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I have so much Euro 2004 kit now that I could almost get added to the hooligan list and banned from leaving the country. Ironic, really.
Two Euro 2004 tops (official, apparently, in very tasteful charcoal). Two baseball caps (again, apparently the real deal, but they make my ears stick out). Two identical mouse pads, circular and filled with water so the Euro 2004 mascots float around inside them as you mouse around; very fetching. Pens. Key rings. The ‘official’ replica football (surely an oxymoron), in very tasteless silver, currently only half blown up because we don’t have a pump in the office. Euro 2004 bag. Euro 2004 metal CD case. Euro 2004 football on a spring that chants whenever you make it wobble (since hidden by other members of the team because I set it chanting too often).
Ummm… I think that’s about all.
Anyhow, in an effort to get to know at least a bit more about football before heading off to Lisbon later this month I mooched down to the Sound Cafe on Leicester Square for Canon’s England v Japan party. (big screens, vodka luges, table football, silly wig wearing competition etc etc).
Ashley sparkled as usual, in spite of the fact that he was feeling self-conscious in a Euro 2004 polo shirt, and he very proudly showed off his new shoes, with a weave in them to look like the panels in a football. Very apt. Honestly, though, he, Mark and I are going to be totally lost when we actually get to the terrace.
Fortunately Emilie Ems was there so we could sit at a table sipping our drinks and commenting on the footballers’ hair styles. And the pattern mown into the lawn. Girls are great.
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4 Responses to “England v Japan”
…or not wear baseball caps at all, because they look damn silly. How does that sound?
• Posted at 2:47 pm on June 3rd, 2004 by Krist.Personally, I don’t wear caps but think they look good on some people. I do like hats however.
• Posted at 8:07 am on June 4th, 2004 by kev.I’m with him. I look pretty bad wearing baseball caps, but some other people look good wearing them.
• Posted at 3:13 am on January 7th, 2005 by Alex.Leave a Reply
I need to teach you how to wear a baseball cap with trend.
You must pre-mould the cap first. Keep bending the peak backwatds and forwards so that you can eventually bend it into a tunnel shape rather than a flat peak.
Next, you need to bend the peak slightly upwards; a peak that sticks vertically outwards and hides your face is very ‘tourist’. Furthermore, a cap that peaks to the sky is very ‘pikey’. You need to get it somewhere inbetween.
OK, finally, you must tuck your ears in the sides of the cap; ears out is very naff, especially if you have big ones!
• Posted at 5:38 pm on June 2nd, 2004 by kev.