Sooo....

[ravenne]

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*.

Really??!! But it´s soooooo much fun

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).

Exactly, it was in 1998. And you didn´t 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

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ravenne

Really??!! But it´s soooooo much fun

wow, stay away from ravenne during these things, something tells me she joins wholeheartedly in the madness !!

Exactly, it was in 1998. And you didn´t just win - you won against record world champion Brazil!!!! Zidane scored two goals, Petit one, it ended 3:0.

okay, that sounds right... but seriously, zidane was a national hero after that. you would have thought he single-handedly deflected an asteroid which was about to pulverise the continent and kill us all by flying under his own powers into space and blowing it to bits with his laser vision. complete strangers were running up to each other in the streets screaming with joy and dancing together. and i'm talking about the peripheral neighborhoods, not the champs élysées !! madness, i tell you.

Knitting and soccer in one thread. Somehow fascinating

yep, it is an interesting juxtaposition ! and we have you to thank for it.

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wow, stay away from ravenne during these things, something tells me she joins wholeheartedly in the madness !!


okay, that sounds right... but seriously, zidane was a national hero after that. you would have thought he single-handedly deflected an asteroid which was about to pulverise the continent and kill us all by flying under his own powers into space and blowing it to bits with his laser vision. complete strangers were running up to each other in the streets screaming with joy and dancing together. and i'm talking about the peripheral neighborhoods, not the champs élysées !! madness, i tell you.


yep, it is an interesting juxtaposition ! and we have you to thank for it.

That is the head butt guy right? I was so mad I missed that- we went to go pick up the pizza and all we saw were replays.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

That is the head butt guy right? I was so mad I missed that- we went to go pick up the pizza and all we saw were replays.

ironically, i just happened to be passing by one of the (several) giant screens which had been installed in various locations around the city so that everyone with no exceptions could participate in this momentous event (or at least witness it) and we stopped to watch a few minutes just at the precise moment they got the first goal, and i also missed it because i was watching the crowd. they were so tightly massed a cat couldn't have got through there, and when the goal went in they all started yelling as one man and stamping and blowing air horns and such, it was absolutely deafening. they were so agitated that a visible cloud of dust rose up above their heads (this particular screen was installed on a large area which at the time was covered with gravel). it was like a cartoon.

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ironically, i just happened to be passing by one of the (several) giant screens which had been installed in various locations around the city so that everyone with no exceptions could participate in this momentous event (or at least witness it) and we stopped to watch a few minutes just at the precise moment they got the first goal, and i also missed it because i was watching the crowd. they were so tightly massed a cat couldn't have got through there, and when the goal went in they all started yelling as one man and stamping and blowing air horns and such, it was absolutely deafening. they were so agitated that a visible cloud of dust rose up above their heads (this particular screen was installed on a large area which at the time was covered with gravel). it was like a cartoon.

Sometimes seeing people's reactions to sports is more interesting than the game itself.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Sometimes seeing people's reactions to sports is more interesting than the game itself.

almost always, if you ask me.

[vivaldirules]

I'm thinking about buying and reading (on my Sony, of course) Terry Bradshaw's It's Just A Game. I think the title caught my eye.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm thinking about buying and reading (on my Sony, of course) Terry Bradshaw's It Just A Game. I think the title caught my eye.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Sometimes seeing people's reactions to sports is more interesting than the game itself.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

almost always, if you ask me.

Except cricket...

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Except cricket...

i'm not so sure, but if you say so...

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i'm not so sure, but if you say so...

Unless you like watching people sleeping, of course

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Unless you like watching people sleeping, of course

ah. well if you put it that way...

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Unless you like watching people sleeping, of course

Saying that about cricket is very sporting of you :scrapestongueoutofleftcheek:

[zelda_pinwheel]

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