- Germany
- Argentina
- England
Australia
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Oh, this isn’t good. And Doppelganger reminded me yesterday that the final — whoever’s in it — will take place on a Sunday…and the likelihood that it will involve two unobjectionable teams is…ah. Nil. Awesome. A mid-afternoon finish on a day when most of the honkers won’t be working — and therefore won’t have any reason to forego honking. Although Dave has explained to me that my worst fear — a Brazil/Portugal final, in which any score would lead to mass pandemonium — isn’t possible; even if they both win their next games, they’ll face each other in the semi-final. But if the final is Italy vs. either Brazil or Portugal, I’m either going to spend the day seeing five movies back to back in Oakville (I think that would just about be far enough away), or go on a killing spree.
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Yup, Oakville should do it. Not sure about Mississauga, so I wouldn’t chance it, even if Pakistan and India are already out of the running (I really have no idea). I can also vouch for Burlington. There are a few flags on cars here but not one horn has been honked since the World Cup started. Suburbia has one or two things going for it…
(You could also spend a very nice afternoon strolling Lakeshore Avenue in downtown Oakville; lots of wonderful–if somewhat pricey–shops. And Burlington has one of the best bookstores in Canada…Different Drummer.)
I hear Oakville has a C.H.U.D. problem though.
Every place looks bad if you only focus on the pimps and the C.H.U.D.s, dude.
You know what sucks? Being a waitress in a sports bar and having to work on the day of the World Cup final.
Admit it. You envy me.
You forgot to mention that not only is the final to take place on Sunday but… Monday’s a holiday, dude. And I found out over the weekend that the wall outside my new apartment bedroom has perfect, Yonge-Street-noise-reflecting properties. Feel free to call me at, like, 3:30AM to share the pain.
Shit. We thought nobody east of the 427 knew about the C.H.U.D. problem.
There go the property values.
B — the final is next Sunday, July 9. So, no holiday the next day — it’s something!
I’m from Brazil and you are a meanie! You and Doppelganger both!
Just because, huh, brazilians are just a tad obnoxious while cheering? Just because we make noise? Lots of it? Or cause we are EVERYWHERE? Or, maybe, because our team, while kickass, plays as if they were bored and waiting for their paycheck? meh. World Cups still are fun for us, even with everyone rooting against our team…
Seriously, though, why… Argentina? That’s just plain bad taste, there.
Sorry, dude. The truth hurts.
Argentina still sucks, though.
I believe you. They don’t honk, though.
Cripes! But not knowing the actual date of the final match makes me simultaneously above-it-all and a big sissydork.
I can support Deborah’s theory that Mississauga is indeed not immune from the honking. Lo, but we have heard the honking. And the cheering. And did I mention the honking? I am constantly whipping my head around in the car to see if I’ve just committed some sort of vehicular faux pas, only to find out that, no, they’re just EXCITED.
My part of Mississauga (Erinmills) has been pretty free of the World Cup honking, though there seems to be a lot of men who enjoy honking and yelling obscenities at women, so its kind of a trade off.
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