RE: Football [Was: Re: [Bug-gnubg] strange python message in no gui version]

[Ian Shaw]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joern Thyssen [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:20 AM
> 
> 
> Personally I'd cheer for Sweden, but Norway is another story :-) They
> play or have played some terrible boring old-style English kick'n'rush
> football betting on some huge Norwegian attacker winning the 
> air duels. 

Yes, we had one of them at Chelsea for a while. I think it's known as "going 
with the Flo" (I hope your knowledge of English idiom is sufficient to find 
that amusing).

> Actually I watched the Denmark - Italy match on Norwegian TV2, because
> the Danish commentators are lame. The Norwegian ones were more neutral
> and less excited. I watched Sweden - Bulgaria on Swedish TV4 as the
> Danish commentators were totally over-excited, making it almost
> unbearable to watch :-)
> 
> Maybe I'll watch Holland - Germany on German television tonight :-)
>
Should be a tense affair. I wonder if the draw was rigged. UEFA managed to pair 
England/France, Denmark/Sweden, Holland/Germany, and Portugal/Spain. I don't 
think they could have done much better.
 
The joy of being a polyglot! And having multi-channel TV! 

I once watched England vs. Germany on Greek TV in a hotel. I quickly learnt the 
Greek for "corner", "goal", "free-kick", and the pronunciation of the player's 
names was interesting. The locals all supported the Germans; they must give 
better tips.

-- Ian