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I took today off to finish preparations before I leave. I'm off to St. Louis[^] to get weighed in.
Hopefully tomorrow I can earn a second gold medal 
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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All the best 
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As part of their Outreach Program the England team visited an orphanage in Manaus.
"It was heartbreaking to see the sadness and despair in their eyes, they knew they had no hope or aspirations for the future, I was truly moved by their plight" said Jose, aged 6.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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What do you expect, when most of the top-flight clubs in the UK only play expensive foreign players? The only pool of "talent" the national side can draw on is Sunday League Pub teams...
Or is it just the way England normally play that makes them look like a Sunday League Pub team? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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... and we'll get it in the next one as well.
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The Code Project repost police visited an orphanage today...
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Will we get "little Vladimir, aged 6", I wonder. 
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I wouldn't bet against "little Omar, aged 6" appearing in 8 years time either.
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Sadly little Omar was killed working on the stadium.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I'm having lots and lots of fun on Facebook arguing that the penalty decision last night was a reasonable one.
People get terribly angry.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Isn't that Trolling? 
I was reading that the Croatian Players were complaining because the Japanese Ref couldn't speak English, and was trying to explain his decision to them in Japanese. It looks like this competition is going to be a joke and I fully expect England to be given a dodgy ref for at least one of our group games as punishment for our media having the audacity to question FIFA.
It will come as no surprise to me if during the Uruguay game we have a player Sent-off for a nothing incident, while they get away with hacking us to pieces.
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Yep, lots of fun.
The referee doesn't need to speak English, or any other language, he needs to blow his whistle and point and the players need to shut up and get on with the game.
Every 4 years crap referees from crap footballing nations give odd decisions and the English are amazed by it.
Best part of the game yesterday was the Brazilian protestors stoning the ITV studio. Would have been even more entertaining if they hadn't had such strong glass.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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To be fair I would stoned the ITV Commentary Box too.
Four Weeks of Adrian Chiles with his pug-ugly face, and boring Brummigem accent whining on and making inane comments about a game he obviously knows little about.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Are you sure none of them hit Adrian Childs in the face?
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Until football has an off-pitch referee (like in rugby) who can review video of incidents its refereeing will remain a joke.
Every time someone takes a dive it should be played in a loop on the biggest screen in the stadium while everyone points at the player and laughs, and the opposing team given a penalty. And some ice cream.
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Dodgy decisions make football better, how depressing would it be if the only reason your team kept losing was because they were shite? Much better to have a referee to blame.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: The referee doesn't need to speak English, or any other language, he needs to blow his whistle and point and the players need to shut up and get on with the game.
Disagree, he needs to be able to warn them and explain decisions.
It's not that I'm amazed by it, I just think it's stupid that each Country has 1 set of officials representing it. You should have the best referees refereeing the biggest games even if that means having 6 sets of officials from each of Spain, England, Italy and Germany.
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I hate football. I hate it even more after yesterday, my drive home took half an hour longer than normal. 
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Display Name Taken wrote: my drive home took half an hour longer than normal.
Aren't you in the US?  The US doesn't even know what the World Cup is, how could it affect your drive?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No UK, too near Luton, my profile must be wrong.
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OK. That makes sense. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Not to me it doesn't. Why does a football match in Brazil effect traffic near Luton on a Thursday evening?
I realise you're not the best person to ask this question to.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: Why does a football match in Brazil effect traffic near Luton on a Thursday evening?
All I see are the crazy youtube videos of football (soccer) fans going nuts. They're crazy. 
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chriselst wrote: Why does a football match in Brazil effect traffic near Luton on a Thursday evening?
Everybody rushing out to get electric on their meters?
Or a rush to get the best spot outside the TV shop?
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