WBC caps, ranked
Actually Bad
18. Canada
17. Australia
16. Puerto Rico
15. "Chinese Taipei"
Kinda Mid
14. Italy
13. Czechia
12. Cuba
11. Venezuela
10. S. Korea
Not Bad
9. Great Britain
8. Panama
Pretty Good
7. Nicaragua
6. Brazil
5. Netherlands
Excellent
3. Colombia/DR (tie)
2. Mexico
1. Japan
Looking forward to next year’s North London Derby at Loftus Road
Are teams allowed to fire a manager at halftime of a Champions League game? What about before that?
There were two follow-up films; neither was “The Ongoing Obligations,” which seems like a bit of a missed opportunity.
This image of a decapitated stormtrooper with flames shooting out of his armour where his head should be goes so much harder than it needs to
another dimension
As requested (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social)
Real haters aren’t surprised by Cal Raleigh being a boring cop
I just think the hashtag #TrumpGasProblem could still use a little workshopping
Congratulations to @mobute.bsky.social, this web site’s new CEO.
Also this place on Dunbar claims to carry it www.celtictreasurechest.com
The Save-On on Cambie by 7th has a British foods section and I can’t say for certain whether they have it but it might be worth a look.
Canada's Otto López unleashes a cannon on the relay to home to throw out Enrique Bradfield Jr
If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
He also beat a sexual assault charge even though the judge said he was probably guilty and went out drinking that night with two prosecutors and a cop who was subsequently charged with obstruction.
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He’s a Canadian business/media weirdo who does stuff like hire a disgraced sprinter who lost an Olympic medal for steroids to star w/ him in commercials for his Cheetah energy drink (b/c it sounds like cheater hohoho), or hire a then-broke James Caan for one of his self-produced vanity films, etc.
Just an astounding shot.
And a charming little detail: the way he yells at the rock to curl even though there are no sweepers.
The client he was representing with a suspended license? That’s right, your pal and mine, Frank D’Angelo.
Attacks leave dead vs killed
This was nearly 34 years ago and Del has not lost a single step
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It was an answer in a crossword a while back and it was a bit frustrating because I hadn’t even heard of the thing
OUT: Netflix and chill
IN:
Up the [consults Wikipedia] Valiants!
As a lifelong fan of Port Vale FC,
I’m a little bit trying to figure out whether I’m going to permanently stay in Ontario or BC and I have to say BC makes a strong case for itself by promising that this will be the final wintery Saturday night when I hurtle one hour closer to the grave
I would add: anything that sounds remotely like the iPhone text-message alert ding. That should be punishable with the electric chair.
Everybody else can give up you aren’t coming up with a home run celebration that’s more delightful—or more delightfully stereotypical—than Team Italy’s freshly brewed shot of espresso.
I also think the list tells you more about how different languages work than about any kind of cultural differences. I’m no expert but I think some languages (like German) create compound words in situations when English keeps modifiers separate: we say “walk like a chicken” not “chickenwalk” or w/e
I think it would be easy enough to come up with a similar list of words in English—off the top of my head: lope, stroll, strut, amble, ramble, hike, stagger, stumble, sashay, wander, pad, sneak, stomp, perambulate, shuffle, traipse, tiptoe, march, skip, step, trudge, tramp, stamp, etc., etc.
“He hung that shit on me” —Owen Cassie explaining how he sent that baseball into the stands
