{"id":99,"date":"2006-06-30T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/06\/30\/soccer-addict\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T03:02:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T07:02:17","slug":"soccer-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/06\/30\/soccer-addict\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Tool of the day? You decide:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 3px solid white;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/72\/178524333_04db522455_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"172\" \/> Beijing  &#8211; A Beijing soccer fan refused to let the small matter of his house burning down disturb his enjoyment of Tuesday&#8217;s World Cup match between France and Spain.<\/div>\n<p>A fire broke out in a hutong in the center of the Chinese capital at 3am local time Wednesday &#8212; kickoff time in Hanover &#8212; and gutted the traditional courtyard dwelling, the Beijing Daily Messenger reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8220;When the neighbors shouted &#8216;fire!&#8217;, I took my little baby and ran out in my nightclothes,&#8221; the man&#8217;s wife told the paper.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>&#8220;My husband paid no attention to the danger, just grabbed the television and put it under his arm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After getting out of the house, he then set about finding an electric socket to plug in and continue watching his game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what do you think?  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