men and their balls

jooh ...upset upset... the chef at the cafe im working in called to ask why im not in at work today. He said he made sticky date pudding and brought some in for me. jooh ... upset upset... after pestering him for 2 weeks to make it, he did and i wasnt in to eat it. jooh... the lucky asses that got to eat it coz i pestered him for weeks to make it :( enjoy you blessed people...REMEMBER WHY YOU GOT TO EAT IT! jooh...upset upset...

An article about men and their love for balls.... no punt unintentionally intended.

Man pulls TV from house fire to watch match

Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:00 AM BST

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing football fan refused to let the small matter of his house burning down disturb his enjoyment of Tuesday's World Cup match between France and Spain.

A fire broke out in a hutong in the centre of the Chinese capital at 3am local time on Wednesday -- kickoff time in Hanover -- and gutted the traditional courtyard dwelling, the Beijing Daily Messenger reported.

"When the neighbours shouted 'fire!', I took my little baby and ran out in my nightclothes," the man's wife told the paper.

"My husband paid no attention to the danger, just grabbed the television and put it under his arm.

"After getting out of the house, he then set about finding an electric socket to plug in and continue watching his game."

The anti-social timing of the matches broadcast from Germany, which is six hours behind China, has forced some Chinese fans to go to great lengths to follow the action.

One man quit his job in Beijing to return to his hometown Chongqing so he could watch the whole tournament uninterrupted.

State news agency Xinhua reported that the 23-year-old's boss at the IT company had offered him a pay rise, but he turned it down flat, saying the World Cup was more important than his job.

The Guangzhou Daily reported that local police were forced to release a thief arrested for stealing a mobile phone when the victim refused to press charges because he did not want to miss the start of a match.