curiouswombat: (World Cup 2010)
The first day of that music meme is a song that makes you happy - and this is most certainly one of those. Not that I'm all that likely to do every day, to be honest.

This is the version with the sing-along-words - there are lots of others around, but the picture quality is not always good and, anyway it really cries out for you to sing along -




This is especially to help Cronopio get in the mood, of course!

And as for the proceedings so far; first match was pretty good; France/Uruguay - gave me the urge to clean my surfaces; the Greeks - it's a tragedy they're there when good, entertaining teams like the Irish aren't there; Argentine/Nigeria - oh how I wanted the Nigerians to win.

The only consolation is that if the 'Hand of God' keeps up all that leaping up and down on the touchline he might have a heart attack.

(S2C suggests it should be a question in the citizenship test for the UK "What is your opinion of Maradonna?")

Football.

22 Jun 2006 09:52 pm
curiouswombat: (Czech footy pic)
Well what a footballing day! We have the total tragedy - well in our house - of the Czechs being eliminated - the daughter has gone into mourning. She thinks she may have to join her friend who supports Argentina - but I don't think I can bring myself to do that - even if they were playing Brazil, who I like to see beaten I must say. (ArgentinavBrazil - hmm - it would be a tough call - how about if they both lost?)

But the Aussies - great stuff! But my goodness what a match - I mean really why DID the Australian coach play the AC Milan number 2 goalkeeper - who was originally a Croatian when there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Mark Schwartzer? (Australia's usual goalkeeper, and Middlesborough's number one keeper - so plays in the Premiership week in, week out.) And the English referee was awful - I think his mother must have been scared by a koala or something - he missed a blatant hand-ball in the Croatian goal-mouth, denying the Aussies a penalty, then booked a Croatian twice, but forgot to send him off! What on earth would the situation be if that player had then scored? Thank goodness he didn't! Then he finished the match by booking the same guy for a third time - got to be one for A Question of Sport!

And well done the country of my in-laws! I think I'll be a Socceroo for the next round!
curiouswombat: (Newcastle)
Hurrah! They’ve sacked Graeme Souness! This will mean nothing to the none UK people reading this, but for our family it was a cause for rejoicing over dinner – Souness is manager of Newcastle United no more! I might have to go crack open a bottle of wine!

My family want a puppet manager )

In other news - due to a case of daughter being bored -
We are going to the big city – and why we were gently amused by a couple of American visitors )

Finally a totally non-scary or worrying bit of health news -
Health news – It’s me glands! )

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