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( Yeh, Go Sweden ... I have enjoyed watching Sweden play since Thomas Ravelli was in the goal ... that was yeas ago .. he was my star!

( Germany didn't lose indeed, but I was most disappointed by Wörns's behaviour on the pitch, especially against Van Nistelrooy ... that was outrageous and the referee didn't say anything. Anyway, it was a good game ... nearly as good for me as was France-England. I am looking forward to watch Spain-Portugal now.

( Wow ... what is this? :thumbdown: You mean you are not taught evolution???? Well, I thought that it was acknowledged in the whole world ... at least, in the whole Western World ... I was wrong. And the rest of the quote, I prefer not to comment about it. I may say bad things. Uppy, when you are 65 and you have no more money to pay for your health insurance, no more money to have paid for your children's education, you wish you had be in favour of state funded schools ... Besides, I am a teacher working for the state ... and if I showed you my payroll, you would not believe it is so low ... so, try to think about what you are saying before you say it ... do you know how much a teacher earns in the US? you should try to find it out.

( No ... 1235 now Yeh, sure ... back on topic ... tonight is another great game ... germany-Netherlands! anybody's gonna watch?

( I was watching "Open Your Eyes" by Alejandro Amenabar (the guy who shot "the Others") with Penelope Cruz

( Well, I should have posted my grand-father's animals: 2 sheep 1 goat 1 dog 2 cats 1 tortoise a lot of chickens 1 goose 4 wild ducks a few quails 4 or 5 rabbits ... 1 donkey well, I think that's all

( unbelievable ... what a match! it was great ... the only problem was that there was a great film on another channel on French TV ... so I missed most of the goals during the match ... anyway, I was there for the 4th goal ... and the French commentators were sitting next to the Bulgarian commentators who were shouting so loud that the French guys couldn't speak

( ZIZOU! ZIZOU! ZIZOU! Hail to Zidane! our Saviour! What a goal ... he really bent it like Zidane I watched the match with English people and of course they were teasing me until ZIDANE got the ball ... and scored a WONDERFUL goal!!! Hail to Zizou ... he will lead us to the final !

( I voted 2 ... since my wife and I have 2 fish a male and a female!

( That is rather unsensible ... think about it ... where does the State get its money from? Have you ever thought about it? Have you ever wondered how come you can go to school for free? or how come health is (supposedly) free too? Well, simply thanks to taxation ... gas tax is one of them ...

( Sorry to have mistaken you Amy, but I was just inventing about Mestrey ... Uppy really meant Mystery ... I didn't know you'd take it seriously ... next time, I will place a "hoax" alarm on the post ... Sorry again.

( to fund education, health, police, firemen, etc ... all those public services for which we don't pay ... that is what the money is used for in here!

( he thinks he says the truth ... big difference

( I am 26, I can remember I thought that was very old when I was a teenager ... I realize now it is the best period of my life!

( How many of you are following the European Football Championship in Portugal? What team do you support? As for me of course, it is France ... although I am not sure they can win it ... What team is the best according to you?

( It is indeed not important at all You really have to be Norse to understand it ... it is Norse humour

( no no ... don't you know the mestrey style akya? it was a trend in the 1930s. Their books consisted of nonsense. They wrote as they spoke. It is named after the founder of this trend; Mr Charles MESTREY ...

( welcome to the "I-have-never-heard-of-that-Odessey" club, Soggy Are you sure you didn't mis-spell it? isn't it Odissey? that is the sequel of the Illiad

( if it is music for kids, no worry ... what kind of music is it?

( Yeh, rather OT ... But anyway, to be honest Uppy, I find very difficult to talk to an American person ... always want to be right, even if he/she is totally wrong ...

( on TLA forums ...

( Indeed Uppy ... but we do that only with Americans to counter their arrogance ... And maybe you think it is a pain to talk to a French person because at least it is the only person who will dare saying out loud what the other people think ...

( Never heard of it ... sorry!

( Well, even more expensive than in the US

( Well Eken, get back to me on YM or MSN and I will send you one ...