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Sometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.

Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.

Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.

(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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Not quite advice, but funny nonetheless
I phone my mum every night to check that she's keeping ok.

I usually call her at about 10pm, but I was a bit later last night as I was watching the Spain v Italy game which went to penalties.

She had been watching the game as well. She was disappointed that Italy had lost as she "really likes that chap that they showed in the crowd just after the game - he's president of FIFA or something, isn't he?"

"Who? Michel Platini?"

"Yes, that's him."

"You mean Michel Platini, the former French midfielder?"

"Er....but he played for Italy as well, didn't he?"

"Yes mum, he was the only person in the history of international football to play for 2 different countries."

"Are you taking the mickey?"

"Yes mum, sorry."

So there you have it. My mum supported Italy because she likes a man who is actually French.

Blood pressure and vertigo tablets are a heady mix by the looks of it....just say no kids.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 9:52, 7 replies)
Just to be pendatic
He *did* play *in* Italy for a few years, and plenty of people have played for different countries over the years.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 10:47, closed)
Ferenc Puskas for one
Played for Hungary and Spain.

/being a dick
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 10:50, closed)
Also being a dick
De Stefano played for Argentina and Spain.

Get your point though, my Mum used to like Germany because of Denis Bergkamp.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 10:58, closed)
didn't
Eusabio play for two countries as well?
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 11:28, closed)
Christ, I knew that would lure out the pedants!
OK, so within recent memory!

My mum's only showed any interest in footie since I got into it. My enthusiasm is infectious apparently.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 11:43, closed)
Robert Prosinecki
The only player to have scored in World Cup Finals for two different teams.


Take that!
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 11:50, closed)
Yugoslavia and Croatia?
Yes, I had considered those situations where one country becomes several others (Yugoslavia, USSR, etc), or vice versa (East/West Germany becoming Germany, for instance), but as my mum had already revealed her startling lack of footballing knowledge, it was a safe thing for me to say for comedic purposes.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 13:23, closed)

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