm in Japan listening to US military radio (the only English-language thing on the radio dial, and I don't have a TV). They ran through every score in major league baseball but didn't even mention the World Cup.

Stephen Colbert covers the World Cup. Starts at the 3:30 mark, after the BP rant. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-r...er---mark-starr

I'll bet the USA is glad it sent a single national team, instead of one for each of the 50 states. Unlike what a certain former imperial power did, to its evident folly...

That's right, what kind of a bizarre system is that? And those country parliaments can be dissolved at the pleasure of Whitehall, at least the one in Northern Ireland which was dissolved once, am I right? Back to the game. It sure sucks to be a goaltender. Nobody remembers you except when you fuck up. Come to think of it, sounds like every job I ever had.

Bear is not cheep. Bear is grrr, grrr. Bird is cheep.

Well, congratulations to the Blackhawks. I'm always happy when an Original Six team wins Lord Stanley's drinking mug, and they've been waiting for a long time. Maybe it'll be the Habs' turn next year.

Spectator sports should be unpredictable in that you don't know how the variables will interact, what the other team is planning, how the players will perform under pressure, etc. etc. I think the ref's egregiously bad call in the baseball game the other day is a damn shame and should be reversible. Maybe that would open a hornet's nest, I don't know.

True, which is why (I understand) Thai gamblers only punt on English football, never the Spanish, French or (especially) Italian leagues. Still it's a wonder nothing is done. Only three officials for a pitch 130 yards long, and no video replays?

Looks good on him. They should have done the same thing to Maradona just for being a cunt.

I think it would probably fit him.

Would it fit you?

That's a question nobody would have asked before the Internet came along! You forget how annoying television used to be. Somebody would have the TV on, and there would be only one in the house because they were so expensive, and they'd be watching Diff'rent Strokes, and I'd be trying my damnedest to study for exams or read a book, and that annoying fucker Gary Coleman would be talking in his irritating whiny voice that everyone thought was so hilarious. So the shit could be on while I'm in the room for half an hour, but afterward if you'd asked did I watch the show, I'd have told you no.

No Canadian teams in the finals again But a nice old-school lineup as VV says, one Original Six team and the bad boys of Broad Street.

Oops! You're right! Never watched Diff'rent Strokes, it was a really stupid show. OK, gotta fix the poem: So farewell then, Gary Coleman. Your catch phrase was, "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" Now what we're talkin' 'bout is, you're dead. -- E.J. Thribb, 17 1/2