World Cup

So, Korea is playing in Germany for the 2006 World Cup. For those of you who are not familiar with soccer, let me explain the sport....

1. Get 11 guys with nice legs. Put them in silky shorts.
2. Get another 11 guys with nice legs. They can wear silky shorts too.
3. Have 20 men run around HUGE field until they are positively DRIPPING with sweat. Put other 2 in cages at either end of the field.
4. Drink some beer.
5. Be thankful that Korean soccer jersey is perfect red for skin tone and hair colour and not that kind of red that makes you look like you are sick. Add red sandals, earrings, face tattoo, arm tattoos ("Korea Fighting!"), bandana ("We are twelfth!" - whatever that means), red rubber bracelets and light-up devil horns.
6. Go to outdoor square to watch match on huge screen with 47 million of your closest friends, including every single one of your students.
7. Drink some beer.
8. Stomp feet and clap. Scream "Dae han min gook!".
9. Decide square is too crowded and go to nearest Waguk bar (Julianna's again) to, um, drink some more beer?
10. Continue watching game.
11. Remember that it is a school night. Use bar coaster to write down names and numbers of cutest players for use in class the next day.
12. When sweaty men with nice legs finally stop running around field, and begin to hug and roll on ground with each other, it means that there was a goal. Cheer like mad.
13. Wake up next morning with barely enough time to get to school, scrape face tattoo off in taxi, begin each class with list of Korean players found in pocket on bar coaster (how did that get there) and why Young Pyo (#12) is the cutest player.

And that, my friends, is World Cup in Korea.

p.s. Ummm, right. They played Togo and won 2:1. Next match is against France on Sunday.... ummm, my students told me that France's star player hurt his leg or something and that Korea will win.