One petulant stamping in the sensitive bits…
…and it was all over.
There’s still something to smile about, though. I watched a couple of games last week with my German friend Daniel, who provided entertaining translations of German players’ surnames.
Mertesacker – Daniel thinks this chap is from Alsace-Lorraine, or thereabouts. In this case, the merte part of the name is from the French merde. The sacker part is essentially what it sounds like to an anglophone, that is sack or bag. Hence Shitbag, or Crapbag, whichever you prefer.
It gets better.
Schweinsteiger – Daniel thinks this is a quintessential Bavarian name. Schwein, as we all know, means pig. Steiger, as Daniel told me, means to mount. When I looked it up on Babelfish, it told me steiger=riser, but I prefer Daniel’s version. Pig mounter conjures up much more interesting images.
Well, it made me giggle.
July 1st, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Liam, make it better.
The whole country is depressed – went out and about yesterday and *everyone* we saw had their head hung. A friend texted from central London to say that she’s seen peeps in tears!
And I’m really sad. Make it better!!!
R xxx
ps – Have you access to the british Dr. Who? It’s very good. Also, when are you coming home.
July 2nd, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Sorry, Liam. I bet all of England felt like it was a kick in the collective nuts. Are people pissed off at Rooney?
July 3rd, 2006 at 3:21 am
Allez Les Bleus!
July 3rd, 2006 at 5:27 am
There used to be Terry Butcher in the 1990 England team and that made me chuckle but compared to Pigf*cker and $hitbag it’s nothing!
July 5th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Schwartzenegger too. Apparently a blackhead, as in pimple.
Also, Matt must be the only Englishman pleased at the football – he’s got a sweepstake at work and got France.
July 5th, 2006 at 10:33 am
C’mon; “petulant” implies it was unprovoked…
July 9th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Headbutts are way classier.
Seriously, I truly believe that.
July 9th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
Wonk, it pretty much did feel like a kick in the nuts for all the folks back home.
Rehash, yes, headbutts are *way* classier.
July 9th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
As someone I work with said, a headbutt is like a very aggressive bow.
July 10th, 2006 at 1:18 am
You have to say, Zizou executed his headbutt with just the same aplomb as his earlier header: it had direction and power!
July 10th, 2006 at 3:11 am
Well, I say that nipple-tweaking deserves at least such a response!