Originally Posted by martinbkk (Post 11280247)

Getting a bit off topic :D

Green shield stamps and perhaps rarer, Pink Paraffin stamps :blink:

I remember those golden days of GSS during rampant inflation in the UK when after the weekly shop the girl at the checkout would punch buttons into the mystical machine mounted above the till and a seemingly endless stream of the green perforated sheets would spew forth. Then we'd hurry home to spend a happy hour licking them all and filling another book (Hmm, maybe where I developed a fascination for licking :p )

Then there was the GSS catalogue, page upon page of goodies, and only 150 books for a garden chair!!! :confused:

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11283935)

Apparently a UK newspaper compared the location of England's first game (Manaus?) and London.... it was 6 or 7 degrees hotter and 10% more humid.

Not enough for it to be an excuse.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11283935)

Apparently a UK newspaper compared the location of England's first game (Manaus?) and London.... it was 6 or 7 degrees hotter and 10% more humid.

Not enough for it to be an excuse.

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 11285028)

Changing the subject - doesn't look like Qatar will be needing their stadiums :D
\probably why they have been slow to build them

Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 11285028)

Changing the subject - doesn't look like Qatar will be needing their stadiums :D
\probably why they have been slow to build them

Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 11285026)

Better come up with some more, then.

Originally Posted by Bongoman2 (Post 11280029)

As an Australian I have a love/hate relationship with the World Cup.
Its a wonderful privilege to attend, but we'll be kicked to the kerb with nary a chance of scoring let alone out of the group.

Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 11285020)

looking at the forecast for the next few days its low 30's with 80-90pct humidity.

I've played a lot of sport in those conditions in SE Asia and it really is draining

Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 11289192)

We're going to win the damned thing. Here are 66 reasons why:

http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2014/06/...graph.co.uk%2F

Originally Posted by Dumbo (Post 11292813)

Agreed, as long as Honduras are the best team that England come up against.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11292829)

I just did a predictor, we beat Brazil in the Quarters, Germany in the Semi and Argentina in the final.

Weirdly, it came out that we beat all of them 4-0.

Originally Posted by Venezuelan007 (Post 11292850)

1. People wont be able to take a piss in the unfinished stadiums
2. A lot of tourist will get robbed
3. Prices will go outer space high
4. A lot of prostitution and STDs
5. Protest and police repression violating human rights
6. Brasil wins the WC with suspicious referee help in key matches

Result, Brazil 2014 WC is the shittiest ever, but media will look the other way cause Brazil invented football or something... and keep bashing the still 8 year far away Qatar 2022.