Atomic Rooster

Soccer Fever Tribute

If you're a soccer (or the "real" football) fan you'd make sense out of these nicknames given to some of the most famous football players:

Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Pele
(Used to pretend he was a goal-keeper and would say, 'I'm am Bile' -name of a goal-keeper of those times, after each save. 'Pele' came from the wrong pronunciation of 'Bile')

Manoel dos Santos = Garrincha
(One of the greatest forwards to play for Brazil with Pele. 'Garrincha' is the name of a bird that Manoel liked to hunt when he was a child)

Diego Maradona = El Pibe de Oro

Lev Yashin = The Black Spider USSR
(Had the best anticipation ever seen in a goalkeeper)

Franz Beckenbauer = The Kaiser

Gerd Muller = Bomber

Ferenc Puskas = The Galloping Major (A little left footed genius from the famous Hungary side of the early 1950's)

Jack Charlton = The Giraffe

Marco Van Basten = The Swan of Utrecht

Ruud Gullit = Il Tulipo Nero
(The black tulip)

Stuart Pearce = Psycho
(Would run through a brick wall for his team)

Paul Gascoigne = Gazza

David Beckham = Goldenballs
(Named by his wife ' Posh' in her autobiography)

Eusebio = The 'Black Panther'

Zinedine Zidane = 'Zizou'

Kevin Keegan = Mighty Mouse

SOCCER PEARLS:

*It's now 4-3 to Oldham, the goals are going in like dominoes

*I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in

*It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked

*We have been saying this, both pre-season and before the season started

*But as you know, the result for City is not as bad as it sounds on paper

*Well actually we got the winner up there with three minutes to go, but then they equalised

*Ian Rush, deadly ten times out of ten, but that wasn't one of them

*It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

*Believe it or not, goals can change a game

*You'll be hoping that this run of injuries will stop earlier than it started

*Ian Durant has grown both physically and metaphorically in the close season

*It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides

*Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen

*Everything in our favour was against us

*I think everyone in the stadium went home happy, except all those people in Rumania

*We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game

*Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins

*I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win

*Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that

*Wilkins sends an inch perfect pass to no one in particular

*Even when you're dead you shouldn't lie down and let yourself be buried

*And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last year

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Pearls Before Swine

Alan Ford (Italian)

For admirers of this comic no translation is needed. I do hope they will make these cartoons in English, too. Note: Slow load. Give it some time to download before you watch it in one piece.



Briefly about the group TNT:

Milla Jovovich

Wild Horses

I watched this show about Sable Island (SE of Nova Scotia) last night and it just took my breath away. Am so unbelievably happy such place on Earth still exists. But will it last?
The future of these magnificent animals on Sable Island is in question, and the Government of Canada is considering various options - one of which is to close the Station, ending 200 years of full-time human presence and stewardship. This option would put not only the horses, but all the island's flora and fauna at serious risk.
If this really happens I will officially have had no more hope for the mankind!
Check out the site with more info.
Beautiful pics here.

Wanna help to preserve this place? See how here.

He vs. She

NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.
DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some sort people living in the house.