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  • Japan v Australia (R)

    From Mark@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 16 11:59:15 2024
    They played the wrong national anthem for Australia. Isn't Australia's
    national anthem "Down Under" by Men at work?

    The answer to the question "Who scored first?" depends on how literally
    you take it I suppose. Both goals were own goals.

    I thought both teams played well.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mark on Wed Oct 16 13:21:32 2024
    Mark wrote:

    They played the wrong national anthem for Australia. Isn't
    Australia's national anthem "Down Under" by Men at work?

    I thought it was "Back on the Chain Gang" ... ;-)

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  • From Binder Dundat@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Oct 16 15:53:45 2024
    Good result for Australia considering Japan is the hottest team in football.

    On 2024-10-16 8:21 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    Mark wrote:

    They played the wrong national anthem for Australia. Isn't
    Australia's national anthem "Down Under" by Men at work?

    I thought it was "Back on the Chain Gang" ... ;-)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 17 10:34:04 2024
    Lléo wrote:

    Btw, since we're talking about anthems, this might be a silly
    question with an obvious answer, but here it goes anyway: how
    does that work when England plays Northern Ireland? I mean,
    surely they don't play 'God Save the King' twice, do they? :-)

    IIRC they just play the national anthem once, as it applies to
    both teams.

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Oct 18 12:09:04 2024
    On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:21:32 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:

    Mark wrote:

    They played the wrong national anthem for Australia. Isn't
    Australia's national anthem "Down Under" by Men at work?

    I thought it was "Back on the Chain Gang" ... ;-)

    I don't get that. Were The Pretenders Australian?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Oct 18 15:17:24 2024
    Mark wrote:

    On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:21:32 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:

    Mark wrote:

    They played the wrong national anthem for Australia. Isn't
    Australia's national anthem "Down Under" by Men at work?

    I thought it was "Back on the Chain Gang" ... ;-)

    I don't get that. Were The Pretenders Australian?

    It was a joke about the origins of non-native "Australians"
    arriving to the colony...

    You do get a bonus point for knowing it was The Pretenders
    though!

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