June 08, 2006
2 World Wars and 1 World Cup
England has got a wonderful team and nothing else should matter, you think. But this doesn't keep chants like the one above from cropping up every 4 years.
The latest example is to be found on Adam Curry's Daily Sourcecode episode #400, where the ex-MTV VJ -unknowingly, Id say- put a very nice "Come on England" song on. I actually enjoyed the song, but then heard a line going something like "2 World Wars and 1 World Cup" - Hey, the England team doesn't need chants like that, football should rise above all this and entertain people with the sporting action and not with putting your head into historical sand. I mean, what's the point.
Come on, England, you can do it - this time without the history books.
linkable
- BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles cleared by BBC Governors for saying that he found a mobile phone ringtone "gay".
- German businessman auctions off his World Cup trophy replica by the end of June - estimated price to be around 10 Million Euro (german link).
June 07, 2006
linkable
- now available: Google Video player for Mac.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is starting a Videopodcast - scheduled start is tomorrow (8.6.06). More under www.bundeskanzlerin.de
- German and British police forces to work closely together in order to avoid the arrival of any unwelcome World Cup visitors.
June 06, 2006
Germany's footballers given free iPods
In a recent Spiegel interview, national team coach Juergen Klinsmann revealed that all players have received an iPod with a free copy of Napoleon Hill's "Denke nach und werde reich (Think and grow rich).
When asked about his opinion on Rap - and specifically Eminem, Klinsmann said:
Eminems Song "Lose yourself" precisely describes our current situation: "Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted - in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?"
no Humous in French
I've only just established that there is no translation to French for the word "Humous" - but there is one for "Chickpeas".
linkable
- more dribbling news from Uschi Lang, who said "Yes" after her future hubby proposed to her in front of an Apple Store webcam.
- Apple's new MacBooks are heating up due to bits of Sellotape being left on a cooling grill.
- Annik Rubens, famous for her german, Munich-based podcast "Schlaflos in Muenchen" has now masterminded "Around The World", a videocast with short movies from anywhere on the globe.