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Post by jetsetwilly on May 27, 2008 18:47:33 GMT
Can I have second from left on the bottom row? The Bf is an obsessive football fan and so this will be on constantly; at least this way I will have a reason to feign attention. Though based on my previous sweepy entries he will probably get a hamstring injury two minutes into the first match.
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Post by Adrian on May 27, 2008 18:49:49 GMT
That's Yýldýray Baþtürk, the Turkish midfielder. ... If you want to switch to any of the other teams then you're welcome, but only on the grounds that you are very sexually drawn to the player in the photo. I can't possibly judge them on those photos alone! I'd need to see thighs, arse and crotch as well. The only other one I'm drawn to is the Austrian, and I already have one of those, so I'll keep Yýldýray Baþtürk due to the astounding amount of y in his name, the letter þ and his name's general amazing-ness. How does one pronounce þ? I wonder if, as Yýldýray has a German upbringing, he contributes to Germany's continual 12 points to Turkey in the Eurovision?
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Post by pauliepoos on May 27, 2008 18:50:50 GMT
Can I have second from left on the bottom row? The Bf is an obsessive football fan and so this will be on constantly; at least this way I will have a reason to feign attention. Though based on my previous sweepy entries he will probably get a hamstring injury two minutes into the first match. That's Russian player Marat Izmailov, a diddy little 5'6" attacking midfielder who plys his trade in Portugal.
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Post by jetsetwilly on May 27, 2008 18:51:51 GMT
Can I have second from left on the bottom row? The Bf is an obsessive football fan and so this will be on constantly; at least this way I will have a reason to feign attention. Though based on my previous sweepy entries he will probably get a hamstring injury two minutes into the first match. That's Russian player Marat Izmailov, a diddy little 5'6" attacking midfielder who plys his trade in Portugal. If he is a diddy 5'6 Russian, I can guarantee that the Bf will have him onscreen constantly. In HD.
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Post by pauliepoos on May 27, 2008 18:55:45 GMT
The only other one I'm drawn to is the Austrian, and I already have one of those, so I'll keep Yýldýray Baþtürk due to the astounding amount of y in his name, the letter þ and his name's general amazing-ness. How does one pronounce þ? I wonder if, as Yýldýray has a German upbringing, he contributes to Germany's continual 12 points to Turkey in the Eurovision? The proboards format has reformatted the text of his name - the correct format is on his wiki page !!!here!!!He's also a diddy 5'6" midfielder.
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Post by Adrian on May 27, 2008 18:58:42 GMT
Oh.
That's not as good, then.
I will still support him and Turkey, in the way that Irish eurovision fans also supported a turkey this year.
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Post by fezza on May 27, 2008 19:46:55 GMT
Can I have 1 or 3 please thank you.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2008 19:47:16 GMT
Can I have top row number 2 please?
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Post by pauliepoos on May 27, 2008 19:55:11 GMT
Can I have 1 or 3 please thank you. You have Poland, in the form of Arsenal's lovely goalkeeper £ukasz Fabiañski. Can I have top row number 2 please? And you are the host, Xavier Margairaz of Switzerland.
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Post by fezza on May 27, 2008 20:17:09 GMT
£ukasz Fabiañski? He sounds expensive....
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Post by Becky on May 27, 2008 20:39:23 GMT
Can I have whatever is left?
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Post by pauliepoos on May 27, 2008 21:13:41 GMT
Becky has Greece, the reigning champions, and Cherubic has France, the champions before that.
Others are welcome to join but have to come up with a reason for their country of allegiance, i.e. not because they're one of the best and likely to win.
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Post by Becky on May 27, 2008 21:17:04 GMT
Ooh. I met a nice greek man today as well! I wasn't actually aware Greece were reigning champions though.
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Post by Adrian on May 27, 2008 21:54:22 GMT
Seriously, that is the fugliest Frenchman I have ever seen.
