Monday Meanderings - July 5th

Happy post-Independence Day to all of you. We had a family-filled 4th - Rob and family are here and if we can figure out how to get all of us and all our stuff there, the beach is in the forecast. Along with some rain.

Thank goodness the World Cup is winding down and we have some gaps between games - because it's time to watch the Tour de France. Of course, unlike some members of the family, we are not there in person but must watch on TV. On the other hand, we do get to see the beginning and end and all the important stuff in between, and not just stand there and get 20 seconds of peleton whizzing by.

During the Cup, we have been interested in the national anthems of the various participating countries. Some we are familiar with - most are new to us, and of course we don't understand the languages, so we can only guess at what the players are singing. Like we're pretty sure -

•  The Swiss team sang, "We have more cows than you and our cheese is better."
• Ghana sang, "Our fans are too busy doing the Elephant Dance to watch us play."
• The Brazilians were singing, "Ole, ole, ole. Brazil, Brazil." Now they are singing "Oy veh, Oy veh. Exile, exile."
• The Argentinians were singing,  "Our coach is shorter than your coach  and dresses better, besides."
• And the French were singing "We won't play together and you can't make us."

Seen on a tee shirt:  My Bad  -- Eve

And if you get your World Cup and your Tour de France recordings mixed up, here's what you get--