Fwd: Re: Pynchon & Italian football

[cfalbert]

>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:22:59 -0400
>To: teacher at inwind.it
>From: cfalbert <calbert at hslboxmaster.com>
>Subject: Re: Pynchon & Italian football
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>At 02:29 PM 6/22/04, you wrote:
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>>In data 22 Jun 2004, verso le 11:30, cfalbert si trovò a scrivere su
>>Re: Pynchon & Italian football:
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>> > The reffing in the France/Croatia and Italy/Sweden matches was so
>> > manifestly corrupt that it turns the stomach...
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>>Sure. We bribed the referee so that, as everybody knows, we won 4-1
>>and now we have no problems at all. Probably we'll easily win the
>>European cup.
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>Hey, if there is one thing we know for sure, its that UEFA is entirely on 
>the up and up...Whether a bribe, or simply the fear that two "old powers" 
>might be sidelined for the balance of the tournament motivates the 
>wretched officiating is a matter I will leave for others to determine......
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>That the game is rigged is no mystery...
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>>Btw, did the 9-11 take place in your alternate universe or can you
>>still visit the Towers?
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>Having a mouth and asshole that are interchangeable must make you a real 
>hit at parties.....
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>> > The italians scored shortly thereafter on a play which was clearly > 
>> offsides....
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>>*Clearly*? So the two Swedes behind Cassano were not there in your
>>universe, huh?
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>I found it interesting that after the commentator suggested as much,  we 
>were never again shown the goal from the revealing angle...All further 
>replays were from a camera BEHIND the net....that fails to indicate when 
>the "assist" commenced, and does not provide a view of the swedish line of 
>defense relative to Cassano...
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>The absence of any comment on the hand ball in the box tells me about all 
>I need to know about your sincerity on this matter.....but thanks for 
>checking in...
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>love,
>cfa
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>>umberto rossi
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