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cunningham SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4595 More actions · Answer 1

Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.

ooh yeah, heard about that! can't say I'm surprised, been rumours about corruption in FIFA for ages!

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15916 More actions · Answer 2

cunningham (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
ooh yeah, heard about that! can't say I'm surprised, been rumours about corruption in FIFA for ages!

Well I for one was very, very, surprised. :O I mean a multi-billion (insert own fav. currency) world wide business, having corruption. Well I never! Who would have thought it. :w00t:

Iceing on the cake - being caught in Zurich, hehe.

Rodders...

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 3

Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.

Damn! Still two more years til the next World Cup.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

rodjkidd (5/27/2015)
cunningham (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
ooh yeah, heard about that! can't say I'm surprised, been rumours about corruption in FIFA for ages!
Well I for one was very, very, surprised. :O I mean a multi-billion (insert own fav. currency) world wide business, having corruption. Well I never! Who would have thought it. :w00t:
Iceing on the cake - being caught in Zurich, hehe.
Rodders...

There's corruption in every sport. There's so much money involved, at many levels, that it creeps its way in.

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cunningham SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4595 More actions · Answer 5

It's amazing what can change between world cups, realised earlier that between 2010 and 2014 world cups I had changed jobs twice! Well same DBA role, different companies. Wonder what will change before the next one!

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.

I am just surprised it has taken this long for Sepp and his cronies to officially be indicted for what everybody on the planet knows has been happening for decades.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 7

Sean Lange (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
I am just surprised it has taken this long for Sepp and his cronies to officially be indicted for what everybody on the planet knows has been happening for decades.

I'm more surprised on the arrest happening than the actual charges. I wonder what would happen now.

Luis C.
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 8

Looks like I hit a few nerves with Sunday's editorial....

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (5/27/2015)
Looks like I hit a few nerves with Sunday's editorial....

Here on the site? Or are you referring to the World Cup convo?

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
GilaMonster (5/27/2015)
Looks like I hit a few nerves with Sunday's editorial....
Here on the site? Or are you referring to the World Cup convo?

The Scientific Method. Million-row tests & proofs, the sort of thing Jeff has been doing - and advocating - for years. Gail's opened it up to the wider community and some folks aren't happy. I'd say it's a reasonably efficient stuffed-shirt detector. There should be a logo for it, like the RBAR ones Jeff and others have concocted. Something like BS in a fuzzy font with a big, bright, clear red cross through it.

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Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 12

Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.

I live in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately I have grown numb to this kind of thing.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 13

Alan.B (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
I live in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately I have grown numb to this kind of thing.

<sarcasm>Corruption? In Chicago? No way.</sarcasm> I'm in metro Detroit. I know about it too.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 14

Ed Wagner (5/27/2015)
Alan.B (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
I live in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately I have grown numb to this kind of thing.
<sarcasm>Corruption? In Chicago? No way.</sarcasm> I'm in metro Detroit. I know about it too.

Try living in Mexico City, then we can talk.

Luis C.
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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 15

Luis Cazares (5/27/2015)
Ed Wagner (5/27/2015)
Alan.B (5/27/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (5/27/2015)
Just curious how many people on The Thread are World Cup fans. Cause... STUFF and MORE STUFF.
And I was wondering how y'all felt about it.
I live in Chicago, IL. Unfortunately I have grown numb to this kind of thing.
<sarcasm>Corruption? In Chicago? No way.</sarcasm> I'm in metro Detroit. I know about it too.
Try living in Mexico City, then we can talk.

Touche, Luis. From what I've heard, which isn't much compared to what you know, you raise a valid point.

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