Egypt or Australia?
I have only told people I come from different nations, other than my United States of America, twice in my life and not due trying to hide from political embarrassment. Firstly, when I was six, or thereabouts, and living in Papua New Guinea. I was so enthralled by Australians, and their ways, that I pretended to like Vegemite and insisted I hailed from down under. Secondly, when I studied in Egypt for a semester, during university, and insisting “ana Misri” or “I’m Egypt” a way to get laughs from touts.
You can imagine, then, the pain in my heart yesterday afternoon when Australia and Egypt faced off in the elimination round to the 2026 World Cup Mundial. On one hand, either way, I’d see a country I adopted as my own move on and historically. On the other, heartbreak guaranteed.
I thought about taking the train south, from my midtown Manhattan perch, to catch the game at the Wall St. adjacent Australian pub Old Mates, a venue that has seen Mick Fanning ring a fake Bells Beach bell, or maybe it was Joel Parkinson. I also considered taking the train across the East River to Astoria and watching the big game with my Egyptians.
In the end, I went and saw Obsession in the theater seeing that it was 110 degrees (Fahrenheit) outside and I was curious about what all the fuss was.
Upon exit, I saw that Egypt won on kicks at the end, 4 made to Australia’s 2.
I have to admit, I was happy to think about the sad faces at Old Mates. That place bugs. I was also happy to think about the joy in Astoria’s Little Egypt.
So I guess, at the end, I was not torn.
Viva Misr.
But, real quick, your thoughts on Obsession?
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Dear old friend Longtom seems fascinated by steak recipes. I don’t blame him, just recognizing trends.
This is meat porn.
May not be appropriate for mixed company
I am a vegan, find this revolting and won’t be watching a second. Save the cows and save the planet
You, should wait till the end
Secrets revealed
Fuck that Hip check this out. Spanian is a proper mental cunt who does the best food reviews and now has the best kebab joint down here. Bog and 007 will love this but I reckon most of yous had better put on the subtitles. I hate posh cunts doing food reviews but seeing a man of the people doing one at fancy joints is soooo fucking good hahaha
Did a trip to Galena a few winters ago, temp hovering around 0°F. Great little town. Log Cabin was fantastic.
What are the chances P?
I hope she picked them back up again.
Only a scumbag would leave them there.
Fucking ages till Chopes and I’m getting live chat withdrawal symptoms. Any chance of having one for the seppos next World Cup game?
Don’t want to over egg the omelette but that’s the best late-learner celebrity style I’ve seen yet. Not nearly as much a niche category as you’d expect. He looks like he’s got a bit of trim going on.Every cunt surfs these days. Paris Hilton looked like she was being potty trained by Raimana at Kelly’s wavepool a few days ago.
Go hard, Jonah.
pretty serious verandah over the toy shop
I dare say he hasn’t laid eyes on Mr Winky for quite some time.
I think hes lost a heap of weight since then?
Good point, Play fun
Glass all the way mate,
Only a Scumbag would give em a Gatorade Bottle mate?
Anyhow, have a Winfield
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Chas has pink loafers that he won’t donate to the homeless
Boo Hiss glad I read the comment section!
Torn? Here’s some genuine torn and tears stuff!
What about poor longy/free/tom tom! He went absolutely bunta at the swillnuts, literally off his rocka, and chucked himself under a bus when the benny n stupe show announced plans of mass destruction surf cam’s at lenno’s!!! Then he literally exploded, robby of oxley on roids, and led a stampede of infuriated but merry men, lennerz shire lokes, to ban the WSL shit show from the shire!
Nek minnit, torn and tearing, the same roided hood, does a guy from gizbourne, reverse, frontside 360 backflip with tail slide thingy and posts a highly contoversial… but… perfect…!!! Along with the claim, the more camz and WSL extravaganzez, the more lurve… the merrier men… and a couple of wimmen fokes… maybe… we’ll all be sub scribin… n stuff… * **…!!!
*camz n WSL will definitely not be toll air rated at lennorz by order of…
** don’t even think about getting that swillnut dream team sloppy, stinkin’ shite on ya sandles and walking that crap n bull…. all over the pass… way… shop… agin’… but…
I mean… faaaarrrk!!! Line dancin’ swillnut ho daddy’z!!!
It is probably Kelly Slater still at the top
JJF
MEDINA
JOE ROGAN
LUANA SILVA just for John Jack Johnson, a crowd favorite.
Your mom.
Do you mean Highest and Paid?
like Mason Ho?
I bet he tips out the Gatorade, because that is some Scummy looking cordial water and recycles the bottles for something else haha
Jonah Hill?
Surfing is soooo boring. Trav and Tay forever.
