[SOC] This is great!

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Hi Rob,

> I'm not much of a soccer fan ("No, really?" you all say...), but you
> gotta love a sport that embarrasses France ;^) 

I _may_ start to like Soccer ... ;o))

> According to the local news, 

Your local news in your far-far-far-West country are up to date .. 
Really amazing ;o)

The joke of the day (I mean "Yesterday" now) was :

4 years ago we were singing "On est les champions, on est, on est, on est les 
champions". Now, the sing will be "On est dans l'avion, on est, on est, on est 
dans l'avion"

Which means : 4 years ago : "We are the champions, we are, we are, we are the 
champions". This year it runs : "We are in the plane, we are, we are, we are in 
the plane" [back to home].

I have seen a funny pic yesterday. I will try to get it agn and will make it 
available to everyone.

>Quickest exit for a returning champ they said?

A colleague, as upset as if he had lost some relative, tried to explain me how 
horrible was the situation. And it seems that we have lost all our games, not a 
single winning match this year during this Cup.
After 5 minutes of explanations, he gave up ...

Rob, do not worry, I am not embarrassed at all abt the fact that we are out of 
the game. Some other really are ... E.g. the 1st Channel here (private one) has 
paid huuuuuge sums to get the rights for the broadcasting of the matches. And 
they were also planning to increase the fees for the commercials/ads 
starting ... today.
One of the funniest story abt ads/commercials is the following : they are 
planified in advance. And yesterday evening it was so funny to listen to some 
ad from Mac Do : "Come on and buy the latest Mc Do bla-bla and take a free 
ticket for the lotery to win the ball used during the France-Danemark 
match" :o)))))
And also some other ones of the same kind for Duracell (batteries) or for some 
sweeties : "Buy this/that and enter a sweepstake to win the official T-shirts 
of the F Team."

> I like how they put it:  "Here's one more thing for France to be
> embarrassed about along with the worship of Jerry Lewis."

Jerry Lewis is well-known here and is a Francophone too ...
What's wrong with him ?! Or maybe the CONUS do not appreciate this guy ? Hmmm ?

CU !

"On est dans l'avion, on est dans l'avion, on est, on est, on est dans 
l'avion .." :o))))

BTW, the whole Zidane Boys Band should arrive at CDG Apt around 1545Z today.
Sorry, I will leave before they arrive ... what a shame .. !!

73!
Claude

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