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BarryMK said:
(Apologies to our American friends but it was too good to resist. To coin a phrase "Sorry 'bout that")

We understand... 'If you lay with dogs...' :rolleyes:
 
KenHigg said:
I wasn't aware there was some kind of tournament going on, much less that the U.S. was participating...:confused:

What does a country have to do to qualify?
Get through the qualifying stages to the finals in Germany (Germany is in Europe BTW:D )

Col
 
ColinEssex said:
Get through the qualifying stages to the finals in Germany (Germany is in Europe BTW:D )

Col

Oh...

(And too bad about Germany... ;) )
 
ColinEssex said:
Oh BTW, the USA world cup football (soccer) team is on its way home - they're out!
wold cup:confused: foot-:confused: oh...that soccer stuff. Sure! I watch that all the time... after the Super Bowl and when I can't find golf on the TV...or watch grass grow:eek:
 
ColinEssex said:
Oh BTW, the USA world cup football (soccer) team is on its way home - they're out!

Col
I didn't know they had a game yesterday. Crap.

As I understand it, our team was (surprisingly) ranked fifth in the world. So what's the deal?

I guess, as usual, it's up to our women to make us look good. :D

Len Boorman said:
So how about X then

Marks the spot
Unknown quantity

Same upside down as right way up

is also a mathmatical operator

L
X is good. It's the most famous letter to have a group of superhero's named after it. Any word that starts with X is automatically cool. And whenever X is with two of its buddies.... whoah, baby!
 
Kraj said:
I didn't know they had a game yesterday. Crap.

As I understand it, our team was (surprisingly) ranked fifth in the world. So what's the deal?
Yes, oddly enough the USA was ranked higher than Italy.

Italy got through to the last 16:D

Col
 
KenHigg said:
I wasn't aware there was some kind of tournament going on, much less that the U.S. was participating...:confused:

That's why it's called the WORLD cup, it means that teams from all over the world participate, not just two countries :rolleyes: :p
 
Rich said:
That's why it's called the WORLD cup, it means that teams from all over the world participate, not just two countries :rolleyes: :p
I guess we should stop letting Europeans and Australians compete in the America's Cup, then....
 
Kraj said:
As I understand it, our team was (surprisingly) ranked fifth in the world. So what's the deal?

the world rankings are based on a your results and the usa are in a regional group for qualifying (or confederation as fifa calls them - concacaf) that is a touch lightweight compared to european/african groups. that is why *cough* good european teams such as scotland have a lowly rating of 61st :(
fifa world rankings
 
Kraj said:
I guess we should stop letting Europeans and Australians compete in the America's Cup, then....
Well I do so hate to be pedantic but, the Americas cup is named after the first boat to win the race and has nothing to do with the American continent :cool: :p
 
So, then... the first winner of the World cup was the World? :confused:
 
Kraj said:
So, then... the first winner of the World cup was the World? :confused:
Now you're being silly, the world cup is actually called the Jules Rimme trophy, it's become known as the world cup because teams from all around the World participate, not just one or two.
The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World:rolleyes: :cool:
 
Rich said:
Now you're being silly, the world cup is actually called the Jules Rimme trophy, it's become known as the world cup because teams from all around the World participate, not just one or two.
The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World:rolleyes: :cool:

Rich, you must have a sad existence. To go on and on, many different times, about something that has next to no value. So what if it's called the World Series. Is it really that big a deal to you or is it just another thing that America and Americans get your goat on?
 
Rich said:
Now you're being silly
Yes, I am.

Rich said:
The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World:rolleyes: :cool:
Funny, I couldn't find the reference anywhere that explained that was the origin. I'd love to see yours.

I did however find this on Wikipedia: "At the time the term was first used (1857), baseball at the major league level was only played in the United States." Therefore, the World Series did, in fact, represent all the professional baseball players in the entire world at the time. I might also point out that it was named long before network television (or radio) was invented.

Second, if you care to browse this list, you'll see that the vast majority of competitions known as the "World whatever" are not representative of a wide variety of nations in the world, and most are played almost exclusively by European competitors. Or perhaps you'd like to explain how the World Cricket Cup (played by Britain, Australia and New Zealand) is representative of the international community in a way that the World Series is not?

So do you think you can give this "World Series" b.s. a rest, please?
 
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ShaneMan said:
Rich, you must have a sad existence.

I'm very happy with my enlightened existence thank you and if I'm wrong I'll answer to god and nobody else, oops silly me, that was an American speech.
Hell it's rubbing off:eek: :rolleyes:
 
Rich said:
If memory serves me right it was changed because under the original rules if anyone won it at least three times it would become theirs

1970 was 36 years ago. You weren't born yet, remember how young you are? so how could your "memory serve you right?":D
 
Rich said:
I'm very happy with my enlightened existence thank you and if I'm wrong I'll answer to god and nobody else, oops silly me, that was an American speech.
Hell it's rubbing off:eek: :rolleyes:


Good to see we're rubbing off on ya. Heck you might even start to believe in a heaven. Hold on, that's right one of the Brits icons sang something like "imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try." Guess that one won't rub off.
 
Kraj said:
Or perhaps you'd like to explain how the World Cricket Cup (played by Britain, Australia and New Zealand) is representative of the international community in a way that the World Series is not?

I know of no cricket tournament known as the world cricket cup. I do know that South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, ShriLanka, Australia, New Zealand and England (that's not Britain by the way, it's not a British game :rolleyes: ) all participate.
Oops silly me, I missed a few Nations off the list, add
Zimbawe, Canada, Kenya, Ireland, The UAE, The Netherlands, Namibia, East Africa
 
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