NPR had a story on tonight, about Dutch soccer fans having their shorts confiscated at the stadium because the shorts had a brewery logo which was not Budweiser, the company with pouring rights at the Word Cup. I didn't see that match, I'm sure I would have noticed crowd shots of people in their underpants.
Actually, I did see one guy in his underpants. The crowd shots at the opening of the Italy vs. US match (Un match complètement fou! according to the commentators) included a shirtless young man in blue underpants singing along with the Italian national anthem. I had assumed he was just showing off his muscles, but now I wonder whether his shirt and shorts were confiscated for having brand logos from companies which were not World Cup sponsors.
What I'm really wondering about was the (French) guy at the France vs. Korea match, waving a live chicken around during the Marseilles.
Yeah, that makes total sense. Your orange Bavaria lederhosen, no good. Hot Italian guy, depants yourself immediately. But the dude with the poultry gets waved on through.
183 words | June 19, 2006 09:38 PM | Real true story