Morfee
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I had the most interesting link last week and got to choose a topic :)
The Kutai Kartanegara bridge in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Opened in 2001 it was a $17m bridge imitating the golden gate bridge. It fell 10 years later, killing at least 20. Corruption and ignoring engineering standards were blamed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutai_Kartanegara_BridgeExplanation behind Farrell's hand gesture after scoring for those who don't know
express.co.uk/news/uk/465258/England-fly-half...Previous weeks:
Week 6: England
Pretty simple: 2-3 reasons why they will win the RWC and 2-3 reasons why they won't.
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Back to NH for week 5: France
Pretty simple: 2-3 reasons why they will win the RWC and 2-3 reasons why they won't.
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Down under for week 4: Australia
Pretty simple: 2-3 reasons why they will win the RWC and 2-3 reasons why they won't.
I am a soccer referee in the UK. It is an unenviable job with a huge amount of asshats.
Every so often you get a level 400 asshat who decides to appeal Every. Single. Decision. One week a balding, sweaty and fat bully was doing this sort of thing solidly for about 60 minutes:
Guy heads the ball? He runs up to you claiming handball.
Clear foul? He screams about it being a contact sport.
He received one card for swearing at me in this game already. In a previous game he got sent off by me for headbutting someone, and got an extra game's ban for calling me a "stupid cunt". Some petty revenge was needed for this chieftain:
It turns out referee whistles can be REALLY loud. I was testing d