June 14, 2006
IS IT EVEN CRIMINAL? (via Bryan Francoeur):
Fans killed for cheering too much (AP, 6/14/06)
Thai police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed two soccer fans at a beach resort after complaining they were cheering too loudly during a broadcast of Italy's World Cup opener against Ghana, officials said Wednesday.
He should have watched it at a bar in America--turn it on and you'll be able to hear a pin drop after the place empties. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 14, 2006 10:04 AM
Maybe in whitebread New Hampshire oj, but Poland plays Germany today, and the bars on the northwest side will be rockin. No doubt all those possibly illegal Poles, taking American jobs no doubt, and supporting soccer, don't appeal to your nativist sensibilities tho.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at June 14, 2006 10:24 AMThey'll all be at the Mo Drabowsky memorial service.
Posted by: oj at June 14, 2006 10:33 AMMy sister-in-law's boyfriend, Irish lad in the country 5 years illegally working construction before his boss sponsored a work visa last year, works mostly with Poles and Mexicans. Last Friday, the first day of the world cup, he noticed that all his workers had disappeared for lunch and not returned. He found 6 guys crammed into one car with a plasma tv plugged into the cigarette lighter.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at June 14, 2006 10:48 AMGirls, girls you're BOTH pretty!
Can't we just agree that both your respective sports are equally dull?
Too bad you can't listen to soccer on the radio.
Posted by: oj at June 14, 2006 11:25 AMIf there are half the soccer fans this blog touts in the U.S., there would be a huge market for real time soccer pod casting. Make your fortune and provide succor to demented soccer devotees.
Posted by: erp at June 14, 2006 11:34 AMBocce was very popular among first & even second generation Italians. Not so now.
These Poles and Mexicans will grow up too.
Soccer, the sport of the future.....and it always will be.
Posted by: Bob at June 14, 2006 11:46 AMThe closest came to winning an Intramural championship in college was playing bocce, but the Buildings & Grounds staff cheated. We should have adopted it rather than the immigrants dropping it.
Posted by: oj at June 14, 2006 11:51 AMBocce is a delightful game. We play it with the Cub Scouts.
Posted by: Mike Morley at June 14, 2006 1:00 PMI don't even know what Bocce is. But then I'm fourth generation Italian.
Posted by: Brandon at June 14, 2006 2:06 PMA nice place to visit in central Florida is a charming town named Mt Dora (elev. 50'). There are bocce courts overlooking a beautiful lake also nice antique shops and an elegant 1920's style inn. Good food too.