Eigentore* ohne Ende
German hospitals are frantically unlocking and dusting off delivery rooms everywhere as the nation prepares for a dramatic surge in births nine months following the soccer World Cup 2006 held here last summer.
Reproductive scientists are predicting a 10 to 15 percent jump in births within the next month or so and attribute this phenomenon directly to “biological factors” related to people being in a relaxed and good mood and passed out on beer nine months previously. The party mood which gripped the nation seems to have had a positive effect upon couples who had struggled for years to conceive once their party mood had ended.
The first World Cup Baby was delivered on February 11, following Germany’s 1:0 victory over Poland. Let’s see how the rest of the tournament develops.
* An Eigentor is an “own goal” in soccer, as in accidentally shooting a goal for the opposite team.
Andreas Möller: Ich hatte vom Feeling her ein gutes Gefühl.
Reproductive scientists are predicting a 10 to 15 percent jump in births within the next month or so and attribute this phenomenon directly to “biological factors” related to people being in a relaxed and good mood and passed out on beer nine months previously. The party mood which gripped the nation seems to have had a positive effect upon couples who had struggled for years to conceive once their party mood had ended.
The first World Cup Baby was delivered on February 11, following Germany’s 1:0 victory over Poland. Let’s see how the rest of the tournament develops.
* An Eigentor is an “own goal” in soccer, as in accidentally shooting a goal for the opposite team.
Andreas Möller: Ich hatte vom Feeling her ein gutes Gefühl.
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I hope we don't have to do it again in 9 months because of handball. (Comment this)