Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/14/fotw/
The English: 'bebados arruaceiros e nojentos imbecis'
A Portugeezer writes
Posted in Odds and Sods, 14th July 2006 14:38 GMT
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FoTW In 1969, El Salvador invaded Honduras as a result of a bit of argy-bargy at a World Cup qualifying match, in what came to be rather splendidly known as The Soccer War (http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/sierra/soccer1969.htm).
Fast forward to 2006, and it looked for a while as if England - to avenge the Cristiano Ronaldo/Wayne Rooney outrage - might be obliged to restore national pride by dispatching elite battalions of pot-bellied footie fans to rough up the Algarve a bit.
Mercifully, the crisis passed, but not before the Hearts of Oak had fuelled the fire by offering Ronaldo for sale on eBay (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/05/ronaldo_transferred/), and indulging in some light FIFA young player of the year vote-rigging (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/06/national_emergency/).
Naturally, the Portuguese weren't going to take this lying down, as Paulo Pires's email proves:
este artigo e tipico de um povo de bebados arruaceiros e nojentos imbecis. foi a ultima vez que visitei o vosso imbecil sitio. adeus
This translates as:
this article is typical of a nation of rioting drunks and disgusting idiots. It's the last time I ever visit your idiotic site. goodbye
It's a pity Paulo doesn't speak German, in which case he could have added Inselaffen to his list of insults, as featured in a recent letters (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/02/letters/page2.html). Mind you, he must have a pretty good command of English, otherwise we'd have to assume he'd entirely missed the point of all our Ronaldo frivolity and had simply gone off on one while crazed by a excess of strong coffee, pasteis de nata (http://pie.allrecipes.com/az/PrtgsCstrdTrtsPstisdNt.asp) and fado (http://www.portugal-live.net/UK/essential/culture-music.html). ®