Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Life's easiest jobs, part 15: A bookmaker in Argentina


With just 50 days to go to the beginning of the greatest sporting contest on the planet (hint: USA isn't very good at this sport) we check in on the Mision Mundial dedicated page at Argentina's biggest circulating newspaper, Clarín, to check on a reader's poll. The question asked is:

"Who will be the next World Cup Champion?"

Here's are the results so far:
  1. Argentina 51.1% (33107 votes)
  2. Spain 19.3% (12506 votes)
  3. Brazil 11.9% (7720 votes)
  4. Germany 3.1% (2008 votes)
  5. Uruguay 2.7% (1757 votes)
  6. Chile 2.6% (1712 votes)
  7. England 2.6% (1697 votes)
  8. Holland 1.5% (943 votes)
  9. Italy 1.4% (881 votes)
  10. South Africa 1% (673 votes)
  11. Portugal 0.6% (394 votes)
  12. France 0.4% (251 votes)
  13. Other 1.8%(1134 votes)

Just more proof that Argentina lives in its own little world, hermetically sealed off from reality.

Leguis served, the end.


UPDATE:
I pie with my little eye....