Re: OT World Cup Offer

2002-06-20 Thread frank theriault
I knew you guys wuz joking - or at least that you understood me. I should have put a little smiley after my first line to indicate such. I understood the humour (with a "u"). :-) (remembering the smiley this time!) -frank "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > We understand you. Some of the "North A

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2002-06-18 Thread Stan Halpin
23:40:16 + > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > > I'll take ten dollars of that at 100:1. How about it? > Paul > > Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> What odds on Senegal? >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Reply

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2002-06-02 Thread Lasse Karlsson
I simply can't stay away from this OT thread. As I write this the England and Swedish teams shake hands before their game starts. This is the first big moment in the World Cup for these two countries. Very quiet and peaceful outside this beautiful sunny day. England has not beaten Sweden in 30 ye

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2002-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'll take ten dollars of that at 100:1. How about it? Paul Stan Halpin wrote: > > What odds on Senegal? > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:52:04 EDT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: OT World Cup Offer > > > > In view of the large Am

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2002-06-01 Thread Stan Halpin
What odds on Senegal? > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:52:04 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT World Cup Offer > > In view of the large American contingent here, I have decided to offer rather > generous odds on your team winning the Wor

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2002-05-31 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 30/05/02 23:48:05 GMT Daylight Time, Daniel writes: << Not many here will notice or care. >> So quit gassing, then. Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Penta

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2002-05-30 Thread Kevin Waterson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You stole the name of a great sport called football (in wich you REALLY hit > > a BALL with your FOOT). I had thought the name football was applied originally to seperate the games between those, like hockey, that were traditionally played on horse back. Soccer(fo

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2002-05-30 Thread Albano_Garcia
Shel wrote: Calm down, Albano Yes, Shel I heat up a bit. The photo of little hooligan is great! Regards AG - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.ko

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2002-05-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Can we assume a member of some royal Euro family? *** From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/humor/socfan.html - -- Shel Belinkoff *** -- Collin Brendemuehl, KC

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2002-05-30 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 30/05/02 18:40:30 GMT Daylight Time, Albano writes: << Applied the name to a sport where some guys in tights try to play rugby >> LMAO Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forg

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2002-05-30 Thread Paris, Leonard
Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel about us "americans". Len --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 12:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer Please, you "americans&

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2002-05-30 Thread Gary L. Murphy
On Thu, 30 May 2002 14:21:25 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Please, FOOOTBALL is FOOTBALL. What you call football is not football. Sorry to burst your bubble. But it =is= football here. Since we don't =live= where you do, we can call it anything we like. Later, Gary - This message is from

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2002-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/humor/socfan.html > The lure of the world cup > seems to be each that nation > gets to cheer blindly for their > national team and hate the > other countries' teams. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/

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2002-05-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Calm down, Albano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please, you "americans"!! > You stole the name of a great sport called football (in wich you REALLY hit > a BALL with your FOOT). Applied the name to a sport where some guys in > tights try to play rugby but being not macho enough as to face th

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2002-05-30 Thread Albano_Garcia
Please, you "americans"!! You stole the name of a great sport called football (in wich you REALLY hit a BALL with your FOOT). Applied the name to a sport where some guys in tights try to play rugby but being not macho enough as to face the possible damage. Called real football "soccer". Put ri

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2002-05-30 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 30/05/02 13:40:39 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << know what football (soccer) is; my son played on a team for several years, and I attended allo the games, like a good father. He no longer watches it either. I tried to watch swome of the televised games,

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2002-05-30 Thread Anthony Farr
If only that were true :/ Perhaps the other regions get 4 - 6 teams into the finals, but poor Oceana not only got only one qualifier, but that side ~then~ had to play off against South America's highest non-qualifier which was Argentina. So Argentina whips Maradona into shape, he boosts the side

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2002-05-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer ...The lure of the world cup > seems to be each that nation gets to cheer blindly for their national team > and hate the other countries' teams.. Sort of like when American hockey fans boo t

