From the monthly archives: July 2010
Minutes ago arrived in my news box the fines that Romanian TV channels received for unscrupulously presenting the suicide of a popular local singer (Madalina Manole – see photo) to general public. Amongst others there were accusations on presenting suicidal methods, showing clear images with her one year old son [...]
Paul is being auctioned (informally). Price for him, as a forecaster of future football games not as a dish, went up to €30.000. Let’s see what one may get for this money.
· First of all a young [...]
When the (now) famous Paul-the-Octopus “predicted” Germany’s loss in the semi-finals lots of German fans volunteered to prepare Paul into some delicious dishes as revenge (especially after proving right again).
Punishing the messenger looks as a pretty ugly thing to do (but often seen [...]
Just read recently that the Spanish football federation will grant each Spanish player €600.000 in the eventuality of winning the World Cup.
While this amount of money would have the power to highly motivate many of us (at least me and my readers) to master some tasks, I have my doubts when it comes to [...]
Quarterfinal: Nederlands vs. Brazil
Arjen Robben was in my view the man behind the victory, although for many Wesley Sneijder was more in the spotlights. What I found interesting about this player was controlling his nerves. On average, he has been brutally attacked every 5 minutes. Even myself watching I discovered I became nervous [...]
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