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Post by Shoesy on Sept 16, 2007 2:14:31 GMT -5
Gitte - I thought that by now I've managed to convince you that Ian's babies (not "creatures") are both adoring and adorable. The word "dog" is by no means synonomous with "dangerous beast". I think you should realize that your fear of canines is a personal Gitte problem and has nothing to do with those sweet animals.  |
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Post by Roniece on Sept 21, 2007 6:22:38 GMT -5
Bonjour, Bonjour.... just back from Paris (1 week) and sooo want to still be there!!... I had an amazing time....just want to comment on the Rugby (being a good New Zealand girl) and put my two cents in to say...... GO THE ALL BLACKS!!! I was able to watch the first few games at a great little restaurant/bar on Rue Monge in the 5th... Restaurant Du Palais.. wonderful people there and I even managed to get the whole bar backing the All Blacks game - pretty good I thought!  Roniece |
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Post by andi on Sept 21, 2007 6:38:17 GMT -5
Welcome home Parisbound! You sound very excited about your visit, look forward to reading your report and as for getting the entire place to back the All Blacks.........Wow! |
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 21, 2007 7:03:21 GMT -5
And a "hi" from me too, Roniece!  My goodness - It seems like everybody on this forum is either leaving for Paris or has just returned. Well, everyone except me, of course.  |
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Post by Jody on Sept 21, 2007 7:14:52 GMT -5
welcome home..now tell all!!!
I'd love to see the All Blacks sometime , just to see the Haka!!
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Post by geordy on Sept 21, 2007 8:47:55 GMT -5
Roniece I know just how you feel!!  There was a photo of the All Blacks in Where magazine in a Haka stance. Oh my ..those thighs!!  I brought it back to show the ladies at work tomorrow!! |
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Post by Anne on Sept 21, 2007 10:59:21 GMT -5
The All Blacks are very popular here, because they are so good and because of the Haka too, so people are quite willing to support them . As long as they don't play against France, of course  |
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Post by sistereurope on Sept 21, 2007 12:48:52 GMT -5
I am woefully uneducated when it comes to anything having to do with rugby (except the "rugby shirt" )...what in the world is a Haka??
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Post by sandy on Sept 21, 2007 13:30:20 GMT -5
Sister, please watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CaSu-fnGgYou´ll see what haka is. Maybe parisbound can explain it better, but it is a kind of maori war cry, and they perform it before every match. They really know how to make their opponents feel frightened. |
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Post by sistereurope on Sept 22, 2007 8:14:06 GMT -5
thanks for the info on the haka, Sanday. I've actually seen that before, but didn't know the name! Oh, the things you learn on Our Paris!!!!! ;D
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Post by Anne on Sept 22, 2007 8:52:32 GMT -5
Sandy, it is quite interesting that, being on the other side of the world from Argentina, we have the same tradition here and it is even called the same : "troisième mi-temps" . This is a major tradition in the South-West of France, where rugby teams gather after having played one against the other and then have an hours-long festin, with huge quantities of local food, plus wine and liquors, and much singing (dedicated songs) too ... This tradition is getting lost in the major teams whose players have become professional ones (rugby used to be an amateur-only sport in France until a few years ago), because those players are expected to follow some kind of sports dietetics (and this excludes heavy eating and drinking of course ), but the smaller clubs stick to it very much, this is indissociable from rugby for the players . |
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Post by sandy on Sept 22, 2007 9:39:48 GMT -5
Yes Anne, it is the same here. Rugby is still an amateur sport in Argentina, and except for those who play for other country´s teams (like Agustin Pichot), the Pumas players are still amateur, that´s why is such a deed when they beat a professional team.
Some of the players are doctors, bank clerks, and there´s even a lyric singer (Omar Hasan), who play rugby in their spare time.
Anne, doesn´t your son play rugby?
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Post by Anne on Sept 22, 2007 10:21:14 GMT -5
No, my son plays football (soccer), if only because we live in the Northern part of France where football is much more popular with kids . But my father-in-law is from the S-W of France and is mad about rugby, and my husband's cousins down there all play or used to play rugby . The reason why the national rugby board allowed rugby to become professional (in 1995 I think) was indeed that the players, who had their own jobs to perform, lacked training compared to most other countries' players . And quite a few of them had that little belly due to too many troisièmes mi-temps ... |
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Post by geordy on Sept 26, 2007 11:07:37 GMT -5
What's the latest info on the World Cup..hard to keep up with here..other than on the internet. And after all that exposure I'm a bit interested! |
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Post by Anne on Sept 26, 2007 11:35:57 GMT -5
Geordy, we will know next Sunday evening which 8 teams will play the "quarts de finale" .
And the All Blacks are still very much the huge favourites for the final prize .
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Post by geordy on Sept 26, 2007 17:37:23 GMT -5
Glad to hear it....that photo...but if France is still in it..that is who I will root for!!! ;D
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Post by Anne on Sept 27, 2007 5:46:05 GMT -5
Of course you will !!! Honestly, how could your your photo of the All Blacks in a Haka stance match the photos of the French in their nude calendar  ? Any woman here (except from Roniece, OK) who pretends otherwise will be called an hypocrite ;D. It happens that there are good chances that France may actually play the All Blacks on the quarts de finale, and it looks BAD for us (well, for anyone playing the All Blacks, actually...) |
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Post by andi on Sept 27, 2007 7:34:21 GMT -5
Anne, during our weekly French lesson last night our French teacher (who is English) told us that we must shout "Allez les bleu" everytime we see the rugby  |
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Post by Anne on Sept 27, 2007 8:11:27 GMT -5
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Post by geordy on Sept 28, 2007 16:51:56 GMT -5
Umm... I just got around to checking out some of those calender photos...you have a point Anne.
Allez les bleus indeed!! ;D
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My goodness - It seems like everybody on this forum is either leaving for Paris or has just returned. Well, everyone except me, of course. 
I brought it back to show the ladies at work tomorrow!!
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hahahha