From: Adrian on
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>> BTW - did you hear that the FA have already appointed the new England
>> coach? It'll be picking the team up from Heathrow on Monday.

> Oh ye of little faith.

Did you hear that the FA have announced a new sponsor? Oxo. They'll be
releasing a cube that's white, with a red cross through it. It's going to
be called the "Laughing Stock".
From: bod on
Adrian wrote:
> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>>>>>> The cumulative audience is probably around 26 billion but to be
>>>>>> fair,
>
>>>>> I'm aware that it's broadcast around the world. I hadn't realised
>>>>> that the audience extended to the rest of the galaxy, and possibly
>>>>> beyond.
>
>>>> If you'd read it properly, it said the 'cumulative' audience, which
>>>> includes repeats etc.
>
>>> How many games in this WC have you watched, Bod?
>
>> Why do you want to know?
>
> Genuine question - how many?
>
>

About half of them.

Bod
From: Adrian on
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>>>>>>> The cumulative audience is probably around 26 billion but to be
>>>>>>> fair,

>>>>>> I'm aware that it's broadcast around the world. I hadn't realised
>>>>>> that the audience extended to the rest of the galaxy, and possibly
>>>>>> beyond.

>>>>> If you'd read it properly, it said the 'cumulative' audience, which
>>>>> includes repeats etc.

>>>> How many games in this WC have you watched, Bod?

> About half of them.

So - at the end of the group stage - eight groups, each group six
matches, that's a total of 48 matches - of which you've watched about 24
so far.

If you're typical, that makes about 1bn people worldwide - one in seven
of the world's population.

To be frank, I don't believe that.

26bn worldwide by the end of the whole thing, p'raps. Another 16 matches,
none of which clash, so I expect you'll watch 'em all.

Again - assume you're typical. You've seen 40 matches, that turns that
cumulative 26bn into "only" 650m. A bit over twice the population of the
US, against the original cumulative of nearly four times the entire
global population.

So - your original guess of "several" billion. Half the world's
population? A third?
From: bod on
Adrian wrote:
> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>>> BTW - did you hear that the FA have already appointed the new England
>>> coach? It'll be picking the team up from Heathrow on Monday.
>
>> Oh ye of little faith.
>
> Did you hear that the FA have announced a new sponsor? Oxo. They'll be
> releasing a cube that's white, with a red cross through it. It's going to
> be called the "Laughing Stock".
>
>

We'll see, sundays match is not a forgone conclusion for Germany.

Bod
From: Adrian on
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>>>> BTW - did you hear that the FA have already appointed the new England
>>>> coach? It'll be picking the team up from Heathrow on Monday.

>>> Oh ye of little faith.

>> Did you hear that the FA have announced a new sponsor? Oxo. They'll be
>> releasing a cube that's white, with a red cross through it. It's going
>> to be called the "Laughing Stock".

> We'll see, sundays match is not a forgone conclusion for Germany.

I'm looking at the weather forecast for Hell, and it's considerably
warmer than zero deg c.