Lee Ridley

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Everything I know about people, I learnt from pens. If they don’t work, you shake them. If they still don’t work – you chuck them away, bin them!

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Yeah, Americans still don't quite get 'soccer' #fail @badjournalism

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610 days ago

Yeah, Americans still don't quite get 'soccer' #fail

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MarketMeSuite 608 days ago

Oh my goodness this is too funny!

falameufilho 609 days ago

It's a joke. And a traditional one: http://tinyurl.com/2fjzyhs

readinrobin 609 days ago

Hey, if it's not a loss then it must be a win!

MooMooMags 609 days ago

Haha, nah you don't get it. Anytime England doesn't win, it's a win!

rolandhulme 609 days ago

Also, let us not forget that in 1950, when USA beat England, British newspapers assumed it was a typo and reported a victory for England instead.

rolandhulme 609 days ago

As my French friends said: "It was ze victory for zee Americans, non? Because zey did not let zee English win." Totally justified cover in my books.

youreaphony 609 days ago

Hahah what the hell

Chrisfladgate 609 days ago

Google 'Harvard beats Yale 29-29' - was also made as a doco recently.

JayChoc 609 days ago

They can't lose at this rate. I wish our papers were a little more behind the team

Chrisfladgate 609 days ago

its a ref to a Harv v Yale tied f'ball game. H had big comeback and H paper read "Harv wins!"

Phil73805 609 days ago

It isn't irony. It's classic American thinking. Win, lose or draw? Irrelevant. Declare a win!

NickSpillum 609 days ago

Absolutely love it!!!

ElizabethR1533 609 days ago

It's either a joke, or they don't get it. It's certainly not irony!

lee_ridley 609 days ago

For the record, I realise it's meant to be irony! I just chose to ignore that part!

Xurumei 609 days ago

There're lots of headlines that 'should' have quotation marks around them. Terrible fit on this one!

Al__S 609 days ago

Or, perhaps, they were trolling?

MacSmiley 610 days ago

A psychological "win" at best, i.e. not a loss, should have quotation marks around it.