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2002-05-29 Thread suaide
> The world cup is the true world sport competition: soccer. > Some obscure sport No, about 5.5 million people in the I meant 5.5 billion people > world loves it. Just the 0.5 million remaining north Americans > and some crazy people don't know anything about it. > > To be true what

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2002-05-29 Thread suaide
A. P. Suaide, Ph.D. mailto::[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - Original Message - From: "Frits Wüthrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 3:12 PM Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > On Wednesday 29 May 2002

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2002-05-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Of Course. A few years ago, I went to a riot and a football (soccer) game broke out. :0). William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > > > What is this "World Cup" you guys keep talking

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2002-05-29 Thread David Brooks
Don't do what i did years ago on a trip to England. Went to a 'football' match in Arsenals home stadium playing Leeds United and i wore the Leeds scarf.We had to make a mad dash to the bus(Leeds won)at the end of the game. So my answer would be,the one everyone else is cheering for:) Dave

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2002-05-29 Thread David Brooks
04:39 -0700 (PDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer Now, one hundred to one really isn't fair.  I'd go 99 to one. :) What I don't understand is why rugby isn't more popular in the US.  If ever there was a tough-guy, macho man sport that's it.  We

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2002-05-29 Thread Debra Wilborn
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Debra Wilborn > Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > > > > Now, one hundred to one really isn't fair. I'd go > 99 > > to one. :) > > > > What I don'

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2002-05-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Debra Wilborn Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > Now, one hundred to one really isn't fair. I'd go 99 > to one. :) > > What I don't understand is why rugby isn't more > popular in the US. If ever there was a tough-guy, &g

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2002-05-29 Thread Debra Wilborn
Now, one hundred to one really isn't fair. I'd go 99 to one. :) What I don't understand is why rugby isn't more popular in the US. If ever there was a tough-guy, macho man sport that's it. We make such a big deal about football instead. In rugby, the guys don't wear mountains of sissy pads an

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2002-05-29 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I suppose I can watch the World Cup now, as the Leafs have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. :( Okay, someone tell me who I should cheer for! -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't for

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2002-05-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola Subject: Re: OT World Cup Offer > What is this "World Cup" you guys keep talking about? Some obscure sport? Please tell me you forgot the smiley. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsub

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2002-05-28 Thread Frits Wüthrich
And then my team (the Netherlands) even doesn't play at all, a big shame, if I may say so. Frits J. Wüthrich On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:59, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: > Not if you watched them play the Netherlands! > > César > > Łukasz Kacperczyk > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:58 AM > > Isn't th

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2002-05-28 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, >(that's soccer, you guys) Magnum have a new book out, published by Phaidon called "Magnum Football" (that's "Magnum Soccer" in the USA). It's in the same format as "Magnum Landscape". Some people might describe it as a cynical plundering of their archives to throw together a few 2nd rate p

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2002-05-28 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Not if you watched them play the Netherlands! César Łukasz Kacperczyk Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:58 AM Isn't that too much? ;) Lukasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:52 AM In view of the large American contingent here, I have decided to offer rather generous odds on your t

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2002-05-28 Thread Albano_Garcia
Hi, Peter I wonder how much odds you give to us? ;-P PS 1: How is Beckham recovering? PS 2: Greetings from Duscher Vamos, vamos, Argentina, vamos, vamos a ganar!! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't

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2002-05-28 Thread Camdir
In a message dated 28/05/02 13:09:17 GMT Daylight Time, Dave writes: << Hey at least their team made it... which isn't too bad considering soccer isn't that popular over there. I don't see NZ in the table (not surprising). >> Might I be correct in supposing that the Kiwi view is that soccer

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2002-05-28 Thread Łukasz Kacperczyk
Isn't that too much? ;) Lukasz -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT World Cup Offer In view of the large American contingent here, I have decided to offe