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		<title>Our Long International Nightmare Is Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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I don&#8217;t even know who to credit for the above pic. I saw it on GAF, but I&#8217;m 99.9% sure it didn&#8217;t originate there. And if you want the explanation: a &#8220;psychic&#8221; octopus predicted that Spain would win (among 7 other correct predictions).
So yeah, there was a lot of sex in Spain last night &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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<p>I don&#8217;t even know who to credit for the above pic. I saw it on GAF, but I&#8217;m 99.9% sure it didn&#8217;t originate there. And if you want the explanation: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/11/paul-the-octopus-makes-tw_n_640575.html">a &#8220;psychic&#8221; octopus predicted that Spain would win</a> (among 7 other correct predictions).</p>
<p>So yeah, there was a lot of sex in Spain last night &#8212; especially in the soccer players&#8217; hotel rooms and houses.Â <a href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38205941/ns/sports-world_cup/">Some of it even spilled out on camera</a>. It must be nice to be the king of the sport the entire world plays, admittedly.</p>
<p>That final pretty much sucked, though. I guess I was rooting for Spain, but it&#8217;s not like I felt anything when they finally scored in extra time. The Dutch were playing ugly, rough football and the Spaniards were flopping all over the place. Who was I supposed to root for? Wait, did I say football? That probably happened because I&#8217;m regurgitatingÂ things I&#8217;ve read elsewhere. I was just glad it didn&#8217;t come to penalty kicks.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m happy it&#8217;s done so we can get to the baseball equivalent of penalties: the Home Run Derby. Not like there&#8217;s anything else on.</p>
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