So this laptop can take a cup of coffee on the keyboard and keep going?
Yet he still can choose to ignore the nuisance, and take the Cup and the millions it brings in economic stimulus (the real kind) elsewhere.
Fifa has since come in for criticism after the decision to take the World Cup to the Middle East for the first time.
Lord Triesman later told a news conference that a successful England bid could take the World Cup's commercial aspects "to the next level".
Villa or Blackburn are the teams most likely to take the Intertoto Cup place, while Manchester City are in pole position to grab another Uefa Cup through the Fair Play league.
The final opportunity fell to Italy as Argentine-born Camoranesi forced another decent stop from Paston - but destiny was on New Zealand's side and, on the balance of chances if not ther amount of possession, they fully deserved to take their World Cup points tally to two following their opening draw with Slovakia.
The Welsh region travel to Saracens on Sunday for a Heineken Cup quarter-final and six days later take on Leicester in the EDF Cup final at Twickenham.
The qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup will take place in Durban on Sunday.
The draw for allocating the pools for the next World Cup will take place in London on 1 December.
One woman had enough dexterity to pick up a cup and take a sip of coffee through a straw.
Morientes hit three goals for Spain during the World Cup to take his international strike rate to 17 in 28 games.
That should not have been the case for Pompey, who still had a slim chance to finish above Bolton and Reading to take the final Uefa Cup spot.
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British number one Andy Murray has chosen to take a break from the Davis Cup while number two Alex Bogdanovic also opted not to take part in the tie, which is Leon Smith's first as captain.
Having won the fourth match of the series on Wednesday, England were hoping to continue their recovery and go on to record an unlikely 4-3 series win to take into their World Cup campaign, which begins against the Netherlands on 22 February.
Why even be up for selection to tour Argentina or take part in the Churchill Cup?
"I would take him to the World Cup for two reasons, " he said.
Hughes left the Scottish Cup finalists to take over at SPL rivals Hibernian and Hartson is vying for the job.
Up stepped Alec Stewart, who had relinquished the England captaincy four years ago after a poor World Cup, to take the reins once more.
He said that after she also spurned his offer to take her to the Gold Cup race meeting at Cheltenham, Mr Fraser had felt "disgruntled".
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And that's where we've got to improve - we have to produce players of the calibre to take us to a World Cup final and win it.
In some quarters, that made him second favourite to Gyan, whose goals helped take Ghana to the World Cup quarter-finals, where they were eventually beaten on penalties by Uruguay.
Keown admits that in October 2001 - only a month after Munich - when England played Greece at Old Trafford knowing a win would take them to the World Cup finals, the players struggled psychologically to cope under the pressure.
And part of his assignment is to take Ghana to the 2006 World Cup in his native Germany.
Tommy McLean, who steered Motherwell to their cup triumph, will take charge of the Steelmen.
In July 2014 we will launch the International Crown, which will take place in off-Solheim Cup years.
Phiri was axed by Zambia after failing to take the Chipolopolo to 2004 Nations Cup finals in Tunisia finals.
It was reported just two weeks ago that Parreira had agreed a deal to take charge of the 2010 World Cup hosts.
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EEC, so their teams refused to take part in the first European Cup, but later joined in when they saw the competition was a success.
Or just swing in for a cup of coffee and take advantage of its sprawling, outdoor seating and ample board game selection to pass the night away.
Baron would not be drawn on how long Ashton's new deal might run for, although newspaper reports suggested it might take him until the next World Cup in 2011.
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