“My FIFA story”
In 2002, I was working in Taipei, and Seoul. The FIFA World Cup was being held in Japan and South Korea at the time.
I was already pissed off as I was boarding my flight in SFO for Narita Japan…
I had been making the 24 hour commute (each way),DC-SFO-Narita-Taipei, for about 6 months.
Until this trip I had been able to get upgraded to Business Class. Because of all of the Soccer teams and fans, the damn planes were packed.
It was so bad, that upon landing in Narita, they parked the 747 out on the tarmac, and used portable stairs because they didn’t have enough gates.
You don’t really have an appreciation for how big a 747 is, until you climb or descend those stairs. The door close to three storeys off of the ground.
Anyway, as I walked into the Coach section of the airplane, the entire right side of Coach, was the Argentinian National Soccer team. My seat was three rows from the back bulkhead, aisle seat.
As I got closer I realized that one of the players was occupying my seat…
I approached him, he looked larger than the other players, it turned out that he was the star goalie.
I gave him my ‘I am not pleased’ look and held up my ticket.
He didn’t seem to speak English, so he said something in Spanish that I took to mean ‘go sit in my seat’ and he pointed to a middle seat about four rows forward.
I smiled my predatory smile and simply said “I don’t fucking think so Motherfucker…”
He gave me a dirty look…
The team erupted in laughter, and just as I was figuring out which painful police compliance hold I was going to put on his ass when he stood up and moved.
He must have been out of his damn mind if he thought my big ass was going to sit in a middle seat for 13 damn hours.
Congratulations to @steve-allen. Two of three of your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists. This is a first!
Whats the most regrettable purchase do you ever remember making ?
What movie scene in what movie shocked you the most?
Congratulations to @NJFLA and @SGKusmertz. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@NJFLA What’s something that instantly tests your willpower?
@SGKusmertz Which of your character traits do you hope to pass on to your next generation?
Congratulations to @IMP85. Your Huli Huli recipe was chosen for tonight’s Sunday Suppers. After a fierce showdown between Imp amd @Arius-Trychus, the sugar won this round. I got the entries down to two and Mark chose the winner. Oh, and it was delicious. Sorry @Arius-Trychus, sweet always talks louder for Mark.
@Imp85, please keep an eye out for an email from a Gutter Team Member.
Thank you to everyone who shared recipes and helped keep my temporary “toaster oven, bbq, and crockpot era” alive. Here’s hoping to the kitchen face look flies by fast.
More craziness on The Five today: ‘Christian Nationalism’ - I guess I haven’t heard that before - used seriously, anyway. Whaaaat? The Chicago burning cross, Jessica,is one more thing you just blah blahed away. Tiresome and arrogant.
Dems are just so damn desperate. Scary.
From: The Federalist Papers
This cartoon says exactly what a lot of the so-called smart people in our culture do not want to admit.
Science does not lead away from God. At the end of science is God, period.
“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will make you an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”
That pretty much sums it up.
A little science can make someone arrogant. A little knowledge can make a person think they have outgrown faith, outgrown God, and outgrown the people who still believe there is a Creator behind all of this.
But that is not wisdom. That is pride.
The deeper you go into real science, the harder it becomes to believe any of this is an accident.
The universe is too ordered, too precise, too mathematical, too perfectly balanced, and too full of mystery to be brushed off as nothing more than random chance.
Look at physics. Look at biology. Look at the fine tuning of the universe.
Look at the complexity of life. Look at consciousness, ...
