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Information & Chat => Travel Discussion: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Baltics & The Stans => Topic started by: iceman_530 on February 10, 2018, 12:53:45 AM
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Its almost that time. Four months-ish, give or take. Any of you guys gonna be planning to attend the world cup in any of these off-the-beaten-path cities? I was honestly pretty keen on it until the whole "USA losing to Trinidad and Tobago when they only needed a tie to advance"......thing. Anyone thinking of attempting it as a proposed date/travel arrangement with a hopeful future spouse? I think that could be a pretty fun thing to do. Crossed anyones mind?
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Its almost that time. Four months-ish, give or take. Any of you guys gonna be planning to attend the world cup in any of these off-the-beaten-path cities? I was honestly pretty keen on it until the whole "USA losing to Trinidad and Tobago when they only needed a tie to advance"......thing. Anyone thinking of attempting it as a proposed date/travel arrangement with a hopeful future spouse? I think that could be a pretty fun thing to do. Crossed anyones mind?
Start here :
[url]http://welcome2018.com/en/fan_guide/transport-v-gorodakh-kk-2017/[url]
Many hotels booked up - I think by speculators ..
Don't know if I'll go to any games - as my country JUST - didn't qualify - thanks to a Romanian Ref giving a penalty that wasn't - he later apologised
We live in one of the host cities - Sochi
Good luck
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Did you get residency in Russia then?
- or perhaps using rather more flexible definitions of common terms than most people?
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Did you get residency in Russia then?
- or perhaps using rather more flexible definitions of common terms than most people?
It’s all part of the fantasy.
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Russia World Cup: Argentina 'flirting manual' panned
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has been panned for including a chapter about "how to stand a chance with a Russian girl" in a manual it handed to journalists travelling to the World Cup in Russia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44137979
"Sources in the AFA told local media that the controversial chapter had been lifted from a blog on the internet. It is not yet clear who decided to include it in the manual."
:chuckle: :laugh: :laugh: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Did you get residency in Russia then?
- or perhaps using rather more flexible definitions of common terms than most people?
Dear andrewfi, Rosco and Wiz
When were ANY of you last in Russia? Do you think I enter 'illegally' ? :chuckle:
I am not resident in Russia
Not going to the World Cup ?
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Did you get residency in Russia then?
- or perhaps using rather more flexible definitions of common terms than most people?
Dear andrewfi, Rosco and Wiz
When were ANY of you last in Russia? Do you think I enter 'illegally' ? :chuckle:
I am not resident in Russia
Not going to the World Cup ?
Wow, that went right over your head.
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Clearly - I must ask you to clarify for me
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Russia World Cup: Argentina 'flirting manual' panned
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has been panned for including a chapter about "how to stand a chance with a Russian girl" in a manual it handed to journalists travelling to the World Cup in Russia.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44137979
"Sources in the AFA told local media that the controversial chapter had been lifted from a blog on the internet. It is not yet clear who decided to include it in the manual."
:chuckle: :laugh: :laugh: :chuckle: :chuckle:
I’ve discussed with a student, who predicts that there is going to be a spike in the birth rate following the World Cup. Hahahaha))
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Can anyone explain to me why all the managers of all the football clubs stand on the line chewing gum??
Is it just a class thing and they are just dumb asses? or what?
I cannot ever recall meeting any manager from any company who would sit there chewing gum and I have met a fair few in my time.
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Game time nerves? Just heading to the centre now to take in the Russia match!
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Wifey is making whooping noises in the next room so I assume Russia won against Spain.
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It’s mayhem in Moscow tonight!!!!
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What a result! I love to see the host nation progress into the latter stages, it gives the tournament more body!
:)
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Steveboy, imagine the stress on these guys. They can't hide can't smoke, just sit and be powerless. I think that I'd be a gum cheer too!
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Steveboy, imagine the stress on these guys. They can't hide can't smoke, just sit and be powerless. I think that I'd be a gum cheer too!
Im always stressed at the end of the month.. sales to meet.. I don't need chewing gum.. what about a brain surgeon working on your brain , imagine if he stoped and didn't ask for a knife but asked for some wriggly spear mint.. :laugh:
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We never went in town last night to the fan fest as we were thinking Russia would probably loose .. wish we did now! It was absolutely crazy in St Petersburg last night..
