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North Korea celebrates “great victory” over Brazil

North Korea has celebrated its victory over Brazil with parties long into the night, and crowds lining the streets to proclaim Kim Jong Il as the “greatest ever leader ever in the history of the world”. The World Cup minnows “beat” Brazil last night 4-0 in one of the greatest “upsets” ever seen.

An estimated 120% of the nation gathered round televisions and radio sets last night to hear Kim Jong Il narrate the “great victory” over Brazil from his self-penned book “Our 4-0 victory over Brazil”, which is set to become a bestseller in the communist nation. At approximately 11pm local time, workers downed tools, and by chapter 3, they were celebrating their first World Cup finals goal since 1966.

“The right winger prepares to cross,” read Kim Jong-Il, “dummies, and beats the Brazilian defender, erm… Dave… and plays the ball in.” A nation held its breath, as the TV showed a mock-up of the “great victory” using a combination of actors, cartoon and pipe-wiring.

“Here’s Kim Jong-Il – he’s beaten one – he’s beaten two – he’s beaten three – look at how he beautifully represents the North Korean worker – his artistry, his beauty, his looks, his skill… look how he completely mystifies the foolhardy westerners… they watch in awe as he shoots – he scores!!!” A cartoon figure of Kim Jong-Il wheeled away celebrating North Korea’s first goal, while the Brazilians looked on in a combination of shock and respect. Indeed, many of the Brazilians applauded, and the mainly North Korean-supporting crowd went into raptures.

Ten minutes later, a dazzling run by Jong-Il took him past all eleven Brazilian players – three times – before he rounded off the move with an overhead kick into the top corner – a shot so hard that it broke the back of the net with a noise that was heard half-way around the world. At half time, patriotic songs were sung by everyone in the stadium, including the Brazilian fans who had all converted to communism after Kim Jong Il’s first goal.

Kim Jong-Il went on to score all four goals in his country’s “great victory”, and becomes the tournament’s leading, in fact, only goalscorer. As a sign of their humiliation, all of the Brazilians immediately retired from football, and handed their previous World Cup medals to the North Koreans who were “more deserving”. A chastened Robinho said “What happened here tonight is a lesson for the world. We must not try to match ourselves against North Korea, because we are too feeble. We are too weak. We are not good enough. The great leader Kim Jong-Il was right. We are stupid.”

“Dear nation,” proclaimed Jong-Il as the final whistle blew, closing his book and seemingly improvising for the first time. “the Brazilians have been annihilated by the people’s football team of North Korea, and myself. However, trouble is on the horizon. We cannot see off the Portuguese without nuclear weapons, which is why you must all return to work, producing warheads for our Great War!”

Next week, Kim Jong-Il will read “How we crushed the stupid Portuguese”, and “Our glorious mauling of the Ivory Coast”.
 
Spain 7/2
Brazil 4/1
Argentina 6/1
England 7/1
Holland 7/1
Germany 8/1
Italy 16/1
France 25/1
Portugal 33/1
Ivory Coast 50/1
Chile 50/1
Ghana 66/1
Mexico 66/1
USA 66/1
Paraguay 66/1
Korea Republic (South) 80/1
Uruguay 100/1
South Africa 150/1
Serbia 150/1
Nigeria 175/1
Denmark 175/1
Cameroon 200/1
Japan 200/1
Switzerland 200/1
Slovenia 250/1
Greece 500/1
Australia 500/1
Honduras 500/1
Slovakia 500/1
Korea DPR (North) 2000/1
New Zealand 2000/1
Algeria 3500/1


Sticking with the theory that the bookies should know something about " who's gonna win " I see Germany have come in a point. So have Argentina and Italy are in 2 points. Portugal fading 8 points
 
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I think they are mean with the England price.

25/1 would more accurately reflect England's chances.

Probably on a par with Portugal more or less. ie. crap
 
I think they are mean with the England price.

25/1 would more accurately reflect England's chances.

Probably on a par with Portugal more or less. ie. crap

Lots of patriotic suckers to push the price right down to unrealistic levels imo - Ladbrokes are Brits too !!
Does anyone outside UK have more realistic odds with their home based bookies for England ??

