ONTD_P's Photo of the Day: August 10, 2011.

[ladypolitik]

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[erethesunrises]

ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD. ♥

[entropius]

Football is one of those rare ways in which the whole world forgets its bullshit and just enjoys being alive.

[erethesunrises]

Yes, exactly. One of the biggest reasons I love it so.

[entropius]

Cricket is the same way for the countries that play it.

Hilarious cricket anecdote: One of my graduate-student colleagues in the physics department is a South African, who's a cricketer.

We had an Australian professor as a visiting colloquium speaker, and as usual the grad students (~20 of us) took him out to lunch. South Africa had just beaten Australia in a major match, which is a huge upset (Oz takes its cricket very seriously)

Mike (the South African) asks: "So, got a question for you. You're Australian, right?"

Aussie: "Yeah, I am ... why?"

Mike: "So, how does it feel to suddenly be from a second-rate cricket nation?"

Aussie: "Uh ... what? Wait, you're South African, aren't you? YOU BLOODY WANKER!" (in front of *everyone*).

It was absolutely priceless. Imagine Mike in a thick Afrikaans accent and the Aussie in the Australian accent, and it gets even funnier.

[homasse]

Yeah, if you ignore things like spectators throwing bananas and making monkey noises at black players, the rampant homophobia... :/

I love soccer, but let's be real, here.

[free_spoons]

yay! ontd_football changed its url!

[free_spoons]

just felt like I missed out when i didn't use this icon

[free_spoons]

also, bit of a nit-pick but the score was 1-1 after regulation and 2-2 after extra time (in the first caption it says it was 2-2 after regulation)

[schmiss]

Borked at the end there. Maybe good so I don't have to relive the USWNT losing. UGLY CRYING.

Beautiful pictures doe, and good timing since the USA just drew 1-1 with Mexico... even though we had a clear red/penalty for goal scoring opportunity denied that the ref missed... I mean ahem. YAY. POSITIVITY. SOCCER WOO.

I always love the pictures of the fans most though. Especially the ones that dress up like archetypes of their culture or paint their faces to be the nation's flag. So much dedication.

[ladypolitik]

omg does everyone else see dat borked code, or is it just O_O;

[ladypolitik]

oh, LOL so it's not just me; FFFFFF, alright brb

[ladypolitik]

LOL I was like, Looney-Tunes-style-double-take/eye-rubbing in shock