What would be really interesting is if Russia and England were to be in a final.. can you imagine NO English officials to hand the medals out or congratulate them.. :laugh:
https://sputniknews.com/worldcup-2018-archive/201807011065932313-english-fan-russia-fifa-world-cup/?utm_source=https://www.facebook.com/&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=hVdP&utm_campaign=URL_shortening
After all the fake stories they made up, they would have to arrive with their heads lowered..
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:laugh: tiphat
Congratulations to Russia on a hard fought victory over Spain and special congratulations to the Russian goalkeeper.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/44677631
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Im cheering Japan on tonight!! Though Im not to happy about it as they did some very bad things to British prisoners of war!
And I usually stick to my principles :laugh:
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Im cheering Japan on tonight!! Though Im not to happy about it as they did some very bad things to British prisoners of war!
And I usually stick to my principles :laugh:
That meme is too funny, Steve ???????????? (<— these question marks are how my laughing emoticon gets translated on the app :( )
I’m going for Japan too and things are looking pretty good at the moment!! 2-0!
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Im cheering Japan on tonight!! Though Im not to happy about it as they did some very bad things to British prisoners of war!
And I usually stick to my principles :laugh:
That meme is too funny, Steve ???????????? (<— these question marks are how my laughing emoticon gets translated on the app :( )
I’m going for Japan too and things are looking pretty good at the moment!! 2-0!
I watched that deep strike from Japan a few minutes ago and it was a beauty but Belgium just made an amazing header so now it’s 2-1! :popcorn:
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Im cheering Japan on tonight!! Though Im not to happy about it as they did some very bad things to British prisoners of war!
And I usually stick to my principles :laugh:
That meme is too funny, Steve ???????????? (<— these question marks are how my laughing emoticon gets translated on the app :( )
I’m going for Japan too and things are looking pretty good at the moment!! 2-0!
I watched that deep strike from Japan a few minutes ago and it was a beauty but Belgium just made an amazing header so now it’s 2-1! :popcorn:
Oh dear Lord. Your post is already dated. All tied up((((
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Im going for Japan on tactical .. hoping they will be lucky and beat them making another favourite win the way home..
Buggers just scored again! Anyone got a high powered rifle ? :laugh:
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Snap! Belgium just got very aggressive and tied the game! We’ve got an exciting game here, both teams playing with high energy! :party0011:
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I was disappointed to see Mexico go out earlier today. In General, I tend to go for the underdogs ( they were up against Brasil), but additionally the Mexican fans here are numerous and have proven to be very popular with the locals!
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
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Going to be some Harakiri tonight for sure!!!
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
There just a bunch of Red Devils. For a very loooong time Belgium was not present at the World Championships.
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
There just a bunch of Red Devils. For a very loooong time Belgium was not present at the World Championships.
Apart from winning every single one of their group games and now the knock out. 4 from 4 including England's scalp. :-X
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
There just a bunch of Red Devils. For a very loooong time Belgium was not present at the World Championships.
Apart from winning every single one of their group games and now the knock out. 4 from 4 including England's scalp. :-X
Worth considering when the World Cup was held in South Africa a football generation ago the Dutch won every game except one.
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
There just a bunch of Red Devils. For a very loooong time Belgium was not present at the World Championships.
Apart from winning every single one of their group games and now the knock out. 4 from 4 including England's scalp. :-X
Worth considering when the World Cup was held in South Africa a football generation ago the Dutch won every game except one.
True but then nobody said they never turned up.
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Sorry Steveboy, it’s all over. I’ve never seen a team down 2-0 play with such high energy as Belgium just did. It’s now 3-2, Belgium.
There just a bunch of Red Devils. For a very loooong time Belgium was not present at the World Championships.
Apart from winning every single one of their group games and now the knock out. 4 from 4 including England's scalp. :-X
Well now they’ve got to face Brazil on Friday and I believe Brazil will beat them. In fact my prediction is that Brazil will win it all. Either way if the matches are as exciting as Japan versus Belgium was then we’re in for more good football.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43924/_index_default.html
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What a load of dirty playing columbian baboons ....
