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er, an American here (oh yikes, what am I saying...I'm a Canadian temporarily in this country)...I'm sort of with Bernie on the shorts Roll on June!!

Pete, the only word I understood in your whole report on soccer was 'offside' but I am still looking forward to the games even if Ireland were unjustly knocked out of the qualifiers.

I am going to stick a pin in my world cup chart and put a few bob on a team to win just to make it interesting. but of course France will be crossed out of the list first. ( Sorry Judy... still love you lots )

We will have to arrange another meet up on the mainland UK so you can attend.

Tir no Nog are playing here 23 June. will try get to see them just for you

Pete wrote:I would have so looked forward to singing your version of Un Canadien Errant. I would have also sung it with Polish subtitles and English sub-subtitles. But it's not to be.
Oh well!
Here's one I did recently...it's a rewording of Tacoma Trailer...............


Hope you liked it

Pete

Fantastic adaptation Pete . Try it on full volume it blows your mind ! Just a couple of spelling mistakes but I can alter them so they are hardly noticed !

Pete wrote:

Yorkshire Lad wrote:

tinderella wrote: With the World Cup starting shortly too... Lots of men in shorts to look forward to

ciao for now Tinders

I will be wearing mine in Kracow can't you wait until then !

Dear Bernadine
Can I point out to you that the wonderful game of soccer is not about men running around in shorts? It is much more than that. It is life itself. The struggle of man against man. The symmetries and patterns of formations that mirror the basic needs for survival and ultimate glory. The helixical representation of all that matters is akin to the molecular DNA structure that we all possess and which is ingrained in all humans to aid the celebration of all that is good with the game of soccer. It is this goodness that promotes eleven against eleven for the glory of gold and the glory of knowing that the human race appreciates all the fineries of those 90 minutes on the green turf where many complexities are offered to the world. The ingenuities behind pitting bravery, technique, tactics and formation against fellow countries is a marvel to behold. The offside law, the most talked about and misunderstood law of any ilk, is a complexity that can only be understood after many years of deep study and zen-like meditation

Pete
p.s. at least in Barmouth I only showed bare flesh below the knees

I would be obliged if you could go to this link and tell me which one best portrays your brilliant analogy of the beautiful game !
www.fanchants.com

Henning wrote: I will contact all Barmouthenians before Krakow via email. Meanwhile use this as a teaser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpkpgzID_8E

Henning
I did not notice at first but while we are on a football theme is that a picture of Liverpool FC on the wall of the drinking establishment . You'll never walk alone !

Yorkshire Lad wrote: I would be obliged if you could go to this link and tell me which one best portrays your brilliant analogy of the beautiful game !
http://www.fanchants.com

Hi Phil
Thanks for the link. I ventured into my beloved Coventry City's chants within which there is a wealth of literary prose and harmonic melodies. Many of these truly reflect the analogies I painstakingly conjured in my previous post and it is very difficult to choose the one that offers a comparable depth of understanding, culture and history that soccer so successfully portrays. I have looked at each chant in turn and compared each of them to the works of the great poets, philosphers and historians, in that order. There is one that stands out above all others. The lyrics can be interpreted at many levels and, together with the superb musical arrangement that lifts the words to a higher plane and ethereal experience, there is no doubt that this is the one........

http://www.fanchants.com/football-songs ... city-CCFC/


Pete

Pete.... yours had a certain Je ne sais quoi.... a little like your rendition of Tacoma Trailer

My personal fave from the bunch was the following one

http://www.fanchants.com/football-songs ... -the-land/

All this world cup talk makes me feel slightly uneasy. Here we go again. I have little interest in football as a rule, but nothing saves me from the terrible longing that seizes me when we - England - start to move towards that coveted victory, or the unspeakable suffering when tragedy strikes and we stand in ruins behind some other tin pot country. Again. I fear I may need to borrow some of Byron's pills. Beam me up.

At least you have a new(ish) pair of slippers to sit in front on the telly with, Pete.

Fear not Diane ... since Germany is totally Lena-nuts these days, we wouldn't mind falling at England's feet after the group stage. But we have some promising young players who leave hope for future events. We will be back sooner or later.

oh dear. Henning please do not say that you do not think Germany will win. After their amazing win in Eurovision.... i put ten euro on Germany to win the World Cup

tinderella wrote:oh dear. Henning please do not say that you do not think Germany will win. After their amazing win in Eurovision.... i put ten euro on Germany to win the World Cup

I would have laid that bet what price did you get ! As we bookmakers say it's like taking candy off a baby .

I got 14 to 1..... ah i gotta follow some team while the matches are on and it is always more interesting not to follow the favourites

pete......sorry to hear that your back is still giving you trouble...bloody things they are.....

....this life long decision of yours not to travel outside of the UK will surely have to be reversed when you retire......this doctor johnson and his fellow travellers really need a boswell to record our exploits for posterity on these cohen trips ....i'm planning on visiting a few old haunts in krakow by undertaking a massive vodka bar crawl in the old town in august ...now wouldn't that make a wonderful subject for your pen?

......i was reading about your fellow author and mathematician the other day alex bellos who is not only up for a book prize but is also up for a proper world cup ......
http://times.cluster.newsint.co.uk/tol/ ... 140102.ece

....btw i'm still working on my calculus cum theory cum equation for trying to define human stupidity by it's use of smileys and the word 'awesome'.......one day i know i will crack it......plenty of research material around these parts:-)

...i see that we now have not only bloody cats but also footfall mentioned on this thread....thank god that for most of the duration of the footfall world teacup i shall be on a greek island that not only doesn't have television but also it must be the only greek island that recognises cats as the vermin they are and shoots the mangy things whenever they dare show their scruffy little faces.........

judy...i now have all your 9 scared music films on discs and will pm you tomorrow

....i unfortunately left my home computer on while i was away over the weekend and this was the smiley mess i found when i returned.........ta ken

Ken, thank you ever so much.

Bernie Tinders, ... why are you sticking pins in the French rugby (or is it football) team?

and Pete, I am so sorry you won't be coming to Krakow ... I hope your back gets better quickly.

Phil, your poems are "genial" ... and Krakow still seems such a long long way away.

>^-^<

Ken, how DO you make pictures like that? That is just so clever! I couldn't even work out how to post a cat smiley and there are some lovely ones all waiting to be downloaded .... and I have no idea how to do it.