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The Live In Running World Cup Thread for After Hours.

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    #272
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    tolosenc wrote: »
    Chinese hired to cheer North Korea at World Cup

    Interesting slant on a football story.


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    #273
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Fr.Ted wrote:
    The Chinese. A great bunch of lads!

    :pac:


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    #274
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Genrikh Yagoda wrote: »
    I think this says it all

    He looks just like my boss! :D


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    #275
    Demonon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Demonon


    South Koreas got Seoul.


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    #276
    Dave147
    Registered Users Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    I found a photo of one group of them all right.

    15692_417279011061_597571061_5369454_2929737_n.jpg


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    #277
    Pinturicchio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭Pinturicchio


    Royal Irish wrote: »
    But most of these guys play their football in the J league and in Europe.

    No they don't. Only a couple do.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Korea_DPR


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    #278
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 82,974 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Cant afford to only because DPRK has its populace under a Truman Show type daze. Anytime one of them has tried to book a flight theyre told by Traverocity and Price Rine that it will cost them a million dollars.


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    #279
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Whatever happens in reality.back in the twilight zone that is North Korea the team will return to Pyongyang as winners of the tournament , a stunning 9-0 victory inspired by their god like glorious leader of Kim Il-sung's half time pep talk via mobile phone.


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    #280
    monosharp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭monosharp


    Bit of a misconception there lads, none of these players are likely to defect. You do know that the world cup is not their only time outside of the country ? They do actually play other international games, the qualifiers for this world cup for example. They were in Switzerland a month or two ago for training and 3 of them play outside the country.

    An Yong-Hak now plays in Japan, he used to play in South Korea.
    Jong Tae-Se was born in Japan to South Korean parents and went through a long legal battle to get a North Korean passport/citizenship.
    Hong Yong-Jo used to play in North Korea, then in Serbia and now in Russia.

    And thats the current squad, a lot of North Koreans actually play in Japan, theres even one guy who plays in Switzerland, Kim Kuk-Jin.

    A lot of North Korean students too actually go abroad, especially Switzerland and Sweden, to study.

    North Korea might well be hell on earth for 50%+ of the population but theres quite a large minority who live quite well, especially people who are good at something or members of the (relatively large) elite.

    Look at China, you could be living in a modern rich city. Drive 2 hours into the countryside and people are barely surviving in medieval conditions. North Korea's similar, live in Pyongyang or one of the other cities and be a member of the elite and your life is relatively good.


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    #281
    monosharp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭monosharp


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Whatever happens in reality.back in the twilight zone that is North Korea the team will return to Pyongyang as winners of the tournament , a stunning 9-0 victory inspired by their god like glorious leader of Kim Il-sung's half time pep talk via mobile phone.

    Nonsense. They have enough propaganda to fill a hundred libraries about the Great and Dear leaders, but they generally let a censored version of the truth in regarding sports, world affairs etc.

    The last few world cups a South Korean TV channel was contracted to provide free delayed coverage of the matches. The only reason they haven't done so this year is because of the recent trouble regarding the sinking of the South Korean ship.

    North Koreans might be brainwashed but its a very specific field they are brainwashed about. They are perfectly aware of their ranking in world football. Their team got to the quarter finals in 1966 and are still heralded as heroes for that.


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    #282
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I care nothing for the thread but the tag is excellent.


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    #283
    m@cc@
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    monosharp wrote: »
    live in Pyongyang or one of the other cities and be a member of the elite and your life is relatively good.

    Good luck to any of the hoodlums in AH being able to get into North Korea. :D


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    #284
    mathie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,102 ✭✭✭mathie


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Are they still hiring?

    No but they are still hiling.


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    #285
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    mathie wrote: »
    No but they are still hiling.

    lacist! :mad:


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    #286
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    About that "Win a trip to the winning country" competition - what happens if North Korea win??


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    #287
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    And we're back!


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    #288
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    biko wrote: »
    And we're back!

    Thanks Biko and all the AH mods. You're all awesome :)


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    #289
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Kiera wrote: »
    Thanks Biko and all the AH mods. You're all awesome :)

    Suck up.


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    #290
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    bonerm wrote: »
    Suck up.

    Says the guy with boner in his name? :P


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    #291
    prinz
    Registered Users Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Kiera wrote: »
    Says the guy with boner in his name? :P

    He's looking for a su.......oooooooooooo. Does this mean I can dust off my vuvuzela again? Buzzzzzzzzzz. Casillas, clean sheet today por favor!!


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    #292
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Kiera wrote: »
    Thanks Biko and all the AH mods. You're all awesome :)

    That statement would make a little more sense if My Name Is URL was also one of them.

    Let's not forget who started the thread in Feedback.

    Takes a lot of chutzpah to disagree with Moderators and suggest change.

    Cheers Mods but a special thanks to URL.


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    #293
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Kiera wrote: »
    Says the guy with boner in his name? :P

    oooh, this kitten has claws! :) (trust you to notice).

    Anyway, N.Korea .... they're a great bunch of lads.


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    #294
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    That statement would make a little more sense if My Name Is URL was also one of them.

    Let's not forget who started the thread in Feedback.

    Takes a lot of chutzpah to disagree with Moderators and suggest change.

    Cheers Mods but a special thanks to URL.
    True that. Thanks, Urly :)
    bonerm wrote: »
    oooh, this kitten has claws! :) (trust you to notice).

    Anyway, N.Korea .... they're a great bunch of lads.
    Cougar claws :P

    The horns dont seem to be as loud now or is it that i'm used to them?


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    #295
    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    See... we're not total nazis.





    /preps gas chamber


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    #296
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Rabies wrote: »
    See... we're not total nazis.





    /preps gas chamber

    Reported for offtopicness. We're talking about horns here, Rabies!


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    #297
    mathie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,102 ✭✭✭mathie


    goose2005 wrote: »
    About that "Win a trip to the winning country" competition - what happens if North Korea win??

    Then the winner of the competition goes to North Korea.


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    #298
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Bra 2 knickers 1.
    That is all.


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    #299
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    Bra 2 knickers 1.
    That is all.

    Brazil 0 North Korea 1

    (Kim Jong Il highlights show)


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    #300
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Inventor of the noisy thing says:

    "It's the soundtrack to the World Cup".

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7830246/World-Cup-2010-Vuvuzela-inventor-says-horn-is-soundtrack-of-World-Cup.html


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    #301
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Did anyone else think that John Woo could have directed Cristiano Ronaldo's diving yesterday?:D Slow - motion falling with an intense facial expression. Only thing missing was a blazing 9mm in each hand.


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