Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 01:18:50 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96CFADE3576BB3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote in >> news:Xns96CFABF07B48F3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >> >>> Kath wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Yay! >>> >>> (?) >>> >> >> I was saying to Claire, for all the excitment it brings and the fame >> of the competition it must be the smallest trophy in sport. > > If by "small" you mean "totally irrelevant to anyone outside my > benighted island and its former penal colony" then yes. Yes it is. > > (I kid. I kid because I love. Or loathe. Take your pick.) > Well at least the world cup of cricket is a true world cup, unlike a certain baseball competition. Maybe that's because you are worried that as American baseball team would do as well as the basketball team. It would be amusing though if you lost to say Cuba, could you imagine the fun Castro would have pissing off Bush. Have you ever seen the ashes urn? It's only about 10cm tall. http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2005/jul/18cric1.htm Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .