Football Fever: Euro 2004 Recap and World Cup Predictions

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Dimitri recently celebrated his graduation with a BSc in mathematics and physics, expressing excitement about starting graduate school soon. The first year will involve extensive coursework across various physics disciplines, after which he will select a thesis topic. The discussion quickly shifted to a celebratory atmosphere, with participants sharing drinks and congratulating Dimitri on his achievements. Conversations also touched on Belgian football, with participants discussing their favorite teams and players, highlighting the cultural significance of sports in Belgium. The party atmosphere was lively, with humor and camaraderie evident as attendees shared drinks and playful banter about their experiences and interests. Overall, the thread encapsulated a mix of celebration, academic aspirations, and social interaction centered around Dimitri's graduation.
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Dimitri's Graduation Party!

C'mon, Tom! It's party time! :biggrin: :biggrin:

In a quote by Dimitri Terryn from another thread:

"I just completed my BSc with a double major in mathematic/physics..."

Congratulations, Dimitri!

We're so VERY proud of you! What are your future plans??
 
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Thanks :smile: Everybody have a beer/lemonade/appeljuice,...

Plans? Grad school starts in a week. First year consist of taking a big course on all the major sub-disciplines (Mathematical physics, particle physics, solid state physics, astrophysics, quantum field theory,...). Year after that, I have to choose a thesis subject and a promoter.

For now, I'll just enjoy this week as much as I can. :-p
 
Dimitri Terryn said:
Thanks :smile: Everybody have a beer/lemonade/appeljuice,...
no vodka? :frown:

Yay Dimitri! :biggrin:
 
congrats, hope grad school aint too tough for ya, which soccer team do you take for, Bruge, Standart de Liege, Anderlecht... i myself take for Anderlecht, i just find it sad they lost lots of good players like Zetterberg, Sciffo, and i believe Razinsky(canadian) too, the Mpenza brothers are pretty good but last time i checked they played for Liege
 
How come you know so much about Belgian football?
I used to go for Anderlecht (the younger Mpenza plays there now BTW), but as of this year a new team from Brussels, F.C. Brussels has entered First Class. It's built on the relics of two older teams, Molenbeek & Strombeek. My great-granddad used to be the goalkeeper for Strombeek back in the thirties, so I've found my new home :smile:

Seriously though, I don't follow football THAT much, but I keep an eye on it.

The party's been going on for a while. Time for more interesting things...
Cocktails & Longdrinks for all! We've got wodka, whisky, Bailey's, Safari, Rum, Pasoa, Amaretto, Port, and plenty of soda & orange juice, so suit yourselves :biggrin:
 
Dimitri Terryn said:
How come you know so much about Belgian football?
I used to go for Anderlecht (the younger Mpenza plays there now BTW), but as of this year a new team from Brussels, F.C. Brussels has entered First Class. It's built on the relics of two older teams, Molenbeek & Strombeek. My great-granddad used to be the goalkeeper for Strombeek back in the thirties, so I've found my new home :smile:

Seriously though, I don't follow football THAT much, but I keep an eye on it.

The party's been going on for a while. Time for more interesting things...
Cocktails & Longdrinks for all! We've got wodka, whisky, Bailey's, Safari, Rum, Pasoa, Amaretto, Port, and plenty of soda & orange juice, so suit yourselves :biggrin:
i have beligian friends they got me interested, its hard for me to follow since i get no coverage of it out here, but you guys are getting a new team, thts fantastic, i'll make sure to keep an eye out for them

i'll have a few beers for you Dimitri, ass soon a school finishes for the day
 
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Here to make a little more visual...
Here's the beer, the liquor and most importantly... DESSERT :cool:
 

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i_wish_i_was_smart said:
i'll have a few beers for you Dimitri, ass soon a school finishes for the day

Looks like you've started drinking already! :smile: :-p

Congratulations Dimitri on making it through undergraduate school! I'm not yet of legal age so I'll take that orange juice, thank you! :smile:

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recon said:
Looks like you've started drinking already! :smile: :-p

Congratulations Dimitri on making it through undergraduate school! I'm not yet of legal age so I'll take that orange juice, thank you! :smile:

Hey, it's a Belgian party, so Belgian law applies. The legal drinking age is 16 I believe, but the practical age limit is something like 12...months :-p So drink away my friend!
 
  • #10
Congrats Dimitri :smile:

Sheersh...(hic) ! :biggrin: :-p
 
  • #11
Congratulations Dimitri! :smile:

Handsome and brilliant! :approve:

I am so proud of you!
 
