Category Archives: General

The Last Limericks of the World Cup

/ Much-belated posting of the last limericks of the 2010 World Cup. All apologies to the authors! “PAUL THE OCTOPUS, VERSION 1″ by Troy Hergenrader The psychic who swims with the sharks Finished seven for seven on marks If the atmosphere suits him Let’s hope ESPN recruits him As a replacement for Lalas and Harkes [...]

World Cup Limericks, Final Match and Review

/ “NO GUTS, NO GLORY” by Paul Thompson Al fin no estuvo el “beautiful game,” (In the end it was not a) Instead Dutchmen again ashamed, But pain they did inflict, Alonso’s ribs so well-kicked, De Jong like the rest playing without aim. “GOOD LUCK IN THE USA” by Paul Thompson I wonder if a [...]

World Cup 2010, Final Thoughts (or rather thoughts about the final) and Spain in General

/ / But first, this… Spain totally and unreservedly deserved to win the World Cup If there’s one thing that had really gotten on my nerves the past couple weeks are the moaners complaining that Spain is boring because they don’t score lots of goals and that they wished Germany had gone through instead because [...]

World Cup Limericks, Final Rounds

/ Woof. Some truly vulgar ones here. I’ve masked the dirty bits for the gentle reader. “GOOD RIDDANCE” by Troy Hergenrader With the own goal the fire was lit And then Sneijder wrote the obit So the orange bug bit you Don’t let the door hit you By the way, the word Kaka means ‘sh*t’ [...]

World Cup 2010 Limericks, Knock-Out Rounds

/ “SOCCER + TECHNOLOGY” by Troy Hergenrader No computer chips planted in balls Or slow mo recording it all What we need are robots Programmed to kick twats Of the line judges missing the calls “WORTH THEIR WEIGHT” by Paul Thompson Sayonara to the Nippon Daihyo, Thanks to the foot of Komano, No quarterfinal debut, [...]

World Cup 2010, Round of 16 Limericks

/ “SADO-MASOCHISTIC FUN” by Trent Hergenrader Losing to Deutchland’s a sin For the English who were praying to win But four goals they shipped Their side was well-whipped Just like those sex clubs in Berlin “HOMEWARD BOUND” by Trent Hergenrader First to go out were the French frogs Next were the Ivorians plus Drog Then [...]

World Cup 2010, US Time Runs Out

/ So the US got knocked out of the competition by a decent Ghana side today, 2-1 in extra time. Truthfully, I wasn’t that upset because I felt that this team achieved the place it more or less deserved. There’s no shame in topping in your group and going out in the Round of 16 [...]

World Cup 2010, Limericks for the End of the Group Stage

/ “SCHWEIZER ZOLL (SWISS CUSTOMS)” by Todd Hergenrader At the border, Swiss point you straight back For those Balkan or Muslim or black Need no help for the team Unless your heritage’s pristine Or if you’re solid in defense or attack “NO PENETRATION ALLOWED” by Todd Hergenrader Swiss defense knows a thing ‘bout clean slates [...]

World Cup 2010, Final Thoughts on the Group Stage

/ First round is up and my bracket predicting is in tatters, precisely because a) I picked few upsets, b) I picked too many African teams to progress, and c) I picked the wrong upsets. No matter. Here are some final(ish) observations on the group stage: The talent gap between historical powers and the up-and-comers [...]

World Cup 2010, Five (Well, More Than Five) Things Learned Today

/ The dependable Ives Galarcep listed five things we learned from today’s epic win over Algeria. According to Ives, they are 5) Landon can deliver in the clutch, 4) Jozy Altidore isn’t a kid anymore, 3) Jonathan Bornstein can be a reliable starter, 2) Bob Bradley does know what he’s doing, and 1) the American [...]