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July 09, 2006
I can't escape the World Cup
So, having just read Lounsbury's heart attack entry on the final, it occured to me that I should run out to the grocery store and pick up some things before downtown descended into anarchy (regardless of who wins, flag waving idiots will show up in my neighbourhood within seconds). A few feet from my apartment, there is a giant television perched on top of a building in front of a busy intersection. Walking outside, I was met with the utterly surreal scene of hundreds of people sitting on the sidewalks staring transfixed at the screen. Normally, it shows captioned sitcoms and other mindless garbage but apparently someone thought it might be a fine idea to broadcast the World Cup final at a major intersection. Traffic had halted completely, with only a bit of halfhearted honking, clearly from drivers who wanted a better view.
Of course I know where all the good screens are downtown, so I walked half a block and enjoyed the final minutes in front of the William Ashley window because it had two flat panel TVs and surround sound (and only a hundred or so people gathered around).
Well. Glad that's over.
Posted by eerie at July 9, 2006 04:47 PM
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I didn't know football was all that popular in canada. Don't tell me you live in Mississauga?
Posted by: Ali K at July 9, 2006 06:58 PM
Fuck no.
They all come down here, the swarming locusts. Downtown is a fucking expedition for them.
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at July 9, 2006 07:00 PM
do they wear pith helmets and campaign pants when on safari in the big city?
has the horn honking died down yet?
Posted by: drdougfir at July 9, 2006 10:03 PM