I've been reading up on Eurofacts - Kazakhstan is part of UEFA and thusly would (if they qualified) take part in Euro competitions. As would Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Just like Eurovision! There are rumours Kazakhstan will join it next year.
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Post by Muinimula on May 28, 2008 0:34:44 GMT
I've been reading up on Eurofacts - Kazakhstan is part of UEFA and thusly would (if they qualified) take part in Euro competitions. As would Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Just like Eurovision! There are rumours Kazakhstan will join it next year. I'm sorry, but do the Ural mountains mean NOTHING any more?!
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Post by pauliepoos on May 28, 2008 6:34:04 GMT
Seriously, that is the fugliest Frenchman I have ever seen. I've been reading up on Eurofacts - Kazakhstan is part of UEFA and thusly would (if they qualified) take part in Euro competitions. As would Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Just like Eurovision! There are rumours Kazakhstan will join it next year. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan were all involved in qualifying for Euro 2008. Azerbaijan were in England's group and Georgia were in Scotland's. Had Scotland not lost to Georgia, having beaten France home and away, they would have qualified for the finals.
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Post by Mike on May 28, 2008 11:46:27 GMT
Question - why is the guy whose name starts with a pound sign in this, when Poland's first-choice goalie is the considerably better looking Artur Boruc?
I'm thinking of the gays here...
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Post by pauliepoos on May 28, 2008 17:44:00 GMT
Seriously, that is the fugliest Frenchman I have ever seen. And you won't get to see him, as he's been dropped from the French team. Poor thing. Question - why is the guy whose name starts with a pound sign in this, when Poland's first-choice goalie is the considerably better looking Artur Boruc? I'm thinking of the gays here... Lukasz Fabianski got the nod because he plays for Arsenal, and doesn't have a history of encouraging the sectarian divide in Glasgow.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 29, 2008 2:00:04 GMT
Right, I'm going to be devil's advocate* and suggest that this is SO not lowculture. Thoughts?
*lowculture
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Post by pauliepoos on May 29, 2008 6:33:38 GMT
I feel like I've been called back into the boardroom.
As Adrian said, this is like Eurovision for other people, but with fewer women performing, more toned and lithe male flesh on display, more handbags and more tears in defeat. That, and for 2 weeks it's going to be on tv every night, messing up the existing schedules, before the matches are spaced out for the finals towards the end of June.
People are going to be watching it, and might even be talking about it, but obviously what you say goes, and if you say it goes, then it goes.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 29, 2008 8:07:25 GMT
Oh, I'm not saying it should go at all. I'm just being obtuse!
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Post by Adrian on May 29, 2008 8:52:13 GMT
Surely the fact that 16 people on here signed up for a sweepstake in a few days would suggest it is indeed lowculture.
I know we're not Marxists, but you could also say that football being the sport of the working classes (to rugby's sport of the upper / middle classes) would suggest it very much is 'low' culture.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 29, 2008 9:01:00 GMT
Surely the fact that 16 people on here signed up for a sweepstake in a few days would suggest it is indeed lowculture. I know we're not Marxists, but you could also say that football being the sport of the working classes (to rugby's sport of the upper / middle classes) would suggest it very much is 'low' culture. True, but if there was a TV show where old women competed to see who got to the Post Office first on pension day, 16 people on here would sign up to a sweepstake about it. Anyway, I clearly don't know anything today, so do what you like.
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Post by Adrian on May 29, 2008 9:13:53 GMT
True, but if there was a TV show where old women competed to see who got to the Post Office first on pension day, 16 people on here would sign up to a sweepstake about it. Yes please. Can I have Bertha?
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Post by David on May 29, 2008 9:35:09 GMT
Bloody football is going to infest the TV schedules all summer long. In no way is it lowculture, unless the wives, girlfriends or secret boyfriends are involved. Sharing a tube train with some Chelsea supporters recently was really good fun, and not intimidating in the slightest. At least Squeezy and his kind put on a decent show.
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