So far it has gone pretty well and I hope that it does continue to go well. Yep, only the one report of the hotel burglary and the drunk Australian who passed out and woke up sanse wallet or cell phone but later on someone contaced him to let them know that they found his phone.

Yes, we are in a bad way but a shitload of insfrastsructure was upgraded and all the stadiums were freshly built up for the event so I do think that right now FIFA sort of own the country but the feeling in the air is very festivy and everyone seems to be getting along. I hope it lasts.

JJ bare in mind that the media will broadcast the worst about SA that they can. I'm not saying that it isn't bad but so far the WC seems to be running smoothley. There were a shitload of striking done before the WC but it seems to have been taken care of.

		jimmyjames wrote:
		It's actually going pretty well I think, only the one riot so far that we've heard of and the cops quelled that pretty quickly. No tourists murdered yet that I've heard of. One Network News camera crew had their gear robbed out of their hotel, that was fucking funny because I hate One Network News. TV3 all the way for me.      Becks wrote: Well it looks like the everyday South African is having a wonderful time so far. I just hope it's a peaceful, or as peaceful as can be, world cup. With NZ winning some games LOL!      jimmyjames wrote: South Africa is basically a dictatorship. There is no way in hell that tinpot country with it's ratshit economy put in the best bid for that World Cup. They got the cup through lining the pockets of people like Sepp Blatter with shitloads of cash. It's fully corrupt. For what possible reason would you put the premier sporting event in the world in a country where you can't walk around the streets in the major cities at night. Insane. The Fifa heads are even more corrupt than the IOC heads.         Becks wrote: Saw that on the news, crazy. I think this world cup will end up being crazy in general lol.      jimmyjames wrote: There was a riot after the Aus / Kraut game. The workers at the football stadiums went on strike demanding better wages. So in true South African fashion the cops went in with tear gas, nightsticks and plastic bullets, as you do when your slaves start playing up.

Cheers!

No I missed that, LOL! Well I saw the mistake the goalie made, but didn't see mohawk dude get sent off, sounds amusing.

		jimmyjames wrote:
		Sweet, I'll see what I can do. Did you see that freakshow Algerian side play last night, the keeper, this blonde drag queen looking freak, made a howler of a mistake like the English keeper made. And then this crazy looking mohawk man on their team got sent off. Jeez it was funny.      Becks wrote: Hmm how about More than Meets the Eye - Testament.      jimmyjames wrote: Hey you got any requests, I'm putting together a radio show at the moment?      Becks wrote: Hmm, I could believe that actually. Plus, it wasn't that long ago that they had the Cronulla race riots. Now that was crazy.      jimmyjames wrote: You could easily spend ten days in Sydney or  Melbourne and not see an aboriginie.      Becks wrote: Man, if it really is like that, that's awful.      jimmyjames wrote: They present a forward thinking and politically correct public face but they hate everyone. Abbos, Blacks, Pacific Islanders, Lebanese, Arabs, Asians, Poms, Indians, Americans, Maoris,  just everyone. Honest if you spoke to the average middle class Aussie about racism or something they would say the same as everyone else about how it's disgraceful etc. But if a family of abbos moved into their street they would be seething. They would move, they'd be shitting themselves about the value of their house going down and it probably would because all of them hate everyone and noone would move into the street.      Becks wrote: No, not yet. Strange considering it's like 3 hours away LOL.      jimmyjames wrote: Have you ever been to Aussie?      Becks wrote: Ahhhh I hadn't heard about that. Yeah, not saying this to make Aussies look bad, but they don't have a good history with regards to Aborigines etc.      jimmyjames wrote: He's actually in trouble at the moment too for making racist comments. It cracks me up that because everyone knows that all Aussies are racist.      Becks wrote: Ahhh it's been happening for years, Kiwi players always get hit harder than say Andrew Johns ever would have.      jimmyjames wrote: Just double standards, not worth going into if you don't follow it. Basically certain high profile Australian players getting off on serious disciplinary breaches while lesser known players and Kiwi players are handed out playing bans on less serious charges. It stinks.

Yeah! Germany is an excellent team, and very young too apparently. A bright future ahead for their national squad I think!

NZs first game is tomorrow and I am so excited. 11:30pm our time, against Slovakia.

		joedraper wrote:
		Tactics! They are a super team! Viva Germany!      Becks wrote: I'd say the way Germany played, they ought to be one of the favourites right now. Awesomely played.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: I watched that game earlier today. Australia seemed a little lazy in the field (no offence to the Aussies out there). Go Germany!! Hey Guido! Enjoy that new ball of yours. Just don't play it anywhere near your JP collection!!      Becks wrote: LOL Guido! Watching highlights of the Australia vs Germany, what a smashing. Australia were picked apart. Tim Cahill is a mega dick too, got a red card, serves him right for tackling like a dick.

LOL Guido!

Watching highlights of the Australia vs Germany, what a smashing. Australia were picked apart. Tim Cahill is a mega dick too, got a red card, serves him right for tackling like a dick.

PMSL! OOH I was actually gripping the seat while I was reading that and picturing the scene in my mind.
Don't you love it when things like that miraculously happen? The perfect miss lol.

		guidogodoy wrote:
		HAAAA!!!! I remember the moment when my LIFE flashed before my eyes as a teen. During another WC, I am doing exactly what I have always done during most matches..namely, booting the ball off of walls, etc in the house. We had just come back from Puerto Rico where my Mom talked Pop into buying her these massive (expensive as hell) Lladró porcelain figures of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. Had them set way up high on a shelf. Well, I launch the ball full boot that direction and as soon as it leaves my foot, time slows to a crawl as I could see the curve coming. Right AT those figures. Yeah, I had friends over and we had a bit of beer. Man, I seriously shit three bricks in about 1/2 a second seeing the trajetory. Miracles of miracles, the ball hits BETWEEN both of these $1000+ statues, hits the wall and bounces right back. I nearly passed out. Needless to say, there was no more ball-playing in the house after that little episode.      joedraper wrote: LOl.. Yesterday the kids left a ball in the living room.. so Craig kicked it to get it out the way and it smashed right into one of his tubes.. He just looked at me and I said "That's why we don't kick balls in the house." I got the evil eye for stating the obvious.. he broke a rare tube on an amp he is trying to sell so now he has to source a tube before he can advertise it hahahahaha... Sorry my evil side is coming out.      guidogodoy wrote: Speaking of being over excited, I ALMOST took out one of my own new windows with an errant shot with the ol' ball last night. Booting it around the house it hits the couch and right at the window. Thank goodness for solid double-pane windows.      Becks wrote: They are super quick. Can't wait for NZs first game against Slovakia. I'll probably get over excited LOL!      guidogodoy wrote: Yup. They are in the same group. Algeria & Slovenia. Group C. Right about Slovenia. I saw the upset of Slovenia against Russia in the playoffs. Tricky, indeed.      Becks wrote: Will be interesting to see what happens in this group. Slovenia is in this group I think, and they are super tricky LOL. US team doing some kind of victory lap.      guidogodoy wrote: Draw! Not bad against the heavily fav., England. I'll take it!