New York Post Today - Priceless

[StatesideStokie]

;D

[Janet in ST5]

Priceless!

[jen]

British. ??? ??? ???

[M]

Briliant!!!!!!!

[madasasnake]

Oh dear, Oh dear!!

[gaznandi]

Marvellous.....

Nicked to be posted elsewhere...

[northstokie]

Is this a joke mockup or the actual front page? Surely not...

[meirstoke]

at least we burned down the white house when we left the colonie.
stick to rounders and netball yanks

[gaznandi]

www.nypost.com/

"Other British fans, some draped in the Union Jack, screamed, "En-Go-Land!"



All very very sadly true..

[Carlos Dickabout]

hahaha that's an amazing headline

british is pretty much the american word for english (like us, they don't really give much of a shit about scotland and wales). we call them yanks, which if you do your research, only constitutes to a minority of their population. potato tomato. get over it

[gaznandi]

" It was the second shot heard 'round the world.

In true revolutionary style, the underdog Americans came from behind and blasted the powerful Brits to a nail-biting 1-1 draw yesterday in one of the all-time great World Cup soccer battles.

Armies of Yankee revelers across the city celebrated their beloved longshot team as they took on their redcoat rivals. "


American sports journalism at its best...

[gaznandi]

Just found this pearler too from the same report..

"West Villager Matt Kennedy, 24, gasped in relief when the 90-minutemen evened the scored against the lame limeys"

[sarniastokie]

Thought it was some kind of wind up/muck up at first.

Did not think even the Yanks could that thick.

Unbelievable !

[wingy1964]

Jun 13, 2010 12:50:53 GMT StatesideStokie said:

;D

thick bastards

[xchpotter]

It has now become clear to me why we have friendly fire involving our troops and these lot.

[nhstokie]

Actually it's quite clever. Sadly though, its relevance is going to be misunderstood on both sides of the Atlantic.

Here's the story behind the headline.

www.boston.com/movies/display?id=12500&display=movie


from the article:

In fact, "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" comes from the most famous headline in the history of Harvard's undergraduate newspaper the Crimson. That headline refers to what remains the most famous football game in Ivy League history. It occurred 40 years ago this Sunday, when Harvard made such a jaw-dropping comeback - scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds against a much superior Yale team - that it seemed like victory every way but numerically.

[jonnynico]

Remember in the late 60's when stoke went to usa for pre season friendlies, they were at a baseball match and the yank interviewing maurice setters asked do you have anything like this in the uk maurice, setters said yes we have rounders but the women play it.

[mongolikecandy]

I think the yanks got their choice of font right here though to sum up our feelings about Dempsey... yfrog.com/em3vtdj

[FrostySCFC]

Jun 13, 2010 13:55:25 GMT mongolikecandy said:

I think the yanks got their choice of font right here though to sum up our feelings about Dempsey... yfrog.com/em3vtdj

;D nice!

[nystoke]

I had to sit in bar in NYC full of yanks singing USA!....I heard one guy say he thought they might win it in over time?

[nicholasjalcock]

Jun 13, 2010 13:04:39 GMT @meirstoke said:

at least we burned down the white house when we left the colonie.
stick to rounders and netball yanks

Not strictly true my friend. The British burnt down the White House in the 1812-1814 war when the Americans had an eye for annexing Canada. Afterwards the building was painted white to disguise the burning! The war of Independence was 1776-1783(?).

[bayernoatcake]

Is that for real? Surely not even the Yanks are that thick?

[youareallwrong]

Jun 13, 2010 13:37:07 GMT nhstokie said:

Actually it's quite clever. Sadly though, its relevance is going to be misunderstood on both sides of the Atlantic.

Here's the story behind the headline.

www.boston.com/movies/display?id=12500&display=movie


from the article:

In fact, "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" comes from the most famous headline in the history of Harvard's undergraduate newspaper the Crimson. That headline refers to what remains the most famous football game in Ivy League history. It occurred 40 years ago this Sunday, when Harvard made such a jaw-dropping comeback - scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds against a much superior Yale team - that it seemed like victory every way but numerically.

For god's sake don't bring a note of common sense and intellect to this thread; I'm SO enjoying all the Stokies demonstrating how thick they are by deriding the USA as stupid.

Many classic examples of failure to engage brain before uttering, coupled with the lazy adherence to false stereotypes.

Then people wonder why this city needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century. (Let's see how many of them think I got that wrong as well)

[bayernoatcake]

I don't think it is clever as the comparison is pretty wank. Creaming themselves over drawing with England. ;D

[march4]

Jun 13, 2010 15:28:28 GMT bayernoatcake said:

I don't think it is clever as the comparison is pretty wank. Creaming themselves over drawing with England. ;D

Tin pot little country.

They've always been inferior to us ;D

[ColonelMustard]

Jun 13, 2010 15:25:02 GMT @youareallwrong said:

Jun 13, 2010 13:37:07 GMT nhstokie said:

Actually it's quite clever. Sadly though, its relevance is going to be misunderstood on both sides of the Atlantic.

Here's the story behind the headline.

www.boston.com/movies/display?id=12500&display=movie


from the article:

In fact, "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" comes from the most famous headline in the history of Harvard's undergraduate newspaper the Crimson. That headline refers to what remains the most famous football game in Ivy League history. It occurred 40 years ago this Sunday, when Harvard made such a jaw-dropping comeback - scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds against a much superior Yale team - that it seemed like victory every way but numerically.

For god's sake don't bring a note of common sense and intellect to this thread; I'm SO enjoying all the Stokies demonstrating how thick they are by deriding the USA as stupid.

Many classic examples of failure to engage brain before uttering, coupled with the lazy adherence to false stereotypes.

Then people wonder why this city needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century. (Let's see how many of them think I got that wrong as well)

Am I to believe that not since the 19th century have other cities around the world had internet users that sometimes misunderstand things?

[isaaccox]

They drew with england, when will they decide to learn geography and realise that they are not the only country in the world?

[fromafar07]

Jun 13, 2010 15:51:40 GMT @isaaccox said:

They drew with england, when will they decide to learn geography and realise that they are not the only country in the world?

err apparently, they do know , you know, since they did draw with ANOTHER country

[boothy]

Jun 13, 2010 16:14:05 GMT fromafar07 said:

Jun 13, 2010 15:51:40 GMT @isaaccox said:

They drew with england, when will they decide to learn geography and realise that they are not the only country in the world?

err apparently, they do know , you know, since they did draw with ANOTHER country

Which wasn't Britain, so they don't really know do they?

[Jimmy Cooper]

Clever front page, borderline special-needs geography from the USA though.