We Qualified !!!!!!!

[joggerjayne]

Yaaaayyyy!!!!

Switzerlaaaaaaaaaaand !!!

:0)

:0)

Well, you know, I mean the BF is happy, so I'll support them.

Who's next? Argentina?

Bring 'em on. Quarter Finals here we come.

[boxtops]

Is this football....?

[sandyRoe]

Do you think it altogether seemly to be celebrating when so many of your fellow ABers are still in deep shock after Englands untimely exit?

[joggerjayne]

// is this football? //

Yes, for the Swiss.

No, for us.

[Psybbo]

Sandy, very drole

[berniecuddles]

what shock?

[joggerjayne]

Sorry, sandy?

Is there doom and gloom around?

Well look, the people who are really gloomy are the people who run the big screen on the beach. Now that England are out, the big screen compound is a good place to go if you want a bit of peace and quiet.

[inksplotter]

No, Sandy. The whole world is commiserating after England being knocked out...

Jayne will celebrate by a stein of beer and a large Toblerone.

[jno]

the Swiss offer something for the ladies as well

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4926276.stm

"A swarthy mountaineer gives a steamy look, while Mr Switzerland 2005 gently milks a cow's udders..."

[aelmpvw]

hardly a surprise when the swiss are ranked higher than england these days :-)

[boxtops]

JJ, the council here removed our big screen a few months back - total waste of time and ratepayers' money. Yours will be much better used than ours was (thought - perhaps yours IS ours....)

[joggerjayne]

Well, the beach was packed for the early games.

Now everyone has lost interest.

They do show movies. Those are popular.

I'm just imagining that, for the Argentina game, there will just be me standing on my own in front of the screen, lol

At least I'll be able to get to the bar.

[Svejk]

its refreshing to see a girl, in this day and age, who shows due deference to her man. Well done jj.

[joggerjayne]

I hadn't thought of it in those terms.

:0(

[joggerjayne]

I just thought it was jolly that the Swiss ...

... who make cuckoo clocks, and watches, and chocolate, and teach skiing ...

... and have a part time, Wednesday night football team ...

have qualified for the knockout stages.

[Svejk]

so your bf is actually swiss. I thought he just worked there. they won the European nations cup a few years back, I think.

[joggerjayne]

No, he's actually Swiss. Well half, coz his mum is Italian.

So they won a competition? I thought they were a bit of a Mickey Mouse team.

I think they said on the radio that we are playing them in our first Euro 2016 qualifying game. Have I got that right?

[Svejk]

^ignore that, I could have sworn they did.

[joggerjayne]

Oh. So, they didn't?

:0(

[Svejk]

they used to have a good team. don't know what they're like now.

[joggerjayne]

Well, they beat ... err ...

Whoever else was in their group.