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OK, it is a guess more than anything else the final four will be France, Croatia, Belgium and England. What are others opinions~guesses.
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OK, it is a guess more than anything else the final four will be France, Croatia, Belgium and England. What are others opinions~guesses.
It's a tough call, most of the ties are very evenly matched.
Both Belgium and Brazil have many world class players in their squads and are 2 of the best 3 teams in it with France. It could come down to mistakes. I fancy Belgium.
Uruguay and France is another on the edge but on paper, France should win all week and twice on a sunday.
It think Russia's great run will come to an end against Croatia.
And Sweden England is another on a knife edge. Sweden are weaker on paper but have a great record against England. England on the other hand are here but haven't been impressive. Edged Tunisia in the last minute, hammered a pub team in Panama and then got beat by Belgium. They were about to win after 90 mins last night, having scored via a penalty but in extra time they looked lost, couldn't find a pass and seemed to be hanging on for penalties. Of course they won, they're in the 1/4 finals but not impressively.
I'll go France, Belgium, Croatia & England too.
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Uruguay‘s tight defending should just be enough to squeeze past the French, Belgium look a strong side so we can only hope they can send Naymar’s cheating ass home and for some reason I have a feeling Russia will get past Croatia - I’ll Not tempt fate on the England/Sweden game :-X
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What would be really interesting is if Russia and England were to be in a final..
They are in the same half of the draw - it would be a potential semi-final
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Uruguay, Brazil, Russia, Sweden
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What a load of dirty playing columbian baboons ....
The Colombians say that the referee was biased, so that was why they lost. :chuckle:
https://sports.yahoo.com/colombia-player-accuses-controversial-u-s-referee-bias-toward-england-world-cup-loss-041349181.html
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What a load of dirty playing columbian baboons ....
The Colombians say that the referee was biased, so that was why they lost. :chuckle:
https://sports.yahoo.com/colombia-player-accuses-controversial-u-s-referee-bias-toward-england-world-cup-loss-041349181.html
Columbia played a very physical (yellow card tainted) match, the first English goal was the result of an ugly infraction. Though it seemed they toned it down a bit in the 2nd half. The game was decided by a mistake of the Columbians and good goal keeping by the English.
The Columbia team should go home and stop moaning about there lost chances.
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What a load of dirty playing columbian baboons ....
The Colombians say that the referee was biased, so that was why they lost. :chuckle:
https://sports.yahoo.com/colombia-player-accuses-controversial-u-s-referee-bias-toward-england-world-cup-loss-041349181.html
Columbia played a very physical (yellow card tainted) match, the first English goal was the result of an ugly infraction. Though it seemed they toned it down a bit in the 2nd half. The game was decided by a mistake of the Columbians and good goal keeping by the English.
The Columbia team should go home and stop moaning about there lost chances.
“I want to send an important message to those people who think things can be resolved with violence, and with weapons, that they can take someone’s life just because they make a mistake, in this case the life of a football player.
“Football should be a vehicle of peace and social transformation, and at the end of the day, it is just a game.
“But I truly hope that, if Colombia failed to meet these expectations, then the tragedy that happened to my brother doesn’t repeat itself. God forbid that it happens again.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/world-cup-2018-colombian-players-145156126.html
Losing can cost you your life. :(
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Thanks all for your emotions and passions!
It was cool!!!
Please, return to Russia !!!
С болельщиками ухохотаться можно! :party0011: :party0031:
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
I havent watched a single game. Qatar
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
I havent watched a single game. Qatar
First of all, thank you to AvHdb for resurrecting this thread.
Second, too bad for Mark that you are not willing to watch a game, however we respect your right to political protest.
And now to the point, Argentina won versus Netherlands on penalty kicks.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2022-12-09/argentina-defeats-netherlands-world-cup-2022#:~:text=Lionel%20Messi%2C%20Argentina%20beat%20Netherlands%20on%20penalty%20kicks%2C%20reach%20World,4%2D3%20on%20penalty%20kicks.
