SweetieBabie Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 How have The World Cup affected you life, your relationship and people around you ? What happens to people when the World Cup is on. :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 How have The World Cup affected you life, your relationship and people around you ? What happens to people when the World Cup is on. :?: u mean life actually exists outside the world cup for the next month !!! :shock: :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeMarc Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Doesn't affect me personally at all. Couldn't give a ****. But some of my freelancers are becoming slow, distracted and a bit useless. That's annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Like Christmas Carols... these world cup jingles starts to get on my nerve as it is played everywhere and it will last for a month... waka waka ehh ehh waka waka !!! ehhh ohhh ahhhhhhh oh africa! ehhhh ohhh ahhhhhh !!! ... Don't understand why they use Shakira either, she's not even African artist. My workers start to have stranger coming to collect money they lost on their bets. I swear if there're replacement, they will be sacked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Don't understand why they use Shakira either, she's not even African artist. I understand why the used her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJTX Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Getting work done in many countries when a match is on TV is difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I have a restaurant full of people - everything is going well. ...and then 90% ask for their bill and walk out to watch the match. I've got a TV playing, but people don't really watch matches in restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJTX Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I have a restaurant full of people - everything is going well....and then 90% ask for their bill and walk out to watch the match. I've got a TV playing, but people don't really watch matches in restaurants. Big screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigKus Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I got work late this morning and I told the truth to the boss that i stayed up late for Germany-Australia match but my body hasn't adjusted yet so i couldnt get up and get work on time hopefully next late night match I could deal with my sleeping hours change better. World cup also affects me good way as everyone in my family watch it, we gathering, prepare late night drinks and , of course, teasing each other criticize the games, players, coaches etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Big screen? Nope - just 32" LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damnam1 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Ask the people in SA - they say the championship is giving them confidence, that things will get better in Africa some day. Ask the people all over the world. They enjoy the time being with friends, watching the tournament, celebrating, dancing, having a great time. Football simply makes them feel good. How can a good time ever be boring ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlovelife8 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well England's pathetic game and Green's recent admission that he is related to a member of the US senate along side lube-ball-gate certainly bought a slightly bad tempered and more likely to fight in the street at 36 years old. So you ca say it has effected me in a positive way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I have a restaurant full of people - everything is going well....and then 90% ask for their bill and walk out to watch the match. I've got a TV playing, but people don't really watch matches in restaurants. Big screen? we went to our favorite beef restaurant on saturday. they don't normally have a tv, but they brought in a very large screen and a projector for the world cup. can't say it was 100 percent successful, however... nonetheless the boys dutifully lined up on the side facing the screen to watch as the light colored blurry objects beat the dark blurry objects 1-0. then a blimp passed across the screen so i had to assume that it was Maradona, and Argentina was playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyjuggler Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 There's football on?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJTX Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well it didn't take too long until someone raised the religion question, but it's happened! Is God watching World Cup soccer?Jun 13, 2010 You'd think the almighty had skin in World Cup soccer matches, given the frequency that strikers lift their eyes to heaven when they score in the great global games now underway in South Africa. Here's U.S. star Clint Dempsey from Texas giving thanks on high after the ball slithered by England's hapless goalkeeper Robert Green on Saturday and USA tied the game. Bradley Onishi, working on his doctorate in Religious Studies at University of California Santa Barbara, writes at Huffington Post that the only other place he could find the apex of emotion he found at a World Cup match was at a religious revival. The World Cup is not about politics, or economics, or religion. It is not about hope or love or fear. It is not about peace, violence, hatred, or change. The World Cup is not about any of those things, because it is about all of them. Like anything sacred, it relates to the mundane and the normal through a paradoxical balance of transcendence and immanence. If it is not about religion, it seems that the only means of explaining the phenomenon of the World Cup is through categories and concepts that we usually reserve for the religious and the sacred. In a strange way, the World Cup is about none of the forces that overshadow the day-to-day concerns of human life. The Cup is a very elaborate ritual, played out on the largest global scale possible. It transcends politics, economics, and religion by incorporating all of them. Every four years, he says, its spectacle, "creates overwhelming obsession, unbridled devotion, and, sadly, violent fanaticism. Starting to sound like religion yet?" Cameroon football players gathered for prayer at the start of a public training session at the Northlands School in Durban a day before the start of the 2010 World Cup football tournament. CAPTIONBy Javier Soriano, AFP/Getty ImagesFranklin Foer's book How Soccer Explains the World, is one of the top six books on the culture of