and so.

No world cup for us in 2006, then. The Brother says he'll be cheering for Uzbekistan. I may well join him.

an amusing moment, nonetheless

I ended up watching the match in Messrs, as I left it a little too late to get a DART home and ran into the Lansdowne-bound crowds who had Tara Street backed up almost to the doors. A barman recognised me and asked a few polite "haven't seen you in ages" sort of questions, and then allowed as how he'd plugged the bar into Google and my name came up.