Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*

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Friday, June 18, 2010

South Korea throws in the towel against Argentina, loses 4-1

That's what I've gleaned from the closed captioning on the news
channel on the other end of the waiting room of the government
building I've been waiting in since this morning.

So if Korea Republic can beat Nigeria and Greece gets trounced by
Argentina, will the Taeguk Warriors advance to the next round? (I
haven't been following too closely lest my jinx kick in.) what other
scenarios see South Kprea advancing?

How is this playing out on the streets of Seoul? I'm missing all the
excitement (and I should link to 2006 World Cup posts).

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2 comments:

LastnameKimFriday, June 18, 2010 5:05:00 AM
Exactly...I believe if South Korea can beat Nigeria and Greece loses to Argentina, Korea will move on to the next round. Korea will not advance if Greece beats Argentina (nano chance). If Korea at least ties with Nigeria and Greece ties with Argentina, then Korea still might not advance because they allowed so many goals against Argentina today. Bottom line is, just hope that Korea beats Nigeria and Greece loses next (the most likely scenario).
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7Ø7Friday, June 18, 2010 1:19:00 PM
OK, it's like this: assuming Argentina beats Greece, SK must either defeat or draw with the Nigerians to advance. If they lose, Nigeria advances.

Wiki has a pretty good chart:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B

Assuming SK advances (and history is in their favor, as they did win the opening match while Nigeria did not), they will face the winners from Group A (which looks to be Uruguay or Mexico).
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* Monster Island (actually a peninsula)

The name of this blog comes from a line in "Lisa on Ice," a beloved episode of The Simpsons, perhaps my all-time favorite television show (even though for several seasons there, it really did suck). Lisa is imagining being sworn in as president, but at the last minute, it is discovered that she failed P.E. (physical education) and she is thus "sentenced to a lifetime of horror" on Monster Island. "Don't worry," the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court confides in her, "It's just a name."

Fast forward to Lisa and other prisoners running in panic through a tropical jungle, chased by Godzilla-like creatures, including a monster turtle and a monster firefly.

"He said it was just a name!" Lisa screams to the man next to her. While he, too, runs for his life, the unidentified man calmly says, "What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula."

Anyway, I thought in some ways that punchline summed up modern-day Korea in a nutshell. For many people—foreigners and Koreans—the ups and downs and everyday travails of the Republic of Korea make it as precarious as a Monster Island would be (and with the DMZ being the only land border, it really is like an island). But it actually is a peninsula. Okay, it made sense in my head.

So as you can see, despite the hits I get from people looking for Japanese tentacle porn, it has nothing to do with anything salacious as that.