My brother and I are big Football fans, I support AC Milan and he backs Arsenal. So naturally, coming up to todays Champions League final in Athens between Milan and Liverpool, there was a bit of niggle between the two of us. In light of todays result (Milan beat Liverpool 2-1), I thought I would post one of our email conversations for your enjoyment. And mine. Tehehe
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Curtis
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:24 AM
To: Andrew Curtis
Subject: You're going down
Just found this at Wikipedia:
· AC Milan chose to wear their all-white strip for the final in Athens, despite being drawn as the "home" team for the match. This is due to the kit being their "maglia fortunata" (Italian: lucky kit), having won the European Cup/Champions League in this kit on five out of the six times they have won it. However, they have lost finals in this kit twice, most recently against Liverpool in 2005.
· This decision by Milan means that Liverpool will play the final in their traditional home kit of red shirts, red shorts and red socks. Each of Liverpool's five European Cup titles have been won in their all-red strip, and two of these came when they were playing against Italian teams who played in all-white.
Bring it!
-----REPLY------
From: Andrew Curtis
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:29 PM
To: Stephen Curtis
Subject: RE: You're going down
3 things
a.) Big talk from a guy whose team didn’t even make the quarters. Judgment in picking a winning team is already questionable.
b.) Only losers rely on superstition to win finals
c.) Didn’t you back France to win the world cup against Italy? In case you forgot, this was a match decided by a penalty shootout which Italy had never previously triumphed in at world cup level.
consider it brung ; )
Andrew
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Ahhhh, good times.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Coming to a sad realisation
I think it's a little like loving a place that you've never been to. The dreams you have of a far off adventure before the realities bite you in the.... well anyway, I digress.
You see, this particular post is an ode to aging, and I should say up front that it is something that I have never had much problem with. At least in theory. In fact, although it may be a completely counter-culture position for today, I have actualy looked forward to it. I enjoy being young (26 in case you were wondering), but at the same time I can see the perks that only age can bring, such as influence and wisdom etc.
I struck problems when I started to experience the unanticipated things that come with such advancement. To continue the travel analogy, it's like admiring a place for it's scenery, only to find yourself cursing the fact that you can't speak the local language.
So there I was, on saturday night, having greatly enjoyed the first part of a friend's 24 birthday party, and the dreaded question came, "are you ok? you look tired." ok, maybe not a self esteem destroying moment, but for one who has always prided himself on being a night person, I found it almost offensive. "What? Me? Tired? Hah!" This was compounded by the fact that it was only 9:30.
Sadly, by 10:30, the truth was written all over my face, and I returned home a beaten man.
Even as I think about it, I wonder what strange discoveries will be coupled with the joy the other aspects of life I am yet to experience, such as a wife and family. Even now I hear the muffled laughter of seasoned spouses as they read that line. But not to worry, I'm sure it'll be fine. After all, it looks so great in the brochure.....
You see, this particular post is an ode to aging, and I should say up front that it is something that I have never had much problem with. At least in theory. In fact, although it may be a completely counter-culture position for today, I have actualy looked forward to it. I enjoy being young (26 in case you were wondering), but at the same time I can see the perks that only age can bring, such as influence and wisdom etc.
I struck problems when I started to experience the unanticipated things that come with such advancement. To continue the travel analogy, it's like admiring a place for it's scenery, only to find yourself cursing the fact that you can't speak the local language.
So there I was, on saturday night, having greatly enjoyed the first part of a friend's 24 birthday party, and the dreaded question came, "are you ok? you look tired." ok, maybe not a self esteem destroying moment, but for one who has always prided himself on being a night person, I found it almost offensive. "What? Me? Tired? Hah!" This was compounded by the fact that it was only 9:30.
Sadly, by 10:30, the truth was written all over my face, and I returned home a beaten man.
Even as I think about it, I wonder what strange discoveries will be coupled with the joy the other aspects of life I am yet to experience, such as a wife and family. Even now I hear the muffled laughter of seasoned spouses as they read that line. But not to worry, I'm sure it'll be fine. After all, it looks so great in the brochure.....
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