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You’ve just gotta feel sorry for the Poms. Retail in the High Street is awash with bargains of selling off England World Cup merchandise.

Even the crocs -

[Yes, that's right - Caps and Crocs 70% off]

[This is not some dodgy store - it's Britain's largest sports retailer and online outlet - quietly pasting A4 sheets from the store printer over the previous, heralded 'Tailored by England' TV campaign. The question - 15 pounds may be too much!!]

Viva Espana! Viva South Africa!

What an occasion!

Isn’t it amazing that where the world gathers, Paris Hilton has to be her tacky best?

The Times in South Africa reports to-day that socialite Paris Hilton has claimed to have spotted a tiger while on safari during her World Cup sojourn in South Africa.

“So many amazing animals here - Elephants, Tigers, Zebras, Cheetahs, Rhinos, Hippos, etc. So awesome!” she said on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

In an endeavor to make sure that she was seen and to take up a few column centimtres and seconds in the world media, Hilton was briefly arrested on suspicion of smoking dagga during a World Cup match in Port Elizabeth last week, also wrote in separate tweets: “Giraffes are Hot”, “Ella the Elaphant (sic)”, “A Huge Cute Elaphant”, and “So amazing, sitting outside eating lunch and there are a family of 5 Elaphants only feet away from us. So incredible!”

While elephant (the correct spelling), zebra, cheetah, rhino and hippo are indigenous to South Africa, the tiger isn’t - its home is in Asia.

Amazingly for someone who was probably being paid for going to a game lodge andreporting on it, Hilton did not say where she had spotted these animals, although clearly wasn’t a local zoo.

Hilton later corrected herself: “I meant leapards (sic)”. And again: “I meant leopards not tigers. : p oops”

Does the world really need Paris Hilton?

LARISSA Riquelme, the stunning Paraguayan lingerie model who became a worldwide sensation during the World Cup, will run naked through the streets after all.
Millions of mostly male fans were left shattered by Paraguay’s quarter-final defeat, as Riquelme had promised to run naked through the streets of Asuncion if the boys in red and white made the semis.

[Larissa defying the laws of gravity]

Her global fame was based on nothing more than a series of extraordinary photos of her supporting her team without much, ahem, support of her own.

Interestingly, the original pledge was to do a nudie run if Paraguay won the World Cup. This later became reaching the final … then the semi-final … and now it seems a quarter-final defeat was enough to warrant the celebration. A cynic might suggest Miss R is more interested in the bounce to her profile than the football.

“It will be a present to all of the players, and for all the people in Paraguay to enjoy, because they tried as hard as possible and gave it their all on the field,” she said.

An exact date for Riquelme’s streak has not been announced.

[News source - AAP]

                         As the world continues its fascination with the Vuvusela, 2Oceansvibe reports some interesting stuff about the vuvu:

People complaining about the WC Vuvus should remember that they’re not a new invention - they go way back!

[Pic source: Mother]

Well, that’s how L’Equipe saw it this morning.

Everyone knows that a ‘joey’ is a baby kangaroo. But what is a ‘Jerry’?

[A Joey]

Melbourne’s Herald Sun reports from the World Cup that : “Every profession has its slang so why should the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade be any different? Confidential understands that the consular staff in South Africa have taken to referring to Australians who get into strife as “Jerrys”.

Readers may recall that two weeks ago a keen Aussie drinker got himself into two scrapes in as many days - passing out while shickered on the front lawn of a private residence, the owners of which kindly gave him a coffee the next morning upon discovering him in their yard, and referring him to High Commission, and then the following day, getting robbed while drunk at the USA-Australia friendly and calling on the consular staff again.

The chap’s name was Jerry and he’s now become the nickname of choice for any Aussie who lands himself in strife here. Mercifully there haven’t been many Jerrys, save for the odd lost passport or low-level theft.”

[A 'Jerry'!]

That nickname is going to stick!

        A report from a US news wire -

A United States restaurant owner dreamed up a novelty meal to give customers a South African experience during the World Cup. But serving burgers made with African lion meat has generated protests.
Cameron Selogie says his Il Vinaio restaurant in Arizona has received a bomb threat and more than 150 e-mails from protesters. He says African lions are on the protected list, but not endangered.

 The restaurant ordered 4.5kg of African lion meat from a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulated, free-range farm in Illinois, which Selogie says he researched to make sure they were humane.

It’s mixed with ground beef, and the restaurant says it’s serving about 15 burgers a day.

USDA spokesman Jim Brownlee says lion meat is an uncommon dish, but he knew of no prohibitions against it.

[Princes Harry and William at the England fiasco against Algeria last night]

Pic: Daily Express, UK

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