the Dutch really do love their football

[aryanhwy]

This morning biking out to work I passed a billboard from one of the Dutch energy companies (the same one that was offering "Svenergy" earlier in the year -- they gave their customers a certain percent discount on their year's energy for each gold medal that Sven Kramer won at the Olympics) advertising free energy for a year, for the entire country, if the Dutch win the World Cup.

Given that France is out and it's possible that Italy will go out and Germany has only won won of their games so far, this isn't really that idle of an offer; from what I've seen and what I've heard, the Dutch are in the top 4 or so (I believe it's, in no particular order, Brazil, Argentina, us, and one of Germany/Chile/Uruguay) and thus have a reasonable chance.

Of course if that does happen, I'll be out of the country, en route to Leeds. Which is a shame, because I've got a feeling being in the Netherlands when they win the world cup is a unique experience.

EDITED: Doh, stupid typo. Thanks, bend_gules!

Comments

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

Energy countries or energy companies??

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Doh, the latter. Don't know what my fingers were thinking when I typed the former...

[wolverine-nun.livejournal.com]

If the Netherlands with the World Cup I shall send you a vuvuzela of your very own. I hereby swear. What colour(s) would you prefer?

We beat France yesteday!! Squeeee!

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Orange, of course! This is the Netherlands. :)

The Frenchmen in our office were all clustered around a computer yesterday afternoon watching their team get beaten by yours. It was pretty dolorous here.

[zachkessin.livejournal.com]

We have been watching at our Office in Israel, we are not in the World cup. But the South African embassy is a few floors above ours.

Israel has only made the world cup once

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

I saw my first vuvuzela in the flesh on the Tube this morning, still in it wrapper, held by a young woman clearly headed To the Game somewhere today.
No idea if she'd brought it from ZA or somebody has started importing them to London already. Gotta say, the English fans are generally *not* keen on them. OTOH, my coworkers downloaded a new vuvuzela ringtone...