Final World Cup 2010 Post, I Promise

First of all congrats to Spain on winning their first World Cup.  Anyone who watched the game has to admit that Spain was certainly the better team and played a better game.  For a while though I thought it might have been an Olympic year and we were watching the diving competition, BA-ZING. But really, anytime you get to see a team win something it's never won before, it's pretty cool.  Even if it gives Asha a heart attack.

Via my buddy Duff's status on the Book, this quote is pretty good: 

"The Dutch are now Europe’s version of the NFL's Buffalo Bills, having gone to the finals three times and lost them all. Or, perhaps Holland is the new Cleveland, given the whining and poor sportsmanship with which they greeted tonight’s loss."

And speaking of Clevelanders, via Elysse, it seems some people are having a hard time giving up World Cup drivel, aka, Paul the Octopus.

I think the only fair way is settle the dispute of the rights to Paul (besides possession being 9/10th of the law, so you have that going Germany) is to give Paul one last choice - put the choosing-contraption in the tank with each of the countries claiming a right to him and let him pick where he wants to retire to.  I mean, the octopus picked the World Cup games right, the least you could do is give him his psychically-induced free will back.  It could be a Disney moment, like the freeing of the Genie at the end of Aladdin.

(Photo Credit: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

UPDATE: I said last post, but I never said last update.  Yeah loopholes. D. Will has a good recap of the tournament over at Discount Thoughts & Opinions.