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Keep the yanks out of paradise
Rat, who can't remember his way round this bloody thing. Started conversation Feb 27, 2004
Apparently, Landon Donovan has been linked with a move to paradise (no, I didn't read it in the paper either) which has resulted in my local supporters group starting a 'keep the yanks out of paradise' campaign. I asked them why and they said for obvious reasons. can anybody fill me in?
Keep the yanks out of paradise
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Feb 27, 2004
Hi, Rat. If Landon Donovan is a rich celebrity, he can probably afford to go to nice places that most of the rest of us can't. I think one of the Beatles owned property on the island of Maui, which is regarded by paradise by some. It isn't cheap to live there, though.
Switzerland is another place that some regard as paradise. Trouble is, you have to get the government's permission to move there. 
Keep the yanks out of paradise
Evangeline Posted Feb 27, 2004
The Southerners' term for those above the Mason Dixon Line is actually Yankees.
Yanks would include us Southerners as well as you Yankees. 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Feb 27, 2004
I'm a Mets fan, myself.
The Red Sox are good, too. 
Keep the yanks out of paradise
Rat, who can't remember his way round this bloody thing. Posted Feb 28, 2004
landon donovan = footballer from (I think)washington
Paradise = Glasgow Celtic
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Evangeline Posted Feb 28, 2004
Paul,
There is a reason that my page literally drips L.S.U. purple and gold. The closest thing we have to a professional sports team is in New Orleans(Saints) and we refer to them more often as "the Ain'ts" because they most certainly "ain't going to win".
Hi, Rat. The web page says he's from California. Could be they just don't want outsiders in the team. Sort of ruins the local pride sort of thing. Certainly how it felt here when Baton Rouge tried to start a soccer team. Half the team was from Jamaica, and the other half was from everywhere else except here. That lasted all of one season *sigh*. Mind you, it probably didn't help that the team was called the Baton Rouge Bombers.
Keep the yanks out of paradise
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Feb 28, 2004
I have no opinion one way or the other about where professional athletes go during their careers. I think it's sad to see 35-year-old men playing the same games that they were playing when they were 15,
but maybe that's just me.
Think about what you were doing when you were 15. How would you like to be 35 or 40, and still be stuck in that same rut?
Even the Beach Boys recognized the need to move on sometimes
I'm getting bummed driving up and down the same old strip.
I want to find a new place where the kids are hip....
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- 1: Rat, who can't remember his way round this bloody thing. (Feb 27, 2004)
- 2: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Feb 27, 2004)
- 3: Evangeline (Feb 27, 2004)
- 4: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Feb 27, 2004)
- 5: Rat, who can't remember his way round this bloody thing. (Feb 28, 2004)
- 6: Evangeline (Feb 28, 2004)
- 7: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Feb 28, 2004)
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