Contest: World Cup Final

[Bold Brooklynite]

Hey gang ... let's have a contest ... see who can guess the final score of the final World Cup game. OK? OK !!!!

I'll go first ... let's see ... the Italians will score ... ummm ... the Italians ... ahhh ... errrr ... they'll score ... ummm ... they'll score 0 goals.

And the French ... the French ... the French ... they'll score ... ummm ... they'll also score 0 goals.

Then there'll be an overtime ... and the Italians will score ... ahhhhhhh ... 0 goals ... and the French ... hmmmmm ... they'll score ... oooooh ... they'll score 0 goals.

Then ... they'll stop playing soccer ... because these top soccer players in the world are too delicate to keep playing until somebody wins by scoring actual goals ... and they'll then play Can-The-Goalie-Guess-Which-Way-I'll-Kick-It-From-Ten-Feet-Away.

And the entire World Soccer Cup won't be decided by playing soccer ... but by playing this other game ... Can-The-Goalie-Guess-Which-Way-I'll-Kick-It-From-Ten-Feet-Away.

Anyway ... that's my guess. What's yours?

[somerfrost]

Hey gang ... let's have a contest ... see who can guess the final score of the final World Cup game. OK? OK !!!!

I'll go first ... let's see ... the Italians will score ... ummm ... the Italians ... ahhh ... errrr ... they'll score ... ummm ... they'll score 0 goals.

And the French ... the French ... the French ... they'll score ... ummm ... they'll also score 0 goals.

Then there'll be an overtime ... and the Italians will score ... ahhhhhhh ... 0 goals ... and the French ... hmmmmm ... they'll score ... oooooh ... they'll score 0 goals.

Then ... they'll stop playing soccer ... because these top soccer players in the world are too delicate to keep playing until somebody wins by scoring actual goals ... and they'll then play Can-The-Goalie-Guess-Which-Way-I'll-Kick-It-From-Ten-Feet-Away.

And the entire World Soccer Cup won't be decided by playing soccer ... but by playing this other game ... Can-The-Goalie-Guess-Which-Way-I'll-Kick-It-From-Ten-Feet-Away.

Anyway ... that's my guess. What's yours?

I could see how much overall hell I catch by saying something about the Pope blessing the balls before the match by kissing each one and Italy winning 5-0 but instead I'll agree with you...penalty kicks will decide this "contest"!

[Bold Brooklynite]

I could see how much overall hell I catch by saying something about the Pope blessing the balls before the match by kissing each one and Italy winning 5-0 but instead I'll agree with you...penalty kicks will decide this "contest"!
See ... see ... I knew we could agree on something!

But wouldn't the Pope have been rooting for the Germans?

[BellamyRd.]

Ribery, Henry, and ZZ can't get it past Gigi!
1-nil, Italy gives the French the boot.

[Bold Brooklynite]

Ribery, Henry, and ZZ can't get it past Gigi!
1-nil, Italy gives the French the boot.
Question: That goal you're predicting ... will it come from game action ... or from a corner kick ... or from a penalty kick ... or from a self-goal ... or will they simply hand out a goal to Italy just to keep the frogs from winning?

[ArlJim78]

Well its half-time and it's all tied up at one apiece. At this pace there's no telling how high the score could run up.

[Downthestretch55]

16-1 Italy over France.

[Bold Brooklynite]

Well ... I almost got it perfect.

There were two fake goals ... one when they stopped the game to play Can-The-Goalie-Guess-Which-Way-I'll-Kick-It-From- Ten-Feet-Away ... and some frog barely squeezed the ball into the net ... and another when they stopped the game to play Let's-All-Stand-Around-While-The-Ball-Is-Lobbed-Three-Feet-From-The-Net-And-Play-Jump-Ball-With-Our-Heads.

As always ... there were no goals scored from regular soccer game action.

And ... of course ... the Worldwide Universal Soccer Championship was finally decided ... as predicted ... by playing something other than soccer.

Yeah ... this game is bound to catch on ... big time ... over here ... NOT !!!

[ArlJim78]

And how about the unsportsman like departure of the French captain Jidane?
With only about 10 minutes left in the game he loses it and casually walks up to one of the Italians and head butts him in the chest so hard it sends the guy down to the turf. After a little discussion they gave him a red card, banishing him from the game. The great part of it is that he had just announced his retirement so this was his last international game and he is considered one of the all-time greats.