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| Topic Started: Jun 6 2010, 10:01:03 PM (392 Views) | |
| CynicalCountess | Jun 6 2010, 10:01:03 PM Post #1 |
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Who else is excited? We'll be cheering for Germany, Australia, and the US in this household. I'm tipping Spain, Brazil, or Argentina to win. Germany maybe, but probably not with Ballack out. |
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| MrsHippo | Jun 7 2010, 09:31:36 AM Post #2 |
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We are excited! We will be cheering for Brazil! (And after that, anyone but Italy!) LOL |
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| tasosmama | Jun 7 2010, 09:33:05 AM Post #3 |
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My husband is super-duper excited. We'll be setting our alarm for US and Australia games.. watching them in bed with hot chocolates as not to wake the baby. 4 years ago we had little parties where peeps came over in their jammies and we all drank hot choc's and watched together. |
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| meg1388 | Jun 18 2010, 02:06:11 PM Post #4 |
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BBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ How irritating are those vuvuzelas?!!!  Other than that, it's been fun watching. I've never ever been interested in soccer before. Strange what living in Australia can do to you! |
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| CynicalCountess | Jun 18 2010, 09:44:13 PM Post #5 |
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Oh Lord, I am so behind the movement to ban the damn things.
Edited by CynicalCountess, Jun 18 2010, 09:44:35 PM.
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| Albie's Girl | Jun 20 2010, 05:32:17 PM Post #6 |
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I saw this earlier today  The dreaded vuvuzela claims its first victim: Woman bursts her windpipe 'by blowing too hard' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1287631/The-dreaded-vuvuzela-claims-victim-Woman-bursts-windpipe-blowing-hard.html And this (no idea if it actually works, but ... ) This is your chance to enjoy the FIFA world championship 2010 WITHOUT the annoying Vuvuzela noise! Get rid of the Vuvuzela noise through active noise cancellation Only 2.95 http://antivuvuzelafilter.com/ I haven't watched any of the matches, so I've never heard the horns ... but all the comments I've heard have been super negative, so you're not alone, Meg 
Edited by Albie's Girl, Jun 20 2010, 05:33:31 PM.
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| CynicalCountess | Jun 25 2010, 04:49:18 AM Post #7 |
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WOOOHOOOO!! Bye-bye, Italy! |
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| Sallynec5 | Jun 26 2010, 08:29:55 PM Post #8 |
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Yay World Cup soccer!!! I've played soccer since I was 8 so I'm so excited too! I'm definitely cheering for the US and I was cheering for Aus too but now they're out  Can't wait for the US/Ghana game. I've been having some friends over for some of the games. I'm glad I know some others who are into it too. |
Hi! I'm Nikki and I moved to Mackay, QLD in Sept '08. I'm an aunt to a beautiful girl named Violet who I love soo much and the wife of an amazing Aussie who treats me like a queen 
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| Sallynec5 | Jun 26 2010, 08:30:12 PM Post #9 |
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PS - what do you think of all of the cards that have been given in these Cup games so far?? |
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Hi! I'm Nikki and I moved to Mackay, QLD in Sept '08. I'm an aunt to a beautiful girl named Violet who I love soo much and the wife of an amazing Aussie who treats me like a queen
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| CynicalCountess | Jun 26 2010, 08:37:33 PM Post #10 |
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I think some are justified (Pepe sliding his cleats into the ankle of a Brazilian), but a lot of them are crap. Especially Kewell's red card - how the hell could he have gotten out of the way?! |
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| Sallynec5 | Jun 26 2010, 08:41:53 PM Post #11 |
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Yeah I agree - Kewell's was pretty crap. If you watch it in real-time I think it does look like he hit it with his arm and moved his arm a bit which I can see would be a red card, but when you watch it in slow-mo, he certainly wasn't trying to hit it with his arm at all and hardly moved his shoulder/arm at all - he was trying to stick his chest out for a chest ball. I guess that's the beauty of having no video-refs in the game of soccer. I think the Aussie team got ripped off a lot with cards though. I think I remember another red card for a slide-tackle from behind and he completely missed the ball but then another team did the same thing to them and the guy only got a yellow card. I guess it just makes the game more interesting and gives fans something to talk about haha |
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Hi! I'm Nikki and I moved to Mackay, QLD in Sept '08. I'm an aunt to a beautiful girl named Violet who I love soo much and the wife of an amazing Aussie who treats me like a queen
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| CynicalCountess | Jun 27 2010, 12:13:50 AM Post #12 |
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We're still celebrating the Italians leaving. |
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