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
I havent watched a single game. Qatar
First of all, thank you to AvHdb for resurrecting this thread.
Second, too bad for Mark that you are not willing to watch a game, however we respect your right to political protest.
And now to the point, Argentina won versus Netherlands on penalty kicks.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2022-12-09/argentina-defeats-netherlands-world-cup-2022#:~:text=Lionel%20Messi%2C%20Argentina%20beat%20Netherlands%20on%20penalty%20kicks%2C%20reach%20World,4%2D3%20on%20penalty%20kicks.
PS
I'm rooting for England against France in that match. :GOUK:
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Morroco stuns Portugal in Ronaldos final World Cup.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1142077790/portugal-morocco-world-cup-quarterfinals-qatar
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
I havent watched a single game. Qatar
Turns out there are allegations of a large bribe. Police found a bag of 600,000 in EU notes at one home and hundreds of thousands of EU notes at a Hotel. Eva Kaili has been detained by the Police.
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"The Greek TV station Star reported that Kaili had been found in possession of cash stuffed in bags."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/12/police-search-european-parliament-offices-as-bribery-inquiry-grows
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/10/qatar-corruption-scandal-cash-found-greek-mep-kaili/
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Well we are getting to the final four. In a couple hours the Elftal against Argentina.
Croatia showed the exit door to Brazil. Amazing when you consider Croatia is perhaps 5 million versus the 200 plus million population of Brazil.
That's definitely amazing, that Croatia beat Brazil.
I don't want to be a negative viber for Mark, however I do think that Argentina will rise to the occasion and beat the Netherlands.
I havent watched a single game. Qatar
Turns out there are allegations of a large bribe. Police found a bag of 600,000 in EU notes at one home and hundreds of thousands of EU notes at a Hotel. Eva Kaili has been detained by the Police.
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"The Greek TV station Star reported that Kaili had been found in possession of cash stuffed in bags."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/12/police-search-european-parliament-offices-as-bribery-inquiry-grows
https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/10/qatar-corruption-scandal-cash-found-greek-mep-kaili/
For a couple months now I have read of allegations of bribery as well as fraud. The head of FIFA has admitted the allegations and bad PR have not been worth it for the sport.
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The final will be on Sunday morning. It will be Argentina versus France. Good luck to all.
https://www.google.com/search?q=world+cup+2022&oq=world+cup+2022&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512l3j0i433i512j0i131i433l4j0i433i512.10898j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup, beating France 4-2 on penalties.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/argentina-wins-world-cup-beating-france-4-2-on-penalties#:~:text=The%20Argentina%20superstar%20is%20finally,Now%20there's%20no%20debate.
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Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup, beating France 4-2 on penalties.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/argentina-wins-world-cup-beating-france-4-2-on-penalties#:~:text=The%20Argentina%20superstar%20is%20finally,Now%20there's%20no%20debate.
What an amazing game, it had everything. We're in Madrid tonight and the city is rocking with the Argentina fans.
BTW, we were in Lisbon a few days ago and it's probably one of the few places I'll return to soon. What a brilliant place to visit and the people are beautiful.
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Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup, beating France 4-2 on penalties.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/argentina-wins-world-cup-beating-france-4-2-on-penalties#:~:text=The%20Argentina%20superstar%20is%20finally,Now%20there's%20no%20debate.
What an amazing game, it had everything. We're in Madrid tonight and the city is rocking with the Argentina fans.
BTW, we were in Lisbon a few days ago and it's probably one of the few places I'll return to soon. What a brilliant place to visit and the people are beautiful.
Glad to hear you've been having a good time in Portugal and now Spain!
I have always wanted to visit Lisbon someday so cool to hear that you like it.
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How can the most boring, snoozy game ever concocted create this much reaction! :Zzzzsleep:
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How can the most boring, snoozy game ever concocted create this much reaction! :Zzzzsleep:
I'm assuming that you're an expert on satire? :)
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How can the most boring, snoozy game ever concocted create this much reaction! :Zzzzsleep:
I'm assuming that you're an expert on satire? :)
I do confess, soccer ermm football, is about as exciting to me as America’s favorite pastime. :)