Russell Brand: "After last night I can only enjoy football matches where a nation is forced to reexamine its entire identity and way of life."
Sadly, even if you could deliver unadulterated euphoric joy to millions in an instant, most of them will have trouble to believe it, and point to the dissonance with their histories. Still think every bit helps though. PGC On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:30 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10 July 2014 12:21, Platonist Guitar Cowboy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I think it's the closest I got to live through millions being thrown >>> into collective altered state. Maybe not mystical, but there were millions >>> of Germans who, in between jubilation, had to process highly improbable >>> input: 4 goals in a few minutes against the all time world champion. Around >>> me, there was some weird distress "This is not possible, too much, too >>> good...this can't be!" " or "Ok, but what happens next?" along with the >>> obvious euphoria. >>> >> >> Anyone speculating that they'd been sneaked into a virtual reality? >> > > Well, a guy next to me received a message from some relation in the US: > "Great game, huh?" and he replied "This isn't a game... I don't know what > this is!" > > Close enough, Liz? > > >> >>> Brazil Goalkeeper Julio Cesar mutters "Honestly, it's hard to explain. >>> You can't explain the inexplicable." >>> >>> I kept expecting him to say "Et tu, Brute?" >> >> > > Lol! I know, fallen emperor or machine meeting arithmetic truth ;-) > > I was worried about violence or Brutus' stab, but it was apparently minor > with a few gunshots in the air at copacabana, a bit of flag and jersey > burning, but nothing against German fans that were present, although > security kept them sheltered in the stadium for an hour or two, urging them > towards caution and not to leave yet. PGC > > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
