Today is the International Noise Awareness Day.
Be quiet. Just talk with the help of your shirt(s).

Ok, so FIFA’s fussing causing you to lose some nice designs from your shop was annoying enough. But at least they didn’t take your trousers. Or did they? Any of our Dutch friends watch the game in your oranje keks?

Catania’s football team got into the Italian Series 1 and the city went crazy (more photos to come). In the meantime, I saw this this morning. Awesome.

World Cup is on. Who are you cheering for? (Me: Italia. The party’ll be amazing).

Over at a little number we’re calling the SHOPWC, they’re giving out prizes for the best shop taking on the theme “world championships” or football in general. At stake is €1,000 for the first place, €500 for second, and gifts all the way down to 11th place. My opinion: the range is pretty big. One of my favourites is on foosball. It’s like a simplified, commentary-free derby.

Team Spreadshirt UK/Ireland is made up of two Irishmen (they’re named Larry and Eamonn, you should’ve guessed), Marcello the Italian, and one American (yours truly). Nonetheless, when it comes to rallying the forces for World Cup, L & E (full of neighbourly love), M (apparently too dispirited by an injury to Totti to think straight) and Sarah (full of well, honestly, she doesn’t even know if the US is playing), are putting their money on….England*.

Not just because Spreadshirt’s mothership (location: Germany) is ecstatic (read: overconfident) about their nation’s success. Not just because we all speak English (more or less). But because we’ve got this nice little deal going on at chez Spread: if England wins you get a free official shirt. Yes sir/ma’am. If you enter the coupon code: ENGLANDCHAMPIONS with your purchase you’ll get 50p off your order. Not much, but you’ll be in for getting that shirt if when England wins.

Whew. All very exciting. The new website for the WC is HERE.

* Confession II (or III?): Sarah wrote a huge (over 80 pages?) thesis on postmodernism and critical literary theory (it saved the world). Still doesn’t stop her/probably why she continues loving writing run-on sentences.

Hi Blogstars,

New developments in the Spreadshirt sphere:
in preparation for the World Cup, Spreadshirt has started up a competition for the best shop taking on the WC or football in general. Generous prizes for winners. There are tons of sports shops out there already, so register yours now if you haven’t already…

http://wc2006.spreadshirt.net