David's World

July 4, 2006

Germany will win the World Cup (or not?)

Every four years, the great round were-wolve awakes and brings magic to Germany, to Brazil, to England. Intellectuals and neds, oil magnates and grocery merchants, university professors and plumbers all become experts at something many of them would never care about. It's rare that I would go to the pub and watch a champion's league game (except when Charles is around). I wouldn't normally bother to check scores, and seeing a Beckham on the street would only make me look out for his pretty wife.

But now, all of a sudden, I can tell Beckenbauer from Plattner, I know who Klose and Klinsmann are, and hell, I even cheer for them. Germany is scheduled to win tonight... (in my dreams at least)... Italy can be beaten! And it will, now that my friends Elena and Stefan support Germany with a song...