  • #12
Congratulations Dimitri! :cool: :cool: :cool:
 
  • #13
Where IS that TOM? I'll go find him... Wait! First...
*tosses down a glass of champagne followed by a couple of Belgian chocolates*
Wow. What a GREAT party! Let me go get Tom now...Wait. One more glass of champagne.
*tosses down one more glass*
Yeah. THAT'S better. :biggrin:

TOM! Where are you, TOM??

p.s.
WOW, Dimitri! GRAD school?? That's FANTASTIC! Hey! Are you a NERD or something?? : :smile: :biggrin: :smile: :wink:
 
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Good for you, Dmitri! See, all that hard work was worth it!
What is it they say?
"The tassel is worth the hassle."
:smile:
 
  • #15
Best of luck on your grad career Dmitri, and meanwhile, party hardy.
 
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Tsunami said:
C'mon, Tom! It's party time! :biggrin: :biggrin:

OK, don't git yer knickers in a twist, I had to find something that isn't a birthday party.

Here goes:

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WOOHOO!

The REAL party has finally started!

(Tom your parties are unsurpassed!) :biggrin:
 
  • #18
Congrats Dimitri !
I wish I could come to your physicists party :smile:
You are welcome to mine in Paris. And also to Marlon's in Gent :-p
This is how Manneken piss was invented, you guys have beer partirs all the time !
practical age limit is something like 12...months
Europe rules :-p
 
  • #19
humanino said:
Europe rules :-p
why yes, yes it does, right after Canada :biggrin:
 
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Tom Mattson said:
OK, don't git yer knickers in a twist, I had to find something that isn't a birthday party.

Here goes:

http://deephousepage.com/smilies/party421.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/djparty.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/music487.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/party42.gif

http://deephousepage.com/smilies/bestwishes.gif http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/party/smiley309.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/music049.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/party.gif
[PLAIN]http://deephousepage.com/smilies/party5.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/rasta.gif http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/party/580.gifhttp://deephousepage.com/smilies/beerchug.gif [PLAIN]http://deephousepage.com/smilies/party5.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/drink.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/fun_84.gif http://deephousepage.com/smilies/grinyes.gif http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/party/580.gifhttp://deephousepage.com/smilies/clap.gif
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WOW! Nice job, Tom! I knew we could count on you! :biggrin: Here. Have some champagne! Would you like a Pecan Sandie to go with that? :wink: I find the combination to be absolutely DELIGHTFUL! :biggrin:
Here's to Dimitri! *raises glass, bites cookie, grins* May you breeze through grad school and make a HUGE contribution to science before your 30th birthday! :wink: :biggrin:
 
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Congratulations to Dimitri from Gent...

Belgium rules man...

I also would like to thank Humanino for posting such nice pictures of himself (really, i am not beeing ironic here and i am not gay) and i would really like to come to Paris man...


regards
marlon :cool:
 
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Me Three! :biggrin:
 
  • #23
when do PF members have a party !?

Well, I think Tom's parties could be great anywhere ! I live in a huge house in Paris, student residence, where there would be enough room for every one ! Somebody interested :biggrin: We have the best parties over here :approve:
 
  • #24
Hehe, this was a nice party...
I've been having fun in the real world as well, just gotten home, been on the road since monday :cool:

Humanino, une p'tite fête à Paris me semble une bonne idée :biggrin:
 
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Dimitri Terryn said:
Here to make a little more visual...
Here's the beer, the liquor and most importantly... DESSERT :cool:

Congratulations;

But you are in Belgium, drink some real beer--Chimay Bleu :D mmm love that stuff
 
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Congrats! :smile:

How was it? (The overall experience, I mean.)
 
  • #27
Sous les ponts de Paris lorsque descend la nuit...

Humanino, how does this song continue...
I need to know, so when i come to visit you i will sing this to you...i am a eeuuhh great singer


marlon
 
  • #28
Meh. First year was hard, and boring. Large courses on general physics, analysis, linear algebra en chemistry are not exactly challenging. Having 40h/week of lectures wasn't exactly pleasant as well.

It got better afterwards. Once you get some serious eletrodynamics, mechanics, quantum theory, variational calculus and algebra life gets suddenly more interesting. I thorougly enjoyed my topology and projective & affine geometry courses as well. There were pain-in-the-bleep courses as well, numerical linear algebra and thermodynamics especially were unpleasant.

