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It's just not Cricket

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by GrumpyCabbie, Jan 21, 2010.

  1. Rae Vynn

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    Not if those Americans are in the upper Midwest... my science teacher in Minnesota was on a curling league - very popular there.
     
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    The cricket ODIs and twenty20 forms of the game could catch
    on in the US, but not the classic test form. I don't know about
    the games where GrumpyCabbie is but down here the tea break
    is for a meal - ie something to eat (tea = supper), even the players
    have to stop and grab a feed 'cause the game takes so bloody long.
    Beer is the beverage of choice at our cricket games

    But wait- back to Rugby!

    Yes the canadians "play" rugby, and the Poms invented it.
    The French are pretty good at it, and some of the Ozzies.
    But only the kiwis live rugby, with a special mention shouted
    out to some of the South African states.

    BTW, the consensus down here is that Eastwood's Inviticus is
    close to an abomination for rugby lovers. No sense of the game,
    no sense of the history, no sense of the personalities involved
    back in '95.

    Now back to our regular broadcasting...