Am I a traitor?

So.

The French beat us. 20-18… and NZ is out of the Rugby World Cup. In the Quarter Finals. I don’t think many people thought that would happen.

And to think I got up at 8am to watch it… dragging Shannon with me. Who only realised quite near the end that it wasn’t actually the final of the world cup - and then couldn’t comprehend why we’d gotten up so early to watch it.

I was ready for us to win. Had a load of witty remarks about how disgusted the French must be with the presence of the NZ Rugby ball, or countless posters of Dan Carter all around Paris.

But no. We’re out.

A repeat of 1999, we won’t hear the end of it for a while. As one (foreign) workmate said on Friday, he’d hate for New Zealand to lose because then the whole country would go into mourning for months.

He’s not too far wrong.

I realised only once I got home from the supermarket that my choice of lunch wasn’t overly patriotic - a loaf of French bâtard bread, and a roll of camembert.

Ah well.

October 7, 2007 | Filed Under General, La France 

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8 Responses to “Am I a traitor?”

  1. WendySkeleton on October 8th, 2007 5:40 pm
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    I feel your pain. Remember Australia vs England. It was a sad day. Goddamn Pommies.

  2. Ben on October 8th, 2007 8:59 pm
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    Unbelievable huh? Neither of us will be in the final - even worse, both of us are out in the quarter finals!

    There’s a division of feeling in NZ on the matter. I’m in the, oh well, at least Australia didn’t get through either.

    Fairly strong camp saying that it would have been better if you had, so that at least one of us was in the final.

    Strange day when we wish you’d done better than us in the World Cup.

  3. Shannon on October 8th, 2007 9:08 pm
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    WHO CARES! Its just the freaking rugby people. I was only there for the mink and the napping - once I realised it wasn’t THE game.

  4. Ben on October 8th, 2007 9:19 pm
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    You’re a bad New Zealander.

  5. Shannon on October 8th, 2007 9:36 pm
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    Pft. You’re a bad NZ’der

  6. Ben on October 8th, 2007 10:59 pm
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    Um. But I watched the Rugby.

    And wanted to watch the Rugby.

    And enjoyed watching the Rugby.

    And was upset that we lost the Rugby.

  7. Shannon on October 9th, 2007 8:47 am
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    I watched the rugby too. And I was the one that dragged you out of bed. Without me you would have slept thoough it, so I’m better than you by default.

  8. Ben on October 9th, 2007 6:17 pm
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    Pfff you kept me up the night before deliberately trying to sabotage the rugby watching.

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