World Cup, after England
16 Number of hours German police officers in Dachau spent learning useful phrases in English for dealing with England fans, such as ‘you are under arrest’ and ‘I need to search you’.
50,000 Number of two-and-a-half pint glasses in the shape of the World Cup trophy bought at Tesco in the past three weeks. ‘The most patriotic place seems to be Tunbridge Wells,’ says a spokesman.
8.8 Average mark (out of 10) that visiting supporters have given Germany for their hospitality during the World Cup.
45m Number of sausages sold by Tesco to lightly char on the 7.5 million disposable barbecues bought at the store since the competition began.
20% Reduction in people shopping at 4pm yesterday compared with a normal Saturday.
4m Number of cans and bottles of beer bought at Sainsbury’s yesterday.
for me the night of saturday wasnt enjoyable at all.i saw two of my favourite(and the only ones left after argentina) teams -England and Brazil lose.the english team fought really hard down to 10 men and it was the more exciting of the 2 matches.i now dont see a reason to follow the cup anymore.the only solace coming day before yesterday with india winning a low scoring match which i didnt watch at ll.though it was nice to see the team winning.
Comment by Avi — July 4, 2006 @ 6:56 am