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metalhead
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| Well, this news has made my day. Now we can go back to less important things like the oil spill. |
Don't be jealous luv, if Canada can ever tear itself apart from the AWESOMES of curling you guys might actually qualify for a world cup yourselves, w0w0w0w! |
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Big_Bird
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:11 am Post subject: |
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An amusing bit of banter between the British Embassy in the US and the American Embassy in London.
(Took place before the game, of course)
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From: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London
To: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC
Subject: World Cup Bet
Mr. Longden,
It has not escaped our attention that a certain sporting event is fast approaching, and that our respective nations will soon be meeting on the fields of South Africa. My Ambassador has asked me to see if your Ambassador might be interested in a small wager? We will understand if you decline, given the outcome of the last such encounter.
Sincerely, Philip Breeden, U.S. Embassy, London
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From: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC
To: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London
Subject: Re: World Cup Bet
Mr. Breeden,
Even for such an exceptionally optimistic nation as the United States, I am struck by the confidence with which your Ambassador proposes this wager. It is testament, I assume, to the generosity of your great nation - since the British Ambassador does not anticipate paying out.
Your email does not specify the exact terms of the wager. May I suggest that, in the event of an England victory, the US Ambassador agrees to entertain the British Ambassador at a steak-house of his choosing in downtown DC? And in the event that the United States is able to engineer a fortuitous win over England, then my man will entertain yours at a London pub of his choosing. Loser pays.
Your reference to a previous sporting encounter between our two countries puzzles me. Since the history of English football is long and extensive, in contradistinction to US soccer, I regret that I cannot immediately recall the encounter to which you refer. No doubt it is remembered fondly on these shores; we have quite forgotten it, however.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Yours sincerely,
Martin Longden
British Embassy Washington DC
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From: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London
To: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC
Subject: Re: World Cup Bet
Mr. Longden ,
It is with great pleasure, and no small measure of anticipation, that the U.S. Ambassador accepts the terms of the wager. I am surprised, given the well known love of the British for history, that you have forgotten what happened the last time the "special relationship" was tested on the pitch. Of course, given the result, you are to be forgiven for having misplaced that particular episode in your memory banks. I refer of course to the victory of the U.S. over England in the 1950 World Cup.
It is true that our soccer (a fine English word we have kindly preserved for you) history is not as long and illustrious as yours. However, as your generals noted during WWII, we have a unique capability for quickly identifying and advancing talent.
Game on!
Sincerely, Philip Breeden
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From: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC
To: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London
Subject: Re: World Cup Bet
Mr. Breeden,
Very well; it's a bet!
Incidentally, you should know that the Ambassador takes his steak like American soccer victories - somewhat rare.
Sincerely,
Martin Longden |
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0610/USUK_special_relationship_to_face_test_cables_reveal_.html#
Here's the wiki page for the game refered to in the exchange: England v United States (1950) |
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Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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England can blame Canada for the goal. 
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/British-tabloids-blame-Canada-for-lovelorn-Green?urn=sow,248518
British tabloids blame Canada for lovelorn Green
By Richard Whittall
Elizabeth Minett awkwardly shows us around London
It wouldn't be a World Cup without an on-going British tabloid sideshow, and Canada can be "proud" that one of its own is now front row center.
Stretching the law of causation to a convenient sensationalist breaking point, British "newspapers" the Mirror and the Daily Mail broke the story of how Rob Green's infamous fumble in England's 1-1 draw with the USA on Saturday could be related to his recent-ish break up with Toronto model and granddaughter of Manhattan Project scientist Ernest Everet Minett, "bombshell" Elizabeth Minett.
The two met in Toronto after the 2008 MLS All-Star game at BMO Field, and luckily for Green, who let in 3 goals during West Ham's loss to MLS, Minett "just remembered his British accent," and "did not know who he was." Minett eventually followed Green to London, where they lived together on the made-up-sounding Isle of Dogs until she recently moved out.
Though the split reportedly happened well before Saturday's match, and Rob Green is an experienced starting goalkeeper for a Premier League club who, outside of that one mistake, seemed basically fine the rest of the game, the University of Waterloo economics grad Minett is clearly the reason the England number one didn't manage to get his body in front of the ball before accidentally bobbling it into the net, forever destroying England's chances at this World Cup.
How do we know? Well, for one, she's not just gorgeous. She is, according to a friend, "dramatic gorgeous." Which is a completely different type of gorgeous. Two, in her own words she can speak both "French or French-Canadian," so she can order poutine for Parisian tourists lost in Quebec, which is hot. Three, she was in a Hilary Duff video once and stuff.
Case. Closed |
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