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When they reached the Nelson Mandela stadium, the 40,000-capacity
crowd, who had paid the equivalent of nearly two pounds for the
privilege of fixing their eyes on the trophy, erupted with joy. Then it
was whisked back out of the country.
No one got to touch it. No one ever gets to touch it. "Ah-ah, don't go any closer please," was Russell's constant warning yesterday to the hundreds of Katine villages who lined up to have snaps taken beside the grail. There is disappointment but no revolt; basking in its presence will suffice. "I'm so happy," beamed 19-year-old Daniel Okei. "I thought that trophy only existed on TV. But now I've been closer to it than Steven Gerrard ever has!"
!sNoRt! Full article here, with some Premiership trophy info I did not know. Via Uncle Fiver (you, um, do subscribe, yes?).
UPDATE
Completely unrelated, I just heard the new Wilco single, which sounds like bad George Harrison circa 331/3. My review:
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