What a goal. Cape Verde.
the Land of that one amazing wave.
What a fucking mental game, caaaaaarn Cape lets get up these Argy cunts
Soccer really is a crazy game. That was a mental second half and extra time.
It defies belief, that a match like this is possible. I was expecting them to get crushed.
That was the first soccer game I’ve ever watched. They came so close!
Stirs up the emotions, huh? One of the unique things about soccer is that it doesn’t stop that much during the half. So the opportunity is a there for the supporters in the stand to get riled up to a fever pitch and then their energy is transferred down to the players. Of course that exists in all sports but in soccer it’s just more constant. I hope that you see two or three more good ones before the tournament is over.
Lord knows that some matches can be quite boring.
I love an underdog, which made that game really exciting. I was surprised how invested I was. Like many, I dislike the flopping behavior, but it seems to be part of the culture of that game. My son played lacrosse, and I’m used to fast action games where faking an injury would bring real hurt. I’ll try to catch a couple more games.
Yes. The flooping amongst the European teams is a somewhat new thjng, in the last 30 years, but the South Americans have used deception in any form possible to try and gain an advantage for many decades now. Fooling the referee is part of their football heritage and therefore part of the game.
If it makes you feel any better about it, it started because the most talented players in the world were being injured by being literally kicked out of the game. Those players had to use exaggeration to show the referee that an egregious foul against them had been committed. It was so successful that all players started using it to show the ref that a foul had been commited and missed by the ref.
But, yes, it is the most annoying and frustrating part of the game amongst even diehard fans …..except the ones from South America. I see that sort of behaviour has now entered the NBA where players, including the two-time reigning MVP, are constantly trying to deceive the refs to try and gain an advantage on the court. It really does cheapen the game. We football fans just shake our heads and try to ignore it. It was much worse before Video Review (about 8 years ago) where players used to successfully deceive the ref by diving in the penalty box and getting a pen for their team. That was the worst.
It’s kinda similar to how the brazzos deceive the judges for an interference
how bouta red card for the PV dudes running into the crowd and hugging family? BUT THAT SHOT TO THE NET CORNER WAS AWESOME~
More than just that one
@Chas. I don’t watch horrors because I find them too scary. Last two times I watched a horror willingly was Scream in 1997, where I swore off the genre, and The Ring in 2002 which scared the living daylights out of me; but allowed me to enjoy the stunning Naomi Watts. Occasionally I’ll watch a thriller that is a bit scary. Silence of the Lambs, apparently, falls into that category.
What did you think of Obsession? Was it unique or interesting?
Have you seen this? Not Horror. Love Naomi Watts
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/?ref_=vp_close
I did. It was good. Really powerful performances and taught me about the disaster, which I hadn’t paid too much attention to prior.
It was a mental disaster. So was the Japanese one.
Fuuuckn scary shit
Saint Vincent with Bill Murray. Watts is a pregnant Russian stripper. Excellent movie.
Naomi Watts. I stumbled upon this out of the blue, and it was, kinda fucked up. But I don’t regret watching it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14060232
Try this one out. It’s a ridiculous independent film she made with a mate of hers, based on a short film they did together when she was struggling before Mulholland Drive. Definitely don’t pay to watch it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436262/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_c_55
her dad was an equipment rodie for which band?
Surely the Aussies didn’t expect to win .
couldn’t care less tbh.
worst sport on earth.
Haha.
Yeah way worse watching than the QS 6000 Korea Wavepool Pro….
Boohoo we came 112th in the Kickball Olympics
Subbing out the keeper who was on fire the whole match in PKs and letting backfielders take PKs. You bogans going to even let your idiot manager back in the country?
Not if hes pregnant
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
Luckily we have some serious gun control laws
I wonder if the inside of Old Mates is like the pub in Crocodile Dundee or more like the ones on the Goldy and full of pokies and heavily tattooed bikies acting like a pack of cunts and staunching everyone?
I caught the part of Dundee recently, on television, when he was in the bar in NY and felt up the transsexual’s bits. Funny stuff.
Time for a full rewatch as it’s been eons. That film did wonders for the aussie image overseas. Mick Dundee one of the most chill cinematic characters ever.
Hoges at the Oscars. The Ultimate Aussie ambassador. Though I don’t know if many Americans still knew how to interpret the humour, even after they’d seen Crocodile Dundee.
Right up until the plastic surgery….that was repugnant.
Its full of blow hards like Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.
I will stick to the ones full of staunch bikies then mate
“The Socceroos” sounds like a birthday party band for children whose parents assigned them weird pronouns before they were born.
Openers for main show
“THE WIGGLES”
And the kids all have a lisp
With that sort of slander they’ll keep their dollarydoos out of your economy. Best to tread lightly.