Just Flowers (for Liz)

Just learned from Schonee's post that soon it will be your B-day, so here I come along with my best wishes for you!

Today's joke:

A blonde made several attempts to sell her old car. She was having a lot of problems finding a buyer because the car had 340,000 miles on it. She discussed her problem with a brunette that she worked with at a bar.
The brunette suggested, "There may be a chance to sell that car easier, but it's not going to be legal.""That doesn't matter at all," replied the blonde. "All that matters it that I am able to sell this car."
"Alright," replied the brunette. In a quiet voice, she told the blonde: "Here is the address of a friend of mine. He owns a car repair shop around here. Tell him I sent you, and he will turn the counter back on your car to 40,000 miles. Then it shouldn't be a problem to sell your car."
The following weekend, the blonde took a trip to the mechanic on the brunette's advice.
About one month after that, the brunette saw the blonde and asked, "Did you sell your car?"
"No!" replied the blonde. "Why should I? It only has 40,000 miles on it."

Who gives them a Red Card?

This World Cup was a joke, a parody of soccer. It would be better said that it was a mockery of the sport. Many have profited greatly at the expense of incorrect judgement calls. If it was incidents that happened once or twice it would be quickly forgotten from the pages of our minds, but they were from beginning of the championship and continued until it concluded, even in the final act for the World Cup. I am at a loss of words, how can I express the events. The bias of the referees was undeniable. When will FIFA realize the importance of using replay review to make an objective call? Clearly one of the most frustrated teams this world cup was Team USA, but the same can said of Italy who should have won its last game by 4 - 3, instead of losing by 2 - 3. The Italians scored a perfectly valid goal, plus a crystal clear penalty that was not granted to them by the referee in question. Maybe Italy deserved to be eliminated due to their unconvincing performance. They were too weak for a reigning world champion, but a theft remains theft. They were robbed of a victory if not more. Another memorable situation was when the referee had invented a free kick for African team vs Uruguay in the last minute of play (my guess is that African team was supposed to qualify), then a penalty was easily awarded for the African team. Eventually the team’s worth became apparent. The Africans were left where they belong. Spain was visibly frustrated as the match against Paraguay, but like the game that I mentioned earlier, it was Spain's turn to be helped by the referees in the last act of the competition. Maybe the Dutch did not deserve a victory, but football is no longer a sport for fun, but a business, and those guys with the big bucks give a damn about fans and spectators.
Congratulations to the Netherlands, congratulations Germany, congratulations U.S.!