jason voorhees wrote:

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Where is this "racism is cool again" memo, and who's passing it out ?

Don't worry, he's Welsh, so it doesn't count...

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(from another thread)There was a nauseating quote from the head of the Italian FA in today's papers: "It's a natural worry [i.e. Romania getting sufficient points against Holland; my italics]. The credibility of the tournament and European football at large is at stake. If you look at the way Holland beat both Italy and France, the match with Romania should end similarly. If not, we're going to have to take a deeper look."

Nuff said.

Come to think of it, if France could beat Italy tonight I'd be laughing my arse off regardless of the outcome of Holland-Romania.

Ive always been pro Italian football (corruption, cheating, defensive tactics, diving excepted) but this quote from the Italian FA head says it all. Fuck em. Cmon Romania.

Yeah, for all the shrill anti-Italianism you can get on here, there's no denying that the Italians are a thoroughly charmless, graceless, dislikeable lot of whiners.

It should be pointed out that Domenech is being every bit as cunty, paranoid and pathetic as the Italian FA guy with his conspiracy theories.

As I've said on the other thread, I'd like both France and Italy to be knocked out now.

Hofzinser wrote:

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Yeah, for all the shrill anti-Italianism you can get on here, there's no denying that the Italians are a thoroughly charmless, graceless, dislikeable lot of whiners.

Erm, I think you'll find...

Hofzinser wrote:

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Yeah, for all the shrill anti-Italianism you can get on here, there's no denying that the Italians are a thoroughly charmless, graceless, dislikeable lot of whiners.

I'll give this one last try: can we at least except coach Donadoni and the players, from whom I haven't heard any whining?

So, given how contemptibly supine both France and Romania were last night when Italy needed them to obligingly roll over to progress to the QFs does the head of the Italian FA maybe think this needs to be looked at more deeply?

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'We'll have a heavenly time alone', said Sebastian and when next morning, while I was shaving, I saw from my bathroom window Julia, with luggage at her back, drive from the forecourt and disappear at the hill's crest, without a backward glance, I felt a sense of liberation and peace such as I was to know years later when, after a night of unrest, the sirens sounded the 'All Clear'.

A couple of proper nouns replaced and you'd have exactly how I feel right now. Clever man, Waugh.

Eat that you despicable, gutless worms. Your entire philosophy encapsulated by the behaviour of di Natale, rolling back onto the pitch to prevail on the referee to interrupt a Spanish counter attaack so your non-existent knee injusry could get attention. You missed your penalty like a useless big div. I hope you cry yourself to sleep tonight.

"The army that stays within its fortifications has already lost the battle" said Napoleon, and tonight gave a perfect illustration of that. World Champions? World Champion crybaby scaredy-cats, perhaps.

Ha.

ha.

ha.

No, go on, say what you really think.

There's just one song that's appropriate at this time.

It's one written in 1929 by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, and one that was used for FDR's election campaign in 1932. Just as this song was about the escape from the Great Depression, it's appropriate for now, on this day, on our escape from the shitball dirtbag lowdown slimy Great Depressing Tactics of the Ass-uri.

So for the ABI's, this one's for you;

So long sad times
Go long bad times
We are rid of you at last

Howdy gay times
Cloudy gray times
You are now a thing of the past

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Altogether shout it now
There's no one
Who can doubt it now
So let's tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again

Your cares and troubles are gone
There'll be no more from now on
From now on ...

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So, Let's sing a song of cheer again

Happy times
Happy nights
Happy days
Are here again!

You know, Schadenfreude is never as rhetorically impressive as people want to believe it is.

Hey, welcome to the party. Here, have a sangria.

Way ahead of you, drinking Stoli tonight.