soccer according to ESPN. And that includes its darker side. Publisher's Weekly says Foer shares not only his fascination but also details... ...crude hatred, racism and anti-Semitism on display in many soccer stadiums. In Scotland, the management of some teams have kept religious hatreds alive in order to sell tickets and team merchandise. But Foer, a diehard soccer enthusiast, is no anti-globalist. In Iran, for example, he depicts how soccer works as a modernizing force: thousands of women forced police to allow them into a men's-only stadium to celebrate the national team's triumph in an international match. Of course, faith and soccer can also clash. The Culture of Soccer site dealt in 2007 with stories of Christian, Muslim and Jewish players challenging game schedules that violated sabbath or holy days or sponsors who promoted activities or products that the players' faith deemed sinful. While none of the players mentioned in that piece are on their national rosters in South Africa today but the issues they stood for remain a challenge. The sports pages at Baptist Press are tracing the faithful evangelicals kicking it in South Africa and promoting an international sports ministry Athletes in Action DVD with elite international soccer players giving their testimony in The Prize: Chasing the Dream. How would you compare soccer and religion?Which ranks higher for you? http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/06/world-cup-soccer-usa-tie-england-goal-dempsey/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Don't understand why they use Shakira either, she's not even African artist. I understand why the used her. ****? I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Women on verge of becoming invisible As the World Cup in South African prepares to get under way this afternoon, women everywhere are expected to once again become completely invisible for the next thirty days. Starting with the opening game - a riveting clash between hosts South Africa and some other team that might begin with an ‘M’ - men everywhere are due to develop a serious four-week bout of chronic myopia. The phenomenon is one which has puzzled men for decades, with 28 year-old Terry Jones of London explaining, “I’m not sure what happens, but one minute she’s there, the next thing I know the opening ceremony starts and she just disappears entirely from my consciousness.†“Sometimes, during the month of the tournament I catch a glimpse of a ghost-like figure - which could theoretically be my wife I suppose - but then Andy Townsend starts explaining why Cameroon are tactically naive and she’s immediately gone again. Where to, I have no idea.†“To be honest I find those ethereal manifestations a little disconcerting. I’m not being haunted am I?†Reappearance The still-almost-entirely-visible wife of Terry Jones told us, “I have a theory, if you can’t instantly point to a country on a map, you shouldn’t be interested in watching them play football.†To which Mr Jones sat bolt upright asking, “Did you hear that?! Something said the word ‘football’ - I think I AM being haunted.†Other studies have found that women actually remain completely visible, but are somehow trapped inside what appears to be a cocoon of silence, from which no sounds can escape. As one participant in the study explained, “Sure, I’d like to discuss plans for your sisters wedding, but for some strange reason I can’t hear you whilst the Ivory Coast are battling an injury crisis ahead of the match against North Korea.†“Maybe you could try writing it down, and I’ll get round to it after Slovakia vs Paraguay.†(NA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlovelife8 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Don't understand why they use Shakira either, she's not even African artist. I understand why the used her. ****? I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Beyonce is a great singer, she is African-American. It's not just skin color. Something she can relate to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlovelife8 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Beyonce is a great singer, she is African-American. It's not just skin color. Something she can relate to. I am pretty sure they specifically wanted a South African singer and not an American. Why would Beyonce be able to relate to South Africa or the football world cup? Not being difficult just can't see the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeMarc Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Beyonce is a great singer, she is African-American. It's not just skin color. Something she can relate to. I am pretty sure they specifically wanted a South African singer and not an American. Why would Beyonce be able to relate to South Africa or the football world cup? Not being difficult just can't see the link. she's got an arse like 2 footballs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlovelife8 Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Beyonce is a great singer, she is African-American. It's not just skin color. Something she can relate to. I am pretty sure they specifically wanted a South African singer and not an American. Why would Beyonce be able to relate to South Africa or the football world cup? Not being difficult just can't see the link. she's got an arse like 2 footballs? Are they lubed up enough to slip through an English mans hands ala uk vs usa opening match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 This charade is all about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeMarc Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think Beyonce *might have been a better choice... Shakira World Cup Song Sparks Controversy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sports/Shakira-World-Cup-Song-Sparks-Controversy-92865874.html I think they want a South African, I am not sure an American would count regardless of skin colour. Beyonce is a great singer, she is African-American. It's not just skin color. Something she can relate to. I am pretty sure they specifically wanted a South African singer and not an American. Why would Beyonce be able to relate to South Africa or the football world cup? Not being difficult just can't see the link. she's got an arse like 2 footballs? Are they lubed up enough to slip through an English mans hands ala uk vs usa opening match? if you got enough dollars they could be i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 This charade is all about money. SHOCKING revelation. stop the presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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