Abso-positively on that repeat thing. It happens all the time. That's why I posted my pun behind it. Cali and I have had it happen to each other so often we would have sworn we were copying each other. Wasn't true though. It just means, like you indicated, that great minds think alike. Of course that don't work too well for me since I'm a half wit, but I guess that tells everyone where they stand when they run into it when posting the same info as me -
I'm going to watch the U.S. vs So. Korea game on TV. It starts here in the midwest at 1 AM Monday morning (Sunday night at 11 PM for Cali on the left coast.). What interests me as much as the game is the anti-American sentiment that has caused the Korean government to dramatically increase the protection for the U.S. team already. It's a shame that people can't remember that the damned race for the World Cup is a game, not a replacement or a prelude for a world war. If the U.S. wins, the Korean government feels there will be rioting, looting, and deaths. They also plan on getting the U.S. out of the stadium, and onto a flight out of the country immediately if they beat the Koreans. It's "for their own safety," the Koreans say. They are our allies? We keep hearing they are as we pour billions of dollars into their country for their protection against North Korea. An interesting scenario from someone who is supposed to be a friend.
Just imagine six friends/neighbors sitting around playing poker at Joe's house. At the end of the night, if Joe doesn't win, he throws a tantrum, runs outside and burns everyone's cars, throws rocks through their home windows, and starts waving a molotov cocktail in the air, threatening to throw it at the other players, their homes, or their families.
I'm afraid that's what has come of World Cup competition. It's also why I often wish the U.S. wouldn't even have a national team. If the U.S. wins the game, our country will essentially be held up as the cause of the riots, and cast as the bad guy once again. If fans from other nations want to act like vicious animals so be it, but we should refuse to be a party to it.
Wolf (Who thinks many nations should take a look at their sports fans, and realize that they reflect the true attitude of their people in many ways.)