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North Korea blames loss to U.S. on players getting struck by lightning
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Posted on 06/28/2011 8:22:09 PM PDT by nuconvert
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After the match, North Korea manager Kwang Min Kim shocked the congregated press by revealing that his side isn't just the youngest team, but it is also the only team in the tournament that's been struck by lightning.
From the BBC:
"When we stayed in Pyongyang during training our players were hit by lightning, and more than five of them were hospitalised," said coach Kim.
"Some stayed in hospital and then came to Germany later than the rest of us. The goalkeeper and the four defenders were most affected, and some midfielders as well. The physicians said the players were not capable of participating in the tournament.
"But World Cup football is the most important and significant event for a footballer, so they don't want to think about anything but football.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: nkorea; soccer; sports
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:22:13 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:23:31 PM PDT
by
Patrick1
("The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: nuconvert
shocking......just shocking
3
posted on
06/28/2011 8:24:14 PM PDT
by
sbark
To: Patrick1
It was the same machine used to direct the hurricane to New Orleans.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:25:58 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I am still looking for that box I am supposed to think out of.)
To: sbark
I’m surprised he didn’t blame Bush...yet. Anyway, congrats, USA ladies!
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:26:52 PM PDT
by
Ax
To: nuconvert
God is not on their side.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:31:00 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Be respectful, be courteous, have a plan to kill every flash mob member that threatens you or others)
To: nuconvert
Hope Solo, the U.S.A. goal keeper... hottest looking soccer player - EVER.
To: SeaHawkFan
TCIWWPs (That Comment Is Worthless Without Pictures)...
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:40:19 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Obama's Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:40:35 PM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012)
To: nuconvert
Who knew Karl Rove was a US soccer fan?
To: piytar; SeaHawkFan
Hope Solo...
To: piytar
To: buccaneer81
Meh. I guess she is OK if you like slim, tan, fit, blonde goddess types ;)
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:56:11 PM PDT
by
West Texas Chuck
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
To: buccaneer81
You know, maybe it’s not such a silly euroweenie game after
all.
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posted on
06/28/2011 8:56:20 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: buccaneer81
To: CrazyIvan
Five sports that (to me) are much more interesting to me when played by women:
Tennis
Volleyball
Curling
Soccer
Softball (College, heterosexual.)
To: SeaHawkFan
To: nuconvert
The guy is searching for some plausible reason for his failure, otherwise its a bullet in the head from Uncle Kim.
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:33:55 PM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: nuconvert
Very typical of such regimes. They invariably blame their usual failures on supernatural events and/or acts of God, which somehow, miraculously, do not affect capitalist regimes.
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:37:15 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Rage all you want, looters & moochers, but the gods of the copybook headings are your masters now.)
To: buccaneer81
Curling?..........OH! the same reason I used to love walking
through the frozen foods isle with that really hot girl I
dated.
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posted on
06/28/2011 9:43:26 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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