Shots In The Dark: You Have to Love the Australians

Friday, July 07, 2006

You Have to Love the Australians

From the Australian website, Chaser.com....

The Socceroos are planning a ticker-tape parade to celebrate rightfully reaching the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after their match against Italy. Despite the Socceroos' moral victory, a dodgy last-minute penalty enabled the Italians to remain in contention to be crowned world champions of football, and also diving.

"And also diving."

Heh-heh. Anyone interested in writing comedy should admire that line, and particularly the brilliant use of the comma.

During the parade, the team will be showered with torn-up paper, mostly betting slips from disappointed fans who'd backed captain and striker Mark Viduka to actually get a goal at some point during the tournament.

We Americans could take a lesson in good humor from the Aussies....and so, for that matter, could the Italians.

¶ 8:08 AM

Comments:

The term "Aussie" has the same number of "s"'s in it as the word "sissy". They can have their parade. Meanwhile, Italy plays for the World Cup, of football.

# posted by Anonymous : 10:35 AM

Which is worse—your math, your spelling, or your knowledge of football?

# posted by richard : 10:37 AM

You Aussie

# posted by Anonymous : 10:43 AM

The person who connected Aussies with sissies is probably the same person who disparaged the name "socceroos." It's true that Aussie is spelled with two "s"s, but it's pronounced "Ozzy." Nothing sissy about it. As for kangaroos, they are big animals (as tall as a man) and can attack ferociously, using one of their huge hind claws. You wouldn't want to be in their way at the wrong time.

# posted by An Aussie : 4:55 AM

I love it when you talk tough like that, you big, hairy-chested Ozzy you. Come here and give my nipple a twist.

# posted by Anonymous : 10:54 AM

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