They filed through the moving pictures, as they were called into the Stadium, with just enough time to get an initial impression on who looked best in their plus ones.

Standout would have to go to the Netherlands. Nice cut. Good use of colour. Classy vibe.

Another that proved pleasing on the eye, but would take a more urban look, was the look on Jamaica, given a viewing below with the Usain Bolt.

We also like the addition of the cravat in the Romanian men’s and the San Marino women’s, but we have yet to find images. If we do, we will attach!

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McCawesomeness

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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm – Sir Winston Churchill

LOVE.

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[M-u-liss]

Adjective

[1] Seeking to emulate or imitate someone or something. [2] Motivated by a spirit of rivalry: “emulous young writers”.

[Pe-remp-tor-e-ness]

Noun

Meaning – [1] Putting an end to all debate or action. [2] Not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative. [3] Having the nature of or expressing a command; urgent. [4] Offensively self-assured; dictatorial.

adjective – peremptory

adverb – peremptorily 

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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[Scur-ril-is]

Adjective
Meaning – [1] Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation: “a scurrilous attack”. [2] Humorously insulting.

[E·thear·re·al]

Adjective
Meaning – [1] Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world. [2] Heavenly or spiritual.

iamjonnyking has just come across the video of the new French national colours in Rugby Union, which have been unveiled.

With Adidas back as sponsor, it may not surprise you that they have decided to continue in the opposition direction from the darker jersey, which was Nike’s bright idea, in 2007.

One interesting reality of this release is the use of, “All Bleus“, some definite brand association with Black, but also likely indicates Adidas’s desire to intimately connect with one of the dominant forces in European and Northern Hemisphere rugby, in a similar way to All Blacks rugby. Read the rest of this entry »

[Bur-lesk]

Noun – burlesques, plural
Meaning – [1] A parody or comically exaggerated imitation of something, esp. in a literary or dramatic work. [2] Humor that depends on comic imitation and exaggeration; absurdity. [3] A variety show, typically including striptease.

Verb – burlesqued, past participle; burlesqued, past tense; burlesques, 3rd person singular present; burlesquing, present participle
Meaning – Cause to appear absurd by parodying or copying in an exaggerated form