The sport that isn’t Handegg

HueijRevisited · Post by **HueijRevisited** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:30 am

Damn... I really wanted the Germans to win (for the first time in my life) so we could finally set the record straight after they stole the championship from us in '74.

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:35 pm

You've got some ancient history with the Spanish as well though.

HueijRevisited · Post by **HueijRevisited** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:07 pm

Chrisfs wrote:
You've got some ancient history with the Spanish as well though.

True, but I wasn't there at the time

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:32 pm

If you watched the game, you'll know how it went, and if you didn't you probably don't care

Either way, this thread has probably been as entertaining as half the football, so we're all winners.

Post by **Disembodied** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:02 pm

I quite enjoyed it; I was pretending that the Spanish, in their dark-blue strips, were Scotland. Of course the illusion was destroyed when they got the ball, but still ...

Sarin · Post by **Sarin** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:11 pm

not surprisingly, final was actually one of more boring matches....

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:48 pm

I have created a new Facebook group: Boo the England players when they play their games this season!

Let's see how many people we can get to join the cause!

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:48 pm

JazHaz wrote:
I have created a new Facebook group: Boo the England players when they play their games this season!

Let's see how many people we can get to join the cause!

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:44 pm

Ah well, that's enough sports for another 4 years
(Super Bowl parties don't count, as my social circle is more than likely to mute the actual game and talk, and only watch the new commercials)

Website · Post by **Cody** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:59 pm

Chrisfs wrote:
(Super Bowl parties don't count, as my social circle is more than likely to mute the actual game and talk, and only watch the new commercials)

Ah well, that's California for you... the only place where they make an annual ritual of 'mooning' at trains.

maik · Post by **maik** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:46 pm

El Viejo wrote:
Single malts... lowland, highland or island? When I was a whisky drinker, I favoured the island malts, especially from Islay.

Back from vacation, back to work, yeay

I recall I had a Talisker first and then 2 Macallans. Good stuff.

maik · Post by **maik** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:49 pm

HueijRevisited wrote:
Damn... I really wanted the Germans to win (for the first time in my life) so we could finally set the record straight after they stole the championship from us in '74.

*sigh* me too, and more or less for the same reason. Would have loved to play Italy in the finals

Dave McRoss · Post by **Dave McRoss** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:23 pm

maik wrote:
HueijRevisited wrote:
Damn... I really wanted the Germans to win (for the first time in my life) so we could finally set the record straight after they stole the championship from us in '74.
*sigh* me too, and more or less for the same reason. Would have loved to play Italy in the finals

Me too, but unfortunately...
Sorry, but our team deserves defeat. We're neither the shadow of the team who won the World Cup in the 2006.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:34 pm

maik wrote:
I recall I had a Talisker

Ah Talisker, from the Isle of Skye… very nice. If you like a smooth malt, try Isle of Jura sometime.
If you like a real ‘peaty’ malt, try Bruichladdich from Islay.

Dave McRoss wrote:
Sorry, but our team deserves defeat.

That applies to England as well. What I don't understand is how England have risen one place in the FIFA rankings.
I guess that's FIFA for you. Still, it's the Euros next.

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:31 pm

El Viejo wrote:
Ah Talisker, from the Isle of Skye… very nice. If you like a smooth malt, try Isle of Jura sometime.
If you like a real ‘peaty’ malt, try Bruichladdich from Islay.

Islay Malts, my favorite subject.

For the ultimate, you'll have to find a bottle of Port Ellen, preferably at cask strength. The distillary is sadly no more, so these gems are scarce and expensive, but...well it's just the Best Malt Whisky, ever, anywhere.