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					Originally Posted by  zelda_pinwheel
					 
				 
				huh. i usually try to go to ground when these things are on. particularly if they are happening in france, or if france is participating, or if it's a day ending with "y"... people are *insane*.  
			
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 Really??!! But itīs soooooo much fun 
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					Originally Posted by  zelda_pinwheel
					 
				 
				i have to admit though, on a purely sociological level they are fascinating. when the coupe du monde was in paris and france won (10 years or so ago, i forget exactly) i discovered what it must have been like at the liberation of paris at the end of the war (not even joking). 
			
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 Exactly, it was in 1998. And you didnīt just win - 
you won against record world champion Brazil!!!! Zidane scored two goals, Petit one, it ended 3:0.
Knitting and soccer in one thread. Somehow fascinating