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Julia Roberts Bernard Purdie Pretty Boy Floyd

Just in case you're not aware of it, that Farmer CD has some labeling (track sequence) errors. At least I assume it still does... I alerted them back in 1996, and I don't think they ever fixed it.

Cha Cha Muldowney Chi Chi Rodriguez Choo Choo Coleman

Bobby Knopp Luis Aparicio Brooks Robinson

Judy Garland Kansas Fields Ruby Keeler

Is that a hallucinogenic? No, I think it's near Tahiti.

(We dialuppers have to stick with your basic smileys on short notice)

So, what's the equation for Dim-Wittedness? (don't answer that).

Anybody heard from him lately? It's been about a month since he posted, which isn't necessarily alarming, but... just curious. Hopefully he's on a temporary leave... HEY- did somebody give him permission to take a leave?

Hey, you HAD to be saving that image for the right moment, right? I mean, nobody tracks something like that down in 6 minutes (Oh wait, you're probably not on a dialup like m-m-mmmm, never mind) Hey, looks good to me, Tony. I mean the POPSICLE!!

Jack London Jack Wild Johnny Carson

I just spent a whole day on purple/lavender, and while I enjoyed it somewhat, it was beginning to give me a headache. Since blue sucks so bad, I almost went right back to peach, and then I thought I'd try green again. It looks even better the second time around. Are you people giving green a fair chance? I mean, I know it's a shock at first, but try it for a day or so. If you're not 100% 50% satisfied, you'll receive a full refund... a good feeling inside, knowing that you did the right thing... a promise from me that I'll let this thread die. Come on... give green a try... (sorry- I couldn't find any other good topics to bring up) -_-

N.H.O.P. Kenny Drew Kyle Rote

Carl Peachman Admiral Peary Shiri Appleby

Hubert Green Walt Hazzard The Von Trapps

Hooch Turner Vanna White

Chuck Barris Yvonne Goolagong Kool and the gang

PLM, here is your comment: So, are you referring to US and Australian fans you have met in person, or are you referring to things you have read in this thread? And who said the US was "the greatest team ever"? I can tell you (since you've said you are unwilling to go back and look), it was not stated by anyone here. As I said above, from my perspective as a US supporter, there is purely an excitement (and hope for even better things to come) that comes from having our greatest success in the history of the tournament. Because it came in 2002, when France happened to have a bad tournement, perhaps you were not in the mood to hear about our joy at that time? Someone might have said something like "the US now has THEIR best team ever" (not "the best team in the world", you see, but OUR best team ever). Which I think is true. Just in case you misunderstood...

PLM, I don't quite understand some of your attitudes and comments, which is why I challenged you (in a fair manner, I thought, with even a bit of joviality attempted on my part). You went on to make a broad criticism of US fans in general, which I also (sincerely) did not understand. I then asked you to explain. I'm still waiting... BTW, words on a bulletin board are of no help to any team right now, either. People disagree- so what? It's all supposed to be about fun.

Cindy Lou Who Andre Ware Wang Wen

Mad Duran Ted Hendricks Darryl Lamonica

Billy Crash Craddock Clyde Crashcup Walt Frazier

Aaron Spelling Kelsey Grammer Schoolboy Cleve

Ingfried Hoffman Lou Bennett Eddy Louiss ========== Wolf Blitzer Lawrence Taylor Elgin Baylor

The problem of SPAIN it's that they usually don't go further than... quaterfinal. That the US team has reach the quater, yes that was impressive but... it's never a guarantee that you will confirm such a performance four years later. And your comments about France in 1998 and 2000 are? BTW, I don't in any way intend to "guarantee" a thing vis a vis the US team's chances in '06. I'm simply excited and hopeful (more than ever)- not only because of their '02 performance, but their continued improvement (which I'm sure most european fans haven't had an opportunity to notice) and their run through qualification. I agree that they still have much to prove. I don't understand the part about "dismissing other teams in the most despicable way". Perhaps you can clarify? I haven't heard it, but you know how fans can be. I don't really look at all of this the same way. If England wins in '06, does that "prove" that they were a great team all along? I think not. To me, what matters is now. England (and every other country) have a different team, different coaches than they had in 1966, '70, '74 etc etc, so why relate their past history to their current chances? The same kind of generalizations occur all the time in the US media with regard to american sports, and it makes even less sense there because of all the player turnover due to free agency. I think that history is important in terms of appreciating and loving the sport, but it doesn't "prove" anything about the current status of any particular national team.