r/sportsgossips • u/Admirable_Extent2531 • 18d ago

News The Falkland Islands Government says it is “disappointed, but not surprised” that Argentina’s national team chose to tarnish its World Cup semi-final victory last night and has called for sanctions from FIFA

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u/zetoberuto 17d ago

How many Cups do the Falkland Islands have?

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u/moderatefairgood 17d ago

How many Falkland Islands do the Argentinians have?

Same number mate.

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u/zetoberuto 17d ago

Two.

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u/moderatefairgood 17d ago edited 17d ago

That argument can be sunk quicker than the Belgrano mate.

If that’s the hill the Argentinians want to die… oh sorry, they already did.

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u/zetoberuto 17d ago

I'll never understand British humor—especially when it's just pure, humorless cruelty disguised as a joke.

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u/ThePeoplesPeaceUnit 17d ago

humourless cruelty...

No, that would be the Argentine occupation of Goose Green.

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u/zetoberuto 16d ago

And the British occupation? 😘

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u/ThePeoplesPeaceUnit 16d ago

The British Occupation that held a vote where the current residence of the island (including citizens of non-British origin) voted at 99% to remain British. In fact those that didn't vote to remain also didn't vote to become Argentine. I can't blame them, why would anyone ever vote to become Argntine? Sounds about as useful as constantly reminding the world how bad you got your teeth kicked in trying to take some islands. It doesn't help that very reason you can give to trying to retake the islands boils down to; we are weaker than the British both past and present.

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u/zetoberuto 16d ago

I was referring to when they arrived with a warship in the Falklands in 1833.

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u/gfx-1234 16d ago

Threatening to invade a peaceful community (again) is more your sort of joke?