# World Cup defeat from a magnetic field?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-defeat-from-a-magnetic-field/115650>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-defeat-from-a-magnetic-field/115650 "2002-06-24T03:51:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-defeat-from-a-magnetic-field/115650/21 "2002-06-26T04:37:51Z")

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Say, I just found a sense of humor laying over here in the corner…Anybody lost one?..

…Princhester?

😃

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-defeat-from-a-magnetic-field/115650/22 "2002-06-26T05:05:52Z")

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Caution: the contents of this post may have become inverted during trans-pacific transportation. Residents of the United States of America should invert several times before consumption or serious lack of humour may result.

[do you think that should be my sig line? this is not the first time this has happened]

**DDG** , the thing in the corner is actually Anna Kournikova’s spare vagina. She threw it there after reading this thread and realising that it was redundant.

And you picked it up. Eeewww.

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-defeat-from-a-magnetic-field/115650/23 "2002-06-26T07:52:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by msmith537 \*  
> **"When they looked closer they worked out that the system was actually meant for creating a powerful electromagnetic current and field, the capacity of which varied from several variables that were coming from dozens of computers. Authorities are looking for one Wiley E. Coyote who is wanted for questioning."**

Very funny, but it’s Wile E. Coyote.

**Beeblebrox** : Water is diamagnetic, and would be repelled by a strong magnetic field.

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