Green and gold fever has reached fever-pitch in South Africa. Yep, RWC- Ebola has reached epidemic proportions and it is near impossible not to be assaulted by wave after wave of unrelenting mass hysteria. The RWC 2007 final is here and you can try and run, but you won’t be able to hide from it.
I drove past two of the neighbourhood schools this morning and every school kid was dressed in green and gold (t-shirts, face paint, SA flags… the whole shebang!) in support of the Springbok Rugby team. From what I can gather schools (and businesses) throughout South Africa are doing the same. IT IS FRIGGIN AWESOME!!
A lot of people are bandwagon fans of a sports team. Nothing wrong with that I suppose, other than that it can be a little annoying when a random stranger starts talking about rugby when it is clear they do not know the first thing about the sport.
To these people I say, become a bandwagon hater. We all despise the English rugby team right now, so just follow the trend and hate them too. I find myself taking jibes at Johnny Wilkinson for no reason at all, other than he kicked his team into the final.
I don’t know if bandwagon hating is just as bad as (or if it is even the same thing) bandwagoning itself, but it’s a lot easier to hate things for no reason than to like them and to have to draw on 20 hours of SuperSport programming to back up your reasoning.
(shamelessly borrowed from Del’s blog)
Update: Seems were aren’t the only ones that have gone completely bonkers over tomorrow’s final. Read this.
LOL. I’ve not seen an outpouring of patriotism of this magnitude since 1994!
And yes, I am proudly wearing my Springbok rugby shirt. Green and gold all the way, baby!!!
We’re going to win!! We’re going to win!! Already seen 2 fellow SA supporters at work wearing the green and gold
I’m so going to get teased like there is no tomorrow if we don’t win though as all my English colleagues are getting it from me at the moment!
I love the rugby. Off to watch the 3rd and 4th places tonight too. Woohoo!!! I hope Argentina come in last because they played a DIRTY DIRTY game against us!
Aww, there there.
Are the little South Africans just jealous that we’ve got a better team? Yes they are. Yes they are.
How cute!
Incidentally I’d like to point out I have no interest whatsoever in sport, I just felt that the comments lacked a stereostypical English view point.
@Rabbit – I don’t really think you’ve got the better team at all. I wouldn’t definitely admit if SA wasn’t the stronger team but seriously dude, WE’RE GOING TO KICK YOUR ASSES!!!
Ib: Same here, boet. I am even wearing green boxer shorts… haha. Corny… right?
Losing is not an option I am considering. I am hoping that because the RWC kicked off on my birthday, that this is the year the Boks bring home the cup. Superstitious much?
Miss M: I have date with a big screen plasma TV (and a moerse hangover) for tomorrows night’s game.
If we lose by any chance… it can only be that “we was robbed”.
Rabbit: I’d so like to kick your arse right now. Just for the fun of it.
What’s the vibe in England like at the moment? Are people donning English rugby shirts too?
@Chitty – I have a date with a pub this evening and a bad hangover tomorrow and another date with ANOTHER pub tomorrow along with a braai before hand and another hectic hangover
Aren’t we dedicated? hehehe
I truly do love The World Cup
Chitty, even our tea-lady is wearing green and gold today. How’s that for support!
Johnny might be standing next to Lord Nelson, but SA’s Nelson still has the magic, like he had in 1995.
I have to say I am a total bandwagon jumper. Don’t know ape shit about rugby. I know who Johny is but I can’t name any other current England player. Oh yes I can, Dallagalio (sp), he is well fit
However I have to say it is more than just bandwagon jumping, if your country’s team are involved in something major, you have to support them. It is only natural. Look at the Olympics, how many people can honestly say they are interested in a whole lot of lycra clad men running super fast. But the whole country suddenly become athletics mad because their national pride is at stake. Their are rare occasions that bring people together in this day and age, so don’t knock it. It is nice. Now who will I be supporting hmmmmmm????
Borrow away, Green & Gold is here to stay!! I’m counting down the hours to the game!
But I feel like an Afrikaner during the Boer war. Not a bloody Castle in sight!!
Enjoy the pubs and the braais guys and girls. I’ll be having breakfast with my plasma TV rugby game.
Hah.
One of us is going to be upset in a few hours time eh Chitty?
Wonder who?
GO ENGLAND!!!
Seems like everyone is still off celebrating. YAY BOKKE!!!
I have my desktop wallpaper set to the Boys with the trophy and my English colleagues are depressed as hell.
mwahahahaha!!! ‘Tis the small pleasures in life that make it worthwhile… like saying, “I told you so!”
You are demorilasing society with you kid with his middle finger up. Its his and his parents case if they do not care for doing this…its no reason for you to use it to affect viewers’ morals.
Chaim for you and the kids parents