The boys sent me their World Cup bracket for the rest of the tournament. They included little notes about each game so I thought I would share. I will also reprint their rant against being denied their own facebook page.
Dad,
Here is our World Cup bracket you asked us to fill out. Brackets 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are on the counter. We think it is unfair you get to fill out 10 brackets, but whatever. Our $10 entry fee is clipped to the bracket in the form of an IOU. Just take it out of first few allowances. So, without further Edu (haha!, Non-soccer fans might not get that one) here are our picks.
Uruguay over South Korea - Why? Because we have never heard of the country Uruguay and may never hear about them ever again. Let them have a little glory for once. Real reason? They haven't given up a goal the entire tournament, and that won't change in this game.
UNITED STATES over Ghana - Why? Duh, we are homers. You didn't honestly think we would pick anyone else did you? Oh, and if the U.S. gets another goal taken away on a bogus call, we are hopping a plane to South Africa and will have a word with those "Fifa people". Plus Dad showed us the reaction to Landon Donovan's goal on Youtube yesterday. It made us cry (or were we hungry? Hmmm, oh well, either way, it was moving).
England over Germany - Why? Well, we like the accents of those English players and can't understand the German ones. Seems easy enough then.
Argentina over Mexico - Why? Cause we don't like Mexico since they play the U.S. all the time. It's not that we don't like the people of Mexico, we just don't like their soccer team. Oh, and Argentina has the best player in the tournament. Lionel Messi, check him out. Elias says he could beat him, but I don't think so.
Netherlands over Slovakia - Why? Because we like orange. Dad is supposed to explain to us why they also call themselves Holland, yet the people are the Dutch. We are very confused by that, but he said it all makes sense. Whatever.
Brazil over Chile - Why? Cause Brazil is good, and we can't root for a country that has the same name as something that gives us really hot poos. I mean, yikes.
Paraguay over Japan - Why? We don't know, this might be the most boring matchup of the entire tournament. Japan does have a guy named Honda on their team though. We were wondering if he is overpriced talent that gets injured all the time. We also wondered if his first name was Accord.
Spain over Portugal - Why? Well first, this is the battle of the Iberian Peninsula (we googled it). The people will be going crazy. We heard a rumor that if the people get rowdy enough that their land may just break off and those countries will just be floating in the Atlantic Ocean. We think Dad is full of crap though. Spain is better though, no doubt about it and we don't like Ronaldo, he is a wuss and a ball hog.
Quarterfinals
UNITED STATES OVER URUGUAY - Just because we want to hear those USA chants over and over again.
Argentina over England - Hmmmm, this could be the best game of the tournament after U.S. games of course.
Netherlands over Brazil - Cause we want an upset pick! Deal with it! Besides, we still like orange!!
Spain over Paraguay - Cause we don't want the boring team from Paraguay to do anymore damage to our eyes.
Semi-Finals
Spain over the Netherlands - Spain has 2 dozen bulls chase down the Netherlands team the day before and the Dutch are exhausted. Spain wins 3-0.
AND, Argentina over the United States - We are realists people. But, in the game Landon Donovan did kick Maradona in the...dad says I can't finish that sentence. But we think Maradona is an egomaniac who needs a good kick in the...
United States over the Netherlands for 3rd place - Yes, they actually play a 3rd place game.
And the Champions are? SPAIN!!! Why? Cause any country that allows its people to take naps in the middle of day is the coolest place on earth!
Facebook
Mom and Dad,
We want a Facebook page. You said no. We think that is unfair. You said life is unfair. We think using these cliches on us this early is a little much. You said deal with it. We asked why we couldn't have a page. You said cause we said so. We asked again. You said our computer usage would take up too much electricity. We don't believe you. You said while we are living here under your roof, we have to live by your rules. We said bummer. You said money doesn't grow on trees. We said, it doesn't, huh, that's news to us. Anyway, maybe you will reconsider soon. You said, not likely.
New pics coming tomorrow. Have a great weekend everyone.
Hahahahaha!! Great post!
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