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June 08, 2006

The virus that is the World Cup

Only slightly more than 24 hours before Germany descends into utter madness until July. Over the past few weeks, the World Cup virus has been on the rampage here. Go into a supermarket and it's obvious the product marketing people were the first to be hit. There is virtually no product available that doesn't come in some special World Cup version. World Cup soup, World Cup cereal, World Cup sausage - you name it - it's there. Add to that the availability of World Cup flags, caps, socks etc. - and you can begin to imagine what things are like here. Yesterday, Berlin staged a pre-World Cup fan event - and 250.000 people turned out. And they haven't started playing yet.

I'm trying to convince my kids that they should at least be partly for the English team - but it does look as though I will be on my own when it comes to the inevitable Germany vs. England match later in the tournament. Of course, it may not happen - but often enough it has and I've been the sad one after the penalties.

The virus has already infected natives of former colonies friends in the US.

Posted by Matthew at June 8, 2006 10:01 AM

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Posted by: Jens Schumann at June 8, 2006 07:05 PM