Socially it was great however. Being surrounded by scores of intelligent, attractive women and being to party everyday (should you want to), while you are supposed to be studying hard creates a wonderful (if somewhat frustrating) creative tension. As long as you can manage with 5h of sleep per day :wink:

I also had the fortune of being able to participate in the university administration as a student representative. Experiencing first-hand all the politics that goed on is very enjoyeable.
 
  • #29
Sous les ponts de Paris, lorsque descend la nuit,
Tout's sort's de gueux se faufil'nt en cachette
Et sont heureux de trouver une couchette,
Hôtel du courant d'air, où l'on ne paie pas cher,
L'parfum et l'eau c'est pour rien mon marquis
Sous les ponts de Paris.

:biggrin:

I think I'd like better accomodation though...
 
  • #30
Congratulations and best wishes for a bright future, Dimitri!

(and be careful someone does not drop something on top of your head while you're under a bridge...)
 
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Dimitri Terryn said:
Sous les ponts de Paris, lorsque descend la nuit,
Tout's sort's de gueux se faufil'nt en cachette
Et sont heureux de trouver une couchette,
Hôtel du courant d'air, où l'on ne paie pas cher,
L'parfum et l'eau c'est pour rien mon marquis
Sous les ponts de Paris.

:biggrin:

I think I'd like better accomodation though...


bedankt Dimitri voor de info...

marlon
 
  • #32
You guys are hilarious :smile:
Dimitri, you saw attractive women following physics lectures ? So Europe really rules !
 
  • #33
Yeahhh, it does, Humanino
 
  • #34
Tut, tut...see what happens when you put a buch of drunk Europeans together in a room ...:rolleyes:
 
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for are you belgians, do you speak french or flammand, or both
 
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i_wish_i_was_smart said:
for are you belgians, do you speak french or flammand, or both


I am from Belgium and my native language is Dutch (like you say : flammand). I also speak French and so does over 95% of the entire Belgian population...


greetz
marlon :cool:
 
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marlon said:
I am from Belgium and my native language is Dutch (like you say : flammand). I also speak French and so does over 95% of the entire Belgian population...


greetz
marlon :cool:
je fesait just demander quel langue maternel que les belges on sur se forum, jai un ami belge, et mon frere est alle en belgique avec son ami, alors je ne suis pas ignorant de vous, et j'essaille le mieu que possible de suivre le foot belge parce que vous avez de bonnes equipes, ALLER ANDERLECHT
 
  • #38
That is terrible. Foot lover spread all over the world. Is it some kind of virus ? :-p
 
  • #39
nope, just the most popular, played,watch sport in the world, Zidane i have to say is my Fav player
 
  • #40
Les équipes belges n'ont jamais atteint de grandes prestations sur le niveau international. Seulement une demi-finale contre l'Argentine en 1986. Quand même on avait un vrai génie "dans le but" a ce temps là. Tu connais son nom : Jean Mari Pfaff. Je te raconte une p'tite coïncidence : Pfaff habite en Belgique dans une ville qui s'appelle Braschaat. Il y a beaucoup de gens riches qui habitent là-bas. Les parents de ma fille (si tu veux voir sa (de ma fille, hmm) photo, regarde au member photo thread) sont les VOISINS de Pfaff et donc par conséquence j'ai eu l'honneur et le plaisir de pouvoir le rencontrer et bavarder. Je t'assure il est extrèmement sympa et down to earth. Pas the caprices, tu vois...

à la prochaine

marlon
 
  • #41
humanino said:
You guys are hilarious :smile:
Dimitri, you saw attractive women following physics lectures ? So Europe really rules !

Well, there was one or two good-looking once attending the lectures. Only I tend to stay clear of physics-people outside of class, I see enough of them there. The rest of the science faculty contains more then enough gorgeous women... (Biology & bio-engineering :-p :biggrin: :cool: )
 
  • #42
marlon said:
Les équipes belges n'ont jamais atteint de grandes prestations sur le niveau international. Seulement une demi-finale contre l'Argentine en 1986. Quand même on avait un vrai génie "dans le but" a ce temps là. Tu connais son nom : Jean Mari Pfaff. Je te raconte une p'tite coïncidence : Pfaff habite en Belgique dans une ville qui s'appelle Braschaat. Il y a beaucoup de gens riches qui habitent là-bas. Les parents de ma fille (si tu veux voir sa (de ma fille, hmm) photo, regarde au member photo thread) sont les VOISINS de Pfaff et donc par conséquence j'ai eu l'honneur et le plaisir de pouvoir le rencontrer et bavarder. Je t'assure il est extrèmement sympa et down to earth. Pas the caprices, tu vois...

