# Thank god the damm thing is over

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 30, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692 "2002-06-30T13:26:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692/41 "2002-07-02T00:51:16Z")

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And only two years untill Euro 2004. Why, I think I’m gonna start an MPSIMS thread right now!

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692/42 "2002-07-02T01:04:29Z")

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Malvinas – Falkland Islands reference??

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692/43 "2002-07-02T01:09:24Z")

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Yes. The Spanish name for the Islands.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692/44 "2002-07-02T02:07:21Z")

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I thought the “Malvinas” gag was hilarious… until I learned Estilicon was from Argentina.

It WAS clever, it was just too low a blow.

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-the-damm-thing-is-over/116692/45 "2002-07-02T06:46:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*I’m glad it is over… hopefully now people will stop talking about it \*\*

Since you live in the States, I seriously doubt you’ve had to put up with people talking about it nonstop. Except on these boards, and nobody’s forcing you to read those threads, are they? :rolleyes:

And Mersavets, FWIW, I got the joke.

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