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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
I'm on the back of the shorts, the liminal space between left thigh and buttock. That's my chosen area. Why be on the front of the shirt when you can be on the back of the shorts? Right after this ad.
You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. I love this book, by the way. Thank you. I read it. I always have to just like dangle all of the dog ears and the ink. It's burrowed into my head in a way that I want to get to. And by the way, thank you for being here. Oh, my God. This is so cool. I do feel obligated, though, because we are a technically sports show. Yeah, we got to talk about sports.
I want to talk about how you are one of the most absurd characters in professional soccer.
Thank you. That's how I prefer to think of myself.
the whole idea of you and English soccer, and how do you tell that story for people who don't know the lore of John Green?
I fell in love with a fourth-tier English soccer team called AFC Wimbledon. They had their team taken away from them, like the Baltimore Colts were moved to Indianapolis. That had never happened before in English soccer.
On May the 28th, 2002, the FA approved a plan to move Wimbledon FC 60 miles north to Milton Keynes. Thousands of fans felt betrayed. This is the death of Wimbledon as far as I'm concerned.
We did say originally that it wasn't going to be over until a ball was kicked in Milton Keynes or at Plough Lane, but it still doesn't feel quite over until today. It's a very sad day for English football, I think.
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