à la prochaine

marlon
ah mes ca c'est chouette alors, hehe je parle pas de meme d'habitude, je suis canadien quand meme, hehe mais ca du etre tripant de pouvoir le recontrer, je sais vous n'avait pas des equipe super mondial, mes cest ca que j'aime de vos equipe, se sont lest underdogs, des grosse ligue comme le champions league, pis tout ca
 
  • #43
Dimitri Terryn said:
(Biology & bio-engineering :-p :biggrin: :cool: )
Now that makes more sens to me :approve: :smile:

And by the way : just kidding about the virus thing. I'm infected too, but not as badly as you guys :-p
We were so bad in soccer lately :frown: :cry: :eek:
You should have seen me during the Altanta olympics, almost never sleeping, reduced to a creepy approximate shape of human being, because I was so much into sport. And not in the bad way, not in the "Yeah ! Give me another beer at each action, buddy !" In the "I will be one of them once" way :approve:
Yet, I was creepy : no way to switch the TV on another channel, lost girlfriends for sport and did not even care about it, really spent like 10 hours a day playing basketball during holidays, covered my bedroom's wall with posters, refused to eat great food because of reduced fat program, saved money during so long only to get the last fancy expensive shoes, and so on. Should you have said once "sport is a virus" in my presence, should you not have said twice. Too much sport is dangerous for the brain, and violent reactions indicate high level of addiction :smile: :biggrin: :-p :-p
 
  • #44
marlon said:
(ma fille, hmm) photo, regarde au member photo thread)
Yeah, but we can't see her right, she is always hidden by some kind of bright thing,... Oh, that would be you :wink:

Seriously, we can't see her right :frown:
 
  • #45
i_wish_i_was_smart said:
nope, just the most popular, played,watch sport in the world, Zidane i have to say is my Fav player


Garn, not Zidane! Henry my friend... HE is the man. va va voom!
 
  • #46
Zidane ruled in 98...but is on his decline now. Used to be a time when I was quite crazy about soccer (football/futbol) : adored the likes of Pele, Cryuff, Platini and Beckenbauer (was never really fond of Maradona, especially after Mexico City) but now I've gotten sucked into the wormhole that is American Football...and there seems to be no way out ! :rolleyes:
 
  • #47
jimmy p said:
Garn, not Zidane! Henry my friend... HE is the man. va va voom!
you brits never seem to be on the right track, Zidane is still #1, and Beckham is over rated, now the greeks has gotten there stuff together, the italians are always on the prowl, ths spanish are starving beasts wanting a cup, the portugese are awesome underdogs, but thos is enough rambling for a kid born on ice with skates on his feet :biggrin:
 
  • #48
jimmyp said:
Garn, not Zidane! Henry my friend... HE is the man. va va voom!
Since there seems to be a lot of drunken-speaking here, and being only 15 I've never attended a real party before, I would like to draw attention to the fact that jimmyp has used the word Garn twice, in this thread and over here: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=6340

I tried googling the word but could not find any relevant information. I know it isn't a proper word because I've seen 'My Fair Lady', but what does it mean?

In case, you haven't noticed. I'm trying to type like a drunken person to join in all the merry-making. Thank you Dimitri for drawing attention to the fact that anyone over the age of 12 months can drink.
 
  • #49
Hey! what is wrong with saying "garn"? It is perfectly acceptable.

i wish i was smart said:
you brits never seem to be on the right track, Zidane is still #1, and Beckham is over rated, now the greeks has gotten there stuff together, the italians are always on the prowl, ths spanish are starving beasts wanting a cup, the portugese are awesome underdogs, but thos is enough rambling for a kid born on ice with skates on his feet

Zidane is a has-been, he can be great but not consistent. Beckham has been over-rated for a long time. He is a lame-ass untalented fool. Bring on Shaun Wright-Phillips. The Greeks impressed in Euro 2004 but have you seen them play for the World Cup qualifiers? Spain won't win the WC for ages. Portugal ARE awesome underdogs. Thierry Henry is the MAN. He is #1. Pass me a beer.
 
  • #50
Look guys nowadays there just ain't no real universal and consistent soccer-genius. The last one was Diego Armado Maradonna. Other players that belong in this list are Eusebio, Pele and Beckenbauer...

marlon
 

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