Better not go to N. Korea Ambrose ! El Sicko would give ya a good kicking for those opinions :)
 
Brazil 4/1
Argentina 5/1
Spain 5/1
Germany 7/1
England 7/1
Holland 7/1
Italy 16/1
France 28/1
Portugal 33/1
Uruguay 33/1
Ivory Coast 50/1
Chile 50/1
Ghana 66/1
Mexico 66/1
USA 66/1
Korea Republic (South) 80/1
Paraguay 80/1
Serbia 150/1
Nigeria 175/1
Denmark 175/1
Cameroon 200/1
Japan 200/1
Switzerland 200/1
Slovenia 250/1
South Africa 500/1
Greece 500/1
Australia 500/1
Slovakia 500/1
Korea DPR (North) 2000/1
New Zealand 2000/1
Honduras 2500/1
Algeria 3500/1


The odds of the top 10 contenders have changed a little but it may be significant,
Spain's poor performance has dropped them out 1.5 pts to second favourite. Not out but not good.Argentina and Germany both in 1 point - creeping up the board ! France is drifting out by 3 points.
 
North Korea celebrates “great victory” over Brazil

North Korea has celebrated its victory over Brazil with parties long into the night, and crowds lining the streets to proclaim Kim Jong Il as the “greatest ever leader ever in the history of the world”. The World Cup minnows “beat” Brazil last night 4-0 in one of the greatest “upsets” ever seen.

An estimated 120% of the nation gathered round televisions and radio sets last night to hear Kim Jong Il narrate the “great victory” over Brazil from his self-penned book “Our 4-0 victory over Brazil”, which is set to become a bestseller in the communist nation. At approximately 11pm local time, workers downed tools, and by chapter 3, they were celebrating their first World Cup finals goal since 1966.

“The right winger prepares to cross,” read Kim Jong-Il, “dummies, and beats the Brazilian defender, erm… Dave… and plays the ball in.” A nation held its breath, as the TV showed a mock-up of the “great victory” using a combination of actors, cartoon and pipe-wiring.

“Here’s Kim Jong-Il – he’s beaten one – he’s beaten two – he’s beaten three – look at how he beautifully represents the North Korean worker – his artistry, his beauty, his looks, his skill… look how he completely mystifies the foolhardy westerners… they watch in awe as he shoots – he scores!!!” A cartoon figure of Kim Jong-Il wheeled away celebrating North Korea’s first goal, while the Brazilians looked on in a combination of shock and respect. Indeed, many of the Brazilians applauded, and the mainly North Korean-supporting crowd went into raptures.

Ten minutes later, a dazzling run by Jong-Il took him past all eleven Brazilian players – three times – before he rounded off the move with an overhead kick into the top corner – a shot so hard that it broke the back of the net with a noise that was heard half-way around the world. At half time, patriotic songs were sung by everyone in the stadium, including the Brazilian fans who had all converted to communism after Kim Jong Il’s first goal.

Kim Jong-Il went on to score all four goals in his country’s “great victory”, and becomes the tournament’s leading, in fact, only goalscorer. As a sign of their humiliation, all of the Brazilians immediately retired from football, and handed their previous World Cup medals to the North Koreans who were “more deserving”. A chastened Robinho said “What happened here tonight is a lesson for the world. We must not try to match ourselves against North Korea, because we are too feeble. We are too weak. We are not good enough. The great leader Kim Jong-Il was right. We are stupid.”

“Dear nation,” proclaimed Jong-Il as the final whistle blew, closing his book and seemingly improvising for the first time. “the Brazilians have been annihilated by the people’s football team of North Korea, and myself. However, trouble is on the horizon. We cannot see off the Portuguese without nuclear weapons, which is why you must all return to work, producing warheads for our Great War!”

Next week, Kim Jong-Il will read “How we crushed the stupid Portuguese”, and “Our glorious mauling of the Ivory Coast”.

:LOL::LOL::LOL:

Does Udo Lindenberg still live in a hotel in Hamburg?

Haha yup, the Vier Jahreszeiten (=> 4 Seasons).

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Apparently regularly to be seen in the bar there.

Well we're back, round about 40 flats in three days lol is what we looked at !!!

:eek:

Narrowed it down to 2 favourites and chose one of em.

:)

So don't have to go through that again thank God.

Watched some football outside too.

Kinda amazed all the North Koreans didn't collectively apply for asylum lol.
 
BSD, just as an off topic aside do the Germans still not suffer from our (UK's) ingrained mass hysterical belief that you're nothing unless you own your own home? Is the rental sector still vibrant, good value and do the Germans still scratch their heads at our collective house owning obsession?
 
Those Argies are looking sharp !!

