The Beautiful Game
July 10th, 2006 | Published in food and music, general | 8 Comments
I shouldn’t have started on this World Cup gambling thing. Especially not with Z.
In just two matches, my losses have skyrocketed: I need to pay her in squid ink pasta at Valentino, mussels at Gourmet Plus, and a full dinner at Mag’s Wine Kitchen. I should’ve learned to cut my losses before they started mounting.
Some things learned this World Cup:
Peter Crouch needs to take a leaf from Materazzi: get something from your height, dammit. Especially from a corner.
A wink and a dive can cause an entire country to revolt against you.
Does Barthez have freckles on his bald head, or something?
Ray Domenech looks like he could be my professor. He is such a cool coach.
People who don’t understand anything about football think the World Cup final is about 1 billion people watching 22 Frenchmen and Italians kicking a ball around. They’re wrong. It’s really about 1 billion people watching 22 Frenchmen and Italians, falling all over, getting penalties for non-existent fouls, grabbing their calves and performing spectacular dives which drama students worldwide could do well to study.
Zizou’s chosen a totally puzzling manner to end his professional career; i.e. with a strange head butt that sent him off.
Betting on food is a win-win situation for winners and losers.
July 10th, 2006 at 7:02 am (#)
zidane has broken my heart. headbutted it, if you will.
July 10th, 2006 at 10:30 am (#)
the headbutt was almost magical. of all the ways to get a red card, he used his head. almost brilliant
July 10th, 2006 at 12:10 pm (#)
Ha. Betting food. That’s a good idea.
I just won a treat to Iggy’s from a friend’s friend.. all for a few measely DVDs he could have gotten on his own. Woot!
July 10th, 2006 at 12:42 pm (#)
I bet you lose willingly :)
July 10th, 2006 at 12:44 pm (#)
Yes !! this is working again !! I can post now… hahaha :p
July 10th, 2006 at 5:24 pm (#)
i was totally disappointed with what zidane did. he was supposed to be elegant and professional.
July 11th, 2006 at 12:25 am (#)
FORZA ITALIA
July 11th, 2006 at 2:37 pm (#)
la france perdu… :( anyway, i enjoyed the flashes of brilliance that Zidane, Ribery and Henry showed in the last few matches - nothing to match Zidane, Lizarazu, Vieira and Deschamps of ‘98 though!
I was a Brazil supporter till they were eliminated - guess, this WC was just not my game.. :) Enjoyed the one month of late nights and football parties tho’ and can’t wait till 2010 when they all go to Africa.. Vive la France!
(I am not even going to mention Zizou’s ugly ‘header’!)