{"id":12,"date":"2006-06-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2006-06-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-09T12:00:00","slug":"world-cup-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/09\/world-cup-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Fever!"},"content":{"rendered":"
At 5pm BST today, Germany kick off the 2006 World Cup Finals against Costa Rica. I’ll be a bit late for this first match because I have to finish work and stop off on the way home to pick my new TV up from a delivery depot. I tried to go for a balance between functionality and cost for what is, in light of Scotland’s smoking ban, an almost essential World Cup purchase. Better still, I’ve managed to convince my other half that I’ve bought it for her 😉 I’m expecting a few visitors over the next month or so.<\/div>\n

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In addition to putting up with Blogger’s technical problems this week, I’ve organised the World Cup Sweepstake at work. \u00a35 per entry, with the following prizes :-<\/div>\n
1st – \u00a380<\/div>\n
2nd – \u00a340<\/div>\n
3rd – \u00a320<\/div>\n
4th – \u00a310<\/div>\n
Last – \u00a310<\/div>\n
The last of those prizes was fairly essential for everyone to feel involved for the first week or two.<\/div>\n
I am sure I will delight some of those who know me when I inform you that I selected Iran and England<\/strong>. <\/div>\n
Is it worth \u00a380 for me to see England win the World Cup? Not a chance! Then again, if they were to be defeated by a last minute goal in the final, I’d be able to buy the next round in the pub and still have enough for a celebratory bottle of champagne for the house.<\/div>\n
Far more likely is that England trickle out somewhere in the last 16 or last 8. Because Paraguay and Sweden are rubbish, you know. England are *bound* to beat them 😉<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At 5pm BST today, Germany kick off the 2006 World Cup Finals against Costa Rica. I’ll be a bit late for this first match because I have to finish work and stop off on the way home to pick my new TV up from a delivery depot. I tried to go for a balance between… Continue reading World Cup Fever!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":996,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/15\/aiiiyyyeeee\/","url_meta":{"origin":12,"position":0},"title":"Aiiiyyyeeee!!!!","date":"June 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm concerned. 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