all hail the dutch team

[Snotty]

first post in the sports forum,

the dutch have returned are on a boat through the city. theres a stream here http://nos.nl/wk2010/live/

Even if they had won I could not imagine a bigger celebration than the Dutch are having now

[Snotty]

Oh well, you missed pretty dutch girls and dutch sportsmen dancing to Armin van Buuren playing trance music on stage in front of their countrymen. fair play to them, but as they say de dutch dont dance.

[kittenOFchaos]

The Dutch should be ashamed of the way their team played in the final.

I know for a fact many are.

[DanS]

What, are you kidding? It was a great demonstration of kung fu skills!

[Hueij]

The Dutch should be ashamed of the way their team played in the final.

I know for a fact many are.

Yep But at least our economy is in better shape than the Spanish one

[Imran Siddiqui]

Economy?! Pfft, football is more important .

[rah]

Is it common over the pond to celebrate losing?
That would explain a lot of things.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well a Cubs fan would know plenty about losing

[rah]

But we don't throw them a parade when they lose.
They have to slink into to O'hare under the cover of darkness.

[Imran Siddiqui]

If they even made the World Series, it may be deemed miraculous enough to throw them a party

[rah]

Yeah but we'd throw the party before they lost.

[Zopperoni]

Is it common over the pond to celebrate losing?
That would explain a lot of things.

I think this was the reasoning (from the city and police point of view):

1) We made the final! If we win, we're going to have a parade!
2) We have to prepare for one.
3) We might as well hold the parade anyway considering we've already prepared for it.

[dannubis]

Is it common over the pond to celebrate losing?
That would explain a lot of things.

I see the Olympic spirit is lost on you yankistanis. It explains a lot too.

[rah]

Yeah, it's like participation trophies. That type of mentality has wussified an entire generation. Yes there should be satisfaction in competing, but the gold goes to the winner. And if you don't win, try harder the next time. That's real life. In real life people lose. You're not always going to win.

Embracing losing is for losers.

[-Jrabbit]

If they even made the World Series, it may be deemed miraculous enough to throw them a party

This will never happen, Imran. Never.