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Post by Toby on May 5, 2006 20:16:09 GMT 1
I have just been checking the fixture list for the summer.. worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/finals_fixtures/It looks like there will not be too many clashes, just need to get a decent watching location near the site... maybe a pub? Remember nobody is allowed to rub it in if England do really bad, or gloat if they do really well.... Of course the reverse will be allowed.
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Post by Toby on May 5, 2006 20:22:38 GMT 1
... just remembered...
Nobody is allowed to break a 4th/5th Metatarsal on site! If you do it will be a case of having to sit out the BBQ round of burgers, though you may be fit for the chocolate muffins.
The only way of healing will be to sit in an oxygen tent, eat crisps and dips, pick the dirt out of your fingernail and have Ged do a Mr Myagi (Karate Kid tutor) healing hands trick!
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Post by fee on May 6, 2006 14:26:28 GMT 1
I thought I was going to escape the world cup this year seeing as most of it is while I'm in York and my other half is in Edinburgh. But evidently not; I shall just have to busy myself with dissertation research, and rubbing it in when England do badly....
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Post by Toby on May 6, 2006 15:02:27 GMT 1
Sorry Fee... I am having a bit of a struggle to find which World Cup group Scotland are playing in?!?
Oh! hang on a mnute did they qualify?
(Only joking)
I imagine I will be in a minority on the site. Whatever the case it will be better than being in Italy during '98 - The locals were all cheering for Argentina (at least it gave me a reason to quit smoking)
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Post by fee on May 7, 2006 13:51:36 GMT 1
Everyone knows that the Scots can't play football; I just wish the team would realise this. And I don't follow the sport so am impervious to the insults I did get told off after being faux-sympathetic about a certain metatarsal injury though...whoops...
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Post by Toby on May 7, 2006 21:51:49 GMT 1
I cannot imagine being north of the wall/border during the World Cup.. I imagine there will be little in the way of sympathy for anything regarding England.
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Post by fee on May 8, 2006 14:27:21 GMT 1
Methinks he will not be a happy bunny if England do badly. But then neither will you. I can't wait for the silly competition to be over, and it's not even started yet!!
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Post by Pam on May 8, 2006 16:02:46 GMT 1
I must say I'm slightly more inclined to watch the England matches now it looks like that bad tempered ugly kid isn't going to be playing......
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Post by Gill T on May 8, 2006 17:29:21 GMT 1
'The only way of healing will be to sit in an oxygen tent, eat crisps and dips, pick the dirt out of your fingernail and have Ged do a Mr Myagi (Karate Kid tutor) healing hands trick!'[/quote] I can think of worse ways of spending injury time - though the crisps and dips might get a bit tedious after a few days...........of course, Ged would have to be paid handsomely for his time and expertise, plus a generous retainer to make sure he's available at short notice I'm with Fee on views on the world cup - I'd hoped that I could escape it by living in a hole in the ground. I trust that individual views on this topic will be taken into consideration when trainees are allocated to trenches, to avoid incompatibility issues! G
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Post by Toby on May 9, 2006 0:18:10 GMT 1
We could do what Claire does with the kids at school... They are split into named tables (eg Brasil/England etc)
If that is the case for the summer I will be working in EnglandBrasilFrance trench. The others up for grabs are Luxemburg, Andorra and Scotland (sorry Fee. just had to).
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Post by fee on May 9, 2006 9:26:29 GMT 1
I'll be quite happy in the Scotland trench - though I may be on my own for a lot of the summer... I'll have to find me a saltire
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Post by Toby on May 9, 2006 9:42:12 GMT 1
There are a number of the 'clan' coming south over the wall for the summer... A suprising number! Maybe it is some secret sheep/cattle rustling scam?
You should be sorted in the Scotland trench. If the Scottish part of my family visits the site you could have even more.
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Post by guitarmanrich on May 9, 2006 15:31:58 GMT 1
Can I request the Scottish football team also be put in a trench. Then buried.
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Post by Pam on May 9, 2006 15:46:12 GMT 1
The 'value-added' possibilities for the public tours are endless. Face painting in the colour of your nationality, national flags on those little plastic sticks, toilet roll to lob into the trenches..... Other than that you could have a championship leader board with each 'shiny' find counting as 5 points, worked bone 3 points, whole pots 2 points, etc.... the staff/trainees/placements in trench with the most points at the end the season would declared World Champions.... This would of course require referrees and other 'unbiased' officials to make sure there was no illicit unstrat finds added to the totals by sneaky cleaning of other people's sections, etc..... ;D
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Post by fee on May 9, 2006 15:46:48 GMT 1
I'll actually second that plan Rick. At least burying them will stop them pretending to play football. It may be wise to keep any Scottish football fans away from me this summer; I'll just annoy them. With hindsight it's a bit late to stay away from English ones...
And as far as I know there are no border raiding parties with sheep/cattle rustling scams going on this summer. Maybe we just want a summer longer than a week.
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