More cowbell. Maybe that's what was missing from the U.S. match today. Stupid lousy Ghana- at least they'll lose their next game and this one wasn't a blowout like they thought it would be. Thanks for the memories, Arena.
Now that the U.S. is out, the bandwagon fans can get on with their lives and the rest of us will continue watching. Everywhere else in the world, World Cup action is taking precedence:
- A woman surnamed Wei, who suffered from high blood pressure, was watching South Korea vs Togo in Hangzhou, near Shanghai. She took a shower, went to bed and later died.
- Li Zhenbao, 27, died in his sleep in Hong Kong after staying up all night to watch three games in a row. Doctors suspected he died of a heart attack brought on by over-excitement.
- Ge Zuquan, 29, grew so excited during the game between the Netherlands and Ivory Coast that he ran to his fourth-floor Hong Kong balcony and jumped in the air. "But he bounced over the railing," a newspaper said. "Doctors said he could have been paralyzed." As it was, he merely broke bones in his spine, hip, ankle and wrist.
Could you ever see people getting that excited over soccer here?
How about this one:
Buddhist monks in Thailand are too tired to receive early morning alms because they are staying up late to watch the World Cup...In neighboring Cambodia, some 40,000 monks have been warned they could be defrocked if they became too excited while watching the games.
"If they make noise or cheer as they watch, they will lose their monkhood," Phnom Penh patriarch Non Nget told Reuters this month.
At least they won't lose their manhood!
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