Good to see you back BSD

does moving to Hamburg make you a hamburger ? :)
 
There is a nutty professor of something that reckons that the goalie on the receiving end of a penalty should watch the foot that the penalty taker stands on, not the foot that kicks the ball. This he says is a much better way of judging the direction the ball will go.
Could be right tho
:cheesy:
 
There is a nutty professor of something that reckons that the goalie on the receiving end of a penalty should watch the foot that the penalty taker stands on, not the foot that kicks the ball. This he says is a much better way of judging the direction the ball will go.
Could be right tho
:cheesy:

I'd be more concerned about how fast I could duck out of the way if the ball came soaring at me! I have great respect for goalkeepers. They're insane to want to play that position!

Peter
 
There is a nutty professor of something that reckons that the goalie on the receiving end of a penalty should watch the foot that the penalty taker stands on, not the foot that kicks the ball. This he says is a much better way of judging the direction the ball will go.
Could be right tho
:cheesy:

Plus (may not be the nutty prof. but someone else) don't look at the penalty-takers' eyes.


@BlackSwan: an aside on the German housing situation: We are friends with a thirty-something (maybe one is forty now) couple) in a university city in Nordrhein-Westphalia. They both have PhDs, and until relatively recently, lived pretty modestly as students and then grad-students. Then they both got (probably) well-paying jobs in a research-related private company, and did well. Having lived in rented accommodation all their adult lives, about 3-4 years ago they took the plunge and bought a house in one of the suburbs. Although it is "only" a "town house"/terrace, it is actually larger and better appointed in most respects than our 4-bed detached house in England, as well as being more solidly constructed. I've no idea what they paid, but I looked in some estate agents' windows when I was there, and similar properties were a lot cheaper than you might find here (supposing you could even buy similar properties here). From the little research I did at the time, at that time anyway, house price inflation in Germany was about the lowest in Europe, or very low down in the league table. It might have changed I suppose. I think they are relatively unusual in buying a property though. It seems to be generally only fairly well-established, wealthier types who do. These two happen to be anglophiles, and may have picked up the housing bug from here :). It was partly because they wanted a garden and a cat as well I think :)
 
Brazil 4/1
Argentina 9/2
Spain 5/1
Germany 6/1
England 7/1
Holland 7/1
Italy 16/1
Portugal 33/1
Mexico 33/1
Uruguay 40/1
Ivory Coast 50/1
Chile 50/1
Ghana 66/1
USA 66/1
Switzerland 66/1
Paraguay 80/1
Serbia 150/1
Korea Republic (South) 150/1
Denmark 175/1
France 200/1
Cameroon 200/1
Japan 200/1
Slovenia 250/1
South Africa 500/1
Greece 500/1
Australia 500/1
Slovakia 500/1
Nigeria 750/1
Korea DPR (North) 2000/1
New Zealand 2000/1
Honduras 2500/1
Algeria 3500/1


So who is creeping up the board ?
Argentina by 1/2 point
Germany another 1 point
France almost down the toilet
I've got an each way bet on Germany. Time for another on the Argies imo
Those noisy trumpetty things didn't do SA much good. Bring back the singers imo

Oh and nearly forgot England V Algeria. Guess our overpaid nancy boys might just manage a win ?
 
Friday 18th June - A war of 2 nations....England vs Algeria....One of them is a fanatical, muslim country....where terrorists are born and trained....where sharia law will be implemented....and where christians are outcasts and live in fear....The other one is Algeria...
 
God forbid if England go down or even drawn against the "mighty" Algerians... just shudder to think what the press will do to Capellos nice Italian suits...
 
Algeria have moved from something like 120 in FIFA rankings to almost breaking into top 30, over the last 2 years.
An improving, youthful, enthusiastic side, with guys who play their heart out.

Can any of that be said about Ingerland ?
 
Algeria have moved from something like 120 in FIFA rankings to almost breaking into top 30, over the last 2 years.
An improving, youthful, enthusiastic side, with guys who play their heart out.

Can any of that be said about Ingerland ?

Lets take it bit by bit...

improving - no
youthful - probably yes
enthusiastic - no
guys who play their heart out - er.. no (only dicks hanging out for screwing others girlfriends)
 
ah, you must be referring to the ever-green David James and Emile Heskey ?

Don't you lay your dirty paws on Heskey... he's quality.. "National Treasure" ...
and must be put to where it belongs - in the "Archives" :cheesy:

Did you hear this ?

"Good news from England camp!!!
Goalkeeper Green managed to keep all 5000 shots out of his goal during a 1-on-1
training session. Now both Green and Heskey will join the remaining England team for
further sessions"

:clap::clap::clap:
 
you mean Green isn't already on a 'plane back to Blighty to say his goodbyes to friends and family (if they'll speak to him) before preparing for full ritualistic seppuku ?
 
Better the devil you know rather than the devil you don't. Who would you put in his place?
 
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