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Fifa has banned former executive committee member and ex-Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer from all football related activity for life.
So my understanding is that Santa said FIFA took more kickbacks than the Teamsters, the FBI et al arrests everyone [except the most corrupt pocket liner of them all] for being so crooked they make a corkscrew look straight, FIFA promises to investigate the endemic corruption that had led to the least suitable countries hosting the World Cup and as a result of all this Santa has been banned from any future involvement with Nancyball.
Yea, that figures. Sepp for President!
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Seems about par for the course... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Not sure about a word, but plenty of phrases...
Pot, kettle, black.
Stones, glass houses.
Etc..
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Your post reminded me of this clip[^] from Demetri Martin. The relevant part starts at around 2:45.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I think its just blatter using anything for some mis-direction so that can remove the evidence
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Help end the violence EAT BACON
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The rest of his life will not be for very long.
You missed the bit where the FBI said to him, you've been taking bribes, that is wrong, if we give you a bribe will you get information about all the bribes everyone else is taking, because we hate bribes, apart from the ones we give.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Hey, why should the Devil have all the good music?
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In an effort to clear the last item from my bucket list, I am going to be visiting London in early August staying near the Paddington station. It just so happens that I have an entire day free and looking for something or several somethings to see that day. Afraid that I will consume the entire day in the British Museum and not have time for anything else. I am already going to Westminster, St. Pauls, Windsor, Stonehenge, the Eye. Maybe the Sherlock museum? I am mainly interested in historical things to see.
Any ideas?
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One place I can think of if you are into Historical things is the Science Museum & the Imperial War Museum
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Also the V&A is opposite the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum is round the corner.
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Erm...you do realize Stonehenge is not in London?
It's in the middle of a field, about 90 miles / 140Km from London and takes about 2 hours each way by car (once you are clear of London itself, which is likely to take another hour).
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Most Americans do not realised how far distances are in the UK (or how awkward things are), I do recall one American at work wanting to see something in Scotland and having to told it was his plane home or thing was not happy. Also is there a Sherlock Holmes museum? So there is well I'll be thank you Google
modified 9-Jul-15 7:53am.
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: Also is there a Sherlock Holmes museum?
Yup, 221/b Baker Street, not kidding  been there loved that.
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Just Googled it, I was under the impression it was a (221 Baker Street) was a Bank branch, As I did have a receipt for £5 that I had out of the cash point there many moons ago!
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Well, the first place I put foot on London's ground was exactly in front of the Sherlock Holmes museum, as the bus from the airport dropped us there 
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Why am I not surprised!
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The head office of the Abbey National Building Society used to be at that address; I worked there in the 70s. And we had frequent visits from Americans who wanted to know "did Sherlock Holmes really live here?". Duh, should have been the response. However, in the spirit of "the customer is always right", we had some leaflets to hand out with lots of useful details about the great man. Strangely the detail that he was a fictional character was not included.
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That's why I mentioned it: it's like an American assuming that Vegas is "next door" to LA, so they can drive there in 20 minutes... 
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One of our US clients lived in South LA and used to go to Vegas for weekends. Having been there myself once was enough!! 
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Yes, thanks. I know that.
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You'd be surprised how many people don't!
Americans and Japanese mostly: for some reason many of them assume that you can cross Europe in any direction in an hour or so by car...
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Yeah I get the all the time here. People come to Washington DC, see the sites and think that you can just hop in a car and drive the Grand Canyon and be back in time for dinner. Most don't realize that it takes hours just to drive out of Texas in any direction from where I live.
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OriginalGriff wrote: takes about 2 hours each way
We have motor cars in England, Welshboy, so it takes nowhere near that (I'ts an hour drive from Portsmouth), guess it's slightly shorter from StoneHenge.
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Clearly you're a man who never tried to use the A303 on a regular basis!
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