Ghana Goin’ On
I’m just pleased as punch.
BBC - Ghanaians ecstatic over World Cup win
The entire population of Accra emptied onto the streets on Thursday afternoon, as Ghana exploded in ecstasy after qualifying for the second round of the World Cup.
It was the four-times African champions’ first appearance at the tournament after decades of trying.
Men, women and children screamed and screamed and screamed and no words emerged. They just screamed and kept screaming.
Several groups of youths ran up and down the 1-km length of Oxford Street - one of the main shopping streets in the south of the capital, blocking traffic - but no one complained.
Motorists tooted ceaselessly as their vehicles hurtled on Ring Road, the city’s main dual carriageway. Passengers hung perilously from the windows of cars.
The streets were flooded with the national colours of red, gold and green. People were draped in them, cars flew them and lamp-posts held them aloft.
Anyone that happy to win deserves to win. If we’d won, no one would have noticed, much less cared.
“I think I’m going to die. I want to die. I’m ready to dieeee!”
Best line. And:
As one text message making the rounds put it: “After beating America, Ghana is now a superpower. Now we should get into nuclear enrichment!”
Hehehe. That’s clever.
And I understand congratulations are in order to Australia for drop-kicking the Croats out of the World Cup with a decisive, uh, tie…
June 22nd, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Ima only roots for vowel countries.
England, Italy
June 22nd, 2006 at 4:38 pm
No, anyone who can erupt into a spontaneous festival (sans AK-47s firing into the air), I’ll root for you.
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Socceroos, socceroos, socceroos! Socceroos, socceroos, socceroo-oos!
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:39 pm
At least it saved us from getting our butts completely kicked by the Brazilians… and we did score one goal on our own, which I think met one of our main metrics for success in this Cup.
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Off topic (actually this comment belongs under the next entry you’re going to post): I don’t want to hear about J. K. Rowling reading to a bunch of kids at the Queen’s Tea Party until she’s finished up the 7th book. Get back to writing, Jo!
June 22nd, 2006 at 6:20 pm
No she’s renting a house in the Hamptons (for an ex-OR-bitant amount of money, I might add) for the summer to finish it. So she’s allowed a little break for the Queen’s birthday do.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:10 pm
Oh, and we may have drop-kicked the Croation team out of the World Cup, but there are still plenty of Croatians left in the competition. Just that they play for Australia.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Hehe
I’m sure they’ll find endless comfort in that.
So, who wants to explain to me how a tie is decisive in football?
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:27 pm
No, she’s not allowed a break — write the book, already!
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Oh, I almost forgot… Dumbledore lives!
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Should we tell Bubblehead that the next J.K.Rowling has written a book about his long lost relative in Australia? The Bubble family get around.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Heehee
Well, when it comes out in September, I’ll have to do a bit of plugging.
June 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 am
To ninme’s question, here is how a draw (tie) got Australia through. (3 points for a win, 1 for a tie).
Group F Team…..Played…Won…Drawn….Lost…Points Brazil……..3………3………0………0………9 Oz………..3………1………1………1………4 Croatia…..3………0………2………2………2 Japan…….3………0………1………2………1
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 am
Is the expression “A tie is like kissing your sister” just US hillbilly American? Seriously.
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:47 am
Uh, I hope so.
So they add it all up? Lord it’s like golf. That’s hilarious.