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Conversation reported on Twitter by juleske (who is Dutch and working in Belgium): Collega 1: Wel spijtig dat jullie nu op zondag moeten zingen dat jullie de prinsen van hispanje altijd geëerd hebben.

Collega 2: Ja, maar anders hadden ze moeten zingen dat ze van Duitsen bloed waren.
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Slightly sad to realise that this is my last prediction poll for the 2010 World Cup. Thanks you, everyone who has played along. I will provide final scores for everyone who has made a prediction, using three different systems, after it is all over.
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Apologies - I failed to crosspost the poll to world_cup_2010 yesterday and instead posted it here twice. This would explain why there were only 40 responses rather than the usual 60 or 70.

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Current FIFA rankings:
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Current FIFA rankings (looking increasingly irrelevant):
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( four matches for a change )