And now for something important - Soccer

[medicineman]

It's Budweiser...why would you punish a country for winning the World Cup???

I seem to recall Stephen Colbert paraphrasing that the other night...

 

[brihard]

OK, this is just awesome IMHO

Unsold beer meant for World Cup will be sent to winning country, says Budweiser​

World Cup fans with a passion for beer may have something to cheer about yet — provided their team comes out on top.

Just two days before the FIFA World Cup kicked off, host country Qatar banned alcohol from the eight stadiums hosting matches. The decision wasn’t the most popular among the visiting fans, to say the least. It also left Budweiser with a mountain of beer and no fans to buy it.
It didn’t take long for the beer maker to come up with a solution — Budweiser tweeted on Saturday that it will ship off the cases of beer that were meant to be sold during the tournament to whichever country wins the World Cup.

Unsold beer meant for World Cup will be sent to winning country, says Budweiser - National | Globalnews.ca

Just two days before the World Cup was about to start, host country Qatar banned beer from its stadiums.

globalnews.ca

Potable water access is a real problem in some places.

 

[dimsum]

Potable water access is a real problem in some places.

Cue Sarah McLachlan

 

[daftandbarmy]

It's Budweiser...why would you punish a country for winning the World Cup???

It meets my two most important criteria:

1) Free

2) Beer

 

[dapaterson]

If you think Bud is Beer, you probably think British dentists do anything for teeth.

 

[daftandbarmy]

If you think Bud is Beer, you probably think British dentists do anything for teeth.

Having spent years in close proximity to British dentists, I can confirm that it's best if they do nothing for teeth

 

[RangerRay]

Meanwhile, England fans

689K views · 10K reactions | Mondial 2022 : des supporters anglais déguisés en Croisés ont fait sensation au Qatar | By Fdesouche | Facebook

Mondial 2022 : des supporters anglais déguisés en Croisés ont fait sensation au Qatar

www.facebook.com

Who would have guessed that would be a problem?

 

[daftandbarmy]

 

[OldSolduer]

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I had a discussion the other day with a young Croatian lady about Croatians. She was born there but emigrated here at a young age.
She speaks and understands the language.

She utterly despises Croatia and Croatians. Arrogant, unfriendly and ignorant I believe she said.

 

[medicineman]

I had a discussion the other day with a young Croatian lady about Croatians. She was born there but emigrated here at a young age.
She speaks and understands the language.

She utterly despises Croatia and Croatians. Arrogant, unfriendly and ignorant I believe she said.

Had the same discussion with someone a couple days ago - they were Bosnian Croat. Much the same thought from them. The HVK soldiers I worked with both scared me due to their bombastic/Ramboesque/reckless behaviour and made me laugh because if it started raining, they ran and hid. The Serb Krajina guerrillas were more professional, though still had a flippant disregard for explosive handling safety IMO...but they came out even if the weather sucked.

I must say my neck hair still stands up whenever I hear the accent or see the flag around here - there was a cultural centre in St Andrews I'd have to drive by going to work or to Winnipeg and there is a Croat RC church in East St Paul or Middlechurch I'd sometimes pass if going down Main to the Peg as well.

 

[OldSolduer]

Had the same discussion with someone a couple days ago - they were Bosnian Croat. Much the same thought from them. The HVK soldiers I worked with both scared me due to their bombastic/Ramboesque/reckless behaviour and made me laugh because if it started raining, they ran and hid. The Serb Krajina guerrillas were more professional, though still had a flippant disregard for explosive handling safety IMO...but they came out even if the weather sucked.

I must say my neck hair still stands up whenever I hear the accent or see the flag around here - there was a cultural centre in St Andrews I'd have to drive by going to work or to Winnipeg and there is a Croat RC church in East St Paul or Middlechurch I'd sometimes pass if going down Main to the Peg as well.

Ustachi. They made the Nazis say “wtf?”

 

[Kat Stevens]

Ustachi. They made the Nazis say “wtf?”

Chetniks weren't exactly a bowl of strawberries and cream in any of the Croatian areas they occupied, either. We were the first ones in there. The Croats reminded me of working with PPCLI. Serbs reminded me of the three stooges.

 

[daftandbarmy]

 

[PPCLI Guy]

So TSN chose a bad day to have their website overwhelmed....as they are the sole Canadian providers of the World Cup. No video - just sound.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Just one-dimensional boring then??

 

[Weinie]

Just one-dimensional boring then??

Says a guy whose major hobby is watching a ball go around.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Says a guy whose major hobby is watching a ball go around.

With electricity.

 

[Weinie]

With electricity.

Lazy bastard.

 

[daftandbarmy]

 

[Remius]

For the first time ever, no British fans were arrested at the World Cup

OK, so maybe having no alcohol isn't all bad. There were no arrests among fans of England or Wales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

www.usatoday.com

Well then…