Friday, June 18, 2010

I am an American.

Still half-English? Not any more. Not after this evening's pathetic goalless draw against Algeria. Algeria. (Who played very well, incidentally.) From now on, you can call me Al. And I shall be leaving the letter U out of all further utterances. Sorry, ot of all frther tterances.

2 comments:

  1. I'm not following soccer (there- I said it in public- I don't care about soccer. at all), but I am pretty sure that the American Team isn't doing all that well either. You'll have to scout out some other country, I think...

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  2. Yeah, but nobody expected them to do well. Still, it's always comforting to know that France can out-shame anyone. If you're not following, it's almost worth getting a crash course in the World Cup so far just so you can enjoy le grand fiasco. You can start here:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/22/existential-john-terry-french-football

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