World Cup 2014: Why is it that football stereotypes appear to be so closely...
As the World Cup 2014 kicks off, we can look at some of the top teams in the tournament and notice that how they play the game is remarkably close to how they are perceived in the world of culture,...
View ArticleWC2014: Australia vs the Netherlands and what do rabbits think
“The greatest heroes are often accidental heroes – retiring, reluctant, thrust into the limelight by chance”. That is how an article in the Guardian starts about Paul the Octopus and his famous...
View ArticleWC2014: Chili against the Netherlands – Nora the rabbit predicts …
OK – Nora was wrong the last time … I had to stop myself from saying “I told you so”. It felt a bit childish to say this to a rabbit, but alas it is Nora the Office Rabbit, the substitute for Paul the...
View ArticleWC2014: NL vs Mexico: ‘Naranja Mecánica’ is going to make Orange the new Black
Nora confirms what the whole Dutch Nation is hoping for Orange is the new black – she ran for the heap of lettuce with the Dutch flag and completely ignored the pile with the Mexican flag. That does...
View ArticleUhohh WC2014 #NEDARG what have rabbit body language and football in common?
Tonight’s the night. Netherlands vs Argentina in the semi finals of the World Cup 2014. And that meant an early start today to find out what Nora the office rabbit would predict as outcome. Gosh! She...
View ArticleBummer – ‘we’ lost the WC2014 semi-finals
The morning after … I just couldn’t be bothered yesterday evening to go and talk to Nora, the office rabbit, after the Dutch team lost the semi-finals to the Argentineans. I have